The White Negro
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eureka, California, United States
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About This Item
City Lights Books, 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 27 pages. Originally published in Dissent Magazine, this is Mailer's 'superficial reflections on the hipster,' with criticisms by Jean Malaquais and Ned Polsky followed by Mailer's responses. First edition (first printing), priced 35 cents on the cover. Very good in stapled wrappers (paperback). Some wear and toning to edges. Underlining on a few pages. With ownership signature of American writer and academic Margaret Randall on the title page dated 1959. Randall was ordered to be deported from the US in 1985 prompting a group of distinguished writers including Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut, William Styron and Alice Walker to join her in a lawsuit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) among others. The case resolved in her favor in 1989.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 278072
- Title
- The White Negro
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- [nxm]
Terms of Sale
Eureka Books
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About the Seller
Eureka Books
Biblio member since 2008
Eureka, California
About Eureka Books
Eureka Books, established in 1987, is a classic antiquarian shop with books in all subjects and price ranges. We're open Monday - Saturday in Old Town Eureka, California.
Glossary
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...