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Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer

Stephen Vincent Benét

First published 1938
Publisher Countryman Press
Format Hardcover
Type Chapbook
Pages 78
Price $3.50

  • Limited edition, 1st ed. as a book 24 cm "Signed by both author and artist ... limited to 750 numbered copies of which 700 copies are for sale."
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below); both WorldCat library records located 2018-02-20 (OCLC); and most of perhaps 15 dealers at ABEbooks show title/heading with ampersand:   Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer
  • Publ date and price from newspaper coverage including listings among "Books Received" 1938-06-26 NY Times and NY Herald Tribune and "Books Out Today" NYHT -06-27 p12
  • No pictorial cover, evidently from numerous ABEbooks.com dealer descriptions (4 supported by a single exterior "Bookseller image") -- plain blue cloth cover, gold lettering on spine (w/ 1 dealer image) -- clear plastic/acetate slipcover (w/ 1 dealer image) -- paper wrapper (w/ 2 dealer images) Spine shows title with "and"; "The Countryman Press". Wrapper shows title with "&"; "The Countryman Press".

Page Title Author(s) Type
Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer Stephen Vincent Benét Novelette

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer 1938 Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover Chapbook 78
Johnny Pye & the Fool-Killer 1939 William Heinemann Hardcover Chapbook 78