Native Son by Richard Wright - 1940

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1940, first edition, first printing. Original gray cloth with black and gold spine panel, top edge stained grey; yellow and light green jacket. First Edition, second issue jacket. The book that helped Wright to be considered not only the leading black author in the United States but also a major heir of the Naturalist tradition. States "first edition" and with code "A-P" on copyright page. Second state binding. Second issue jacket with New York Post review on spine, $2.50 price intact. Some soiling to cloth with minor chips and tears to edges; light rubbing to bottom edge of boards; early ownership inscription on front free endpaper; near fine volume in very good jacket.