Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition, later printing. Inscribed by the author. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1939. Missing dust jacket. Hardcover is in Very Good + condition. Other than inscription, no writing or markings in this well preserved edition, 274 pp. Missing the "F/R" monogram to the colophon which denotes a first printing.
A series of supernatural stories. Companion volume to Benet's earlier collection, Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds.
Benet was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He is remembered for the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster". He was director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from 1948 to 1969.
