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The Fire Next Time
by Baldwin, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dial Press, 1963. 1st (US) edition, 8vo, 120pp, true first precedes any UK issue, no subsequent printings listed; cream coarse wove cloth susceptible to a little spotting mainly at hinges and not severe o/w VG Copy in DJ that is lightly worn about edges generally, mild loss to head of spine and one corner plus one small chip from lower edge of back panel; that said the jacket is beginning to show signs of its sixty odd years, and it is price-clipped. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Fire Next Time is a book by James Baldwin. It contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook - Letter to my Nephew on the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation", and "Down At The Cross - Letter from a Region of My Mind". The first of these is written as a letter to Baldwin's 14-year-old nephew, discussing the central role of race in American history. The second essay deals with the relations between race and religion, focusing in particular on Baldwin's experiences with the Christian church as a youth, as well as the Islamic ideas of others in Harlem. Both essays had been previously published in The Progressive and The New Yorker before being published in book form.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47168
- Title
- The Fire Next Time
- Author
- Baldwin, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Social History, Race Relations, Black Issues
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Essays;
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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