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Giovanni's Room
by Baldwin, James
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1957. First English Edition, First Impression. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First English edition of Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin in the publisher's dust jacket.. Octavo, 221pp. Brown cloth, title in white on spine. Stated "First published by Michael Joseph LTD... 1957" on copyright page. Solid text block, rubbed edges, faint transference to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, 15s retail price on front flap, light wear to spine, faint foxing to rear panel, some toning to verso. A nice copy of James Baldwin's second published novel, tackling topics like internalized homophobia, bisexuality, and social isolation.
Synopsis
Giovanni’s Room was the first published novel by James Baldwin, who hit literary acclaim in 1953 with his semi-autobiographical work Go Tell it on the Mountain . Giovanni’s Room is about a young bisexual American man and his affair with an Italian in Paris. It is one of Baldwin’s only works not to deal with race, focusing instead on the characters’ romantic relationships.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15330
- Title
- Giovanni's Room
- Author
- Baldwin, James
- Illustrator
- First English edition of Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin in the publisher's dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition, First Impression
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Go Tell it on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin first edition, Remember This House, If Beale Street Could Talk
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- Edges
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- Verso
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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