If We Must Die by Edwards, Junius - 1985

Anthony Blond, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. No edition stated. 137 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Boards moderately bowed. Gilt is bright.

London: Anthony Blond, 1965 Moderate library markings, minor wear. Dust jacket is price clipped, well protected. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

This book is in very good condition. Bumping and marks on the cover.

London: Anthony Blond, 1965. Book. Near Fine, Very Mild Shelfwear. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Drama. Jacket by Rosalind Hoyte. Expanded condition report/photo on request..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition of this novel about an African American Korean War veteran's experiences of violence while trying to exercise his right to vote in the segregated South. IF WE MUST DIE is Junius Edwards's first novel, expanded from his earlier short story "Liars Don't Qualify." Titled after the Claude McKay poem of the same name, IF WE MAY DIE presents the grim story of a Black man who returns home from the Korean War to violent racism in the US South. This is a scarce work; the Blockson Collection holds a later reprint, but not this first edition. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red and tan cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Original unclipped ($2.95) pictorial dust jacket designed by Ellen Raskin. 138 pages. A few pencil marks throughout. Jacket with light edgewear, spine with mild sunning; a touch of foxing to verso. Binding with a bit of shelfwear, slight bowing of boards; a bit of foxing to edges. A… Read More