Western Star by Stephen Vincent Benet 1943 FE DJ Farrar and Rinehart ex RR in very good vintage condition with a slight vintage aroma for years of storage.

Western Star by Stephen Vincent Benét, published in 1943 by Farrar & Rinehart as a First Edition complete with its original dust jacket (bearing vintage collector catalog markings FE, ex, RR), is the incomplete, sweeping epic narrative poem chronicling the migration and pioneering spirit of America's early settlers, penned by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author shortly before his passing.

Celebrate the epic narrative heritage of American expansion with this 1943 First Edition of Western Star by Stephen Vincent Benét, published by Farrar & Rinehart complete with its original dust jacket. Bearing traditional archive catalog markings (FE, ex, RR), this poignant and stirring book-length poem was intended as the opening movement of a grand literary epic on the peopling of America, capturing the courage, hardships, and dreams of the pioneers who crossed the ocean to forge a new nation. Preserved in very good vintage condition with its original dust jacket intact and carrying a gentle, nostalgic vintage aroma from decades of careful storage, this distinguished World War II-era hardcover is a wonderful acquisition for collectors of American poetry, historical verse, and vintage literary first editions.