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New York: Harpers, 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears. A beautiful, fresh copy of the true first edition with none of the seemingly inevitable spine fading. This copy Inscribed by Wright in the year of publication: "To Ray M. Lawless with my best wishes. Sincerely, Richard Wright. 6/29/40. Chicago." Ray M. Lawless was the author of *Folksingers and Folksongs in America* (1960). His archive of manuscripts and photographs on folk music and singers resides at The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. A superior copy of one of the handful of great classics of 20th Century fiction, with a nice association from the year of publication.
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. First edition, first issue binding with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Richard Wright's ground-breaking novel Native Son tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African American living in utter poverty in Chicago's South Side ghetto in the 1930s. "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. It made impossible a repetition of the old lies [and] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear and violence that have crippled and may yet destroy our culture" (Irving Howe).
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. [True] Stated First (SD) with "A-P" below First Edition on copyright page edition. Original blue cloth with red, gray and blue labels uniquely rebound in-house by KTB in acid free J. Hewit Red and blue Cawburn goat retaining original top board label for book with 5 raised bands and original spine label for slipcase spine. Triangle motif on top and bottom board and slipcase slide. 8vo. pp. xi, [1] blank, 359. Near Fine/Lacks jacket/Fine. Light overall toning to pages, no ownership. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Original end papers were washed and re-inserted with new complimentary Dodin marbled end papers and slipcase base in red blue and gray. A unique red, 'white' and lblue gift of Wright's explosive and gritty period novel examining racism in America...fear, flight and fate..
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USA: Constable & Co. Limited, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright Date 1940, First Edition, Light Blue Cloth Over Boards With Guilt Lettering And Design On The Spine. Some Light Wear To The Spine Area, Previous Owners Name Written On The Inside Front Flyleaf. Top Page Edges Gilt . For Edge Pages Are Deckled. Dust Jacket, Latter Edition. One Chips Out Of The Spine Approximately In The Middle Small Chips To The Toe Has Been Price Clipped. Now Housed In A Clear Cover. This Novel Was An Immediate Best Seller, Selling 250,000 Hardcover Copies Within Three Weeks Of Its Publication. As A Result Of The Novel'S Success, Wright Became The First Bestselling And The Wealthiest Black Writer Of His Time, Establishing Him As A Spokesperson For African-American Issues And, To Many, The "Father Of Black American Literature." In 1941, The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People Awarded Wright Awarded The Prestigious Spingarn Medal.…
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New York: Harpers, 1940. First. hardcover. Near fine.. First edition (stated on the copyright page) in the true first edition binding (blue cloth, labeled in white and red). Near fine. No dust jacket.
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1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1940 very rare original stated first edition blue cloth hardcover(TRUE FIRST EDITION) & original even more rare very good UNCLIPPED jacket protected in Mylar jacket- ONE OF A KIND COLLECTIBLE HITS
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. First edition in new facsimile jacket. First state binding (navy blue cloth, not grey). A couple light white spots on rear board, pencil name on front endpaper. 1940 Hard Cover. xi, [1], 359, [1] pp. 8vo. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
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NY: Harper, 1940, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Harper & Brothers in 1940. First Edition is stated on copyright page. Book near fine except for slight wearing on spine ends and corners, fading and discoloration (spotting) on paste downs, free end pages, and randomly throughout inside pages. DJ (facsimile) fine. DJ price reads "2.50.
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New York: Hubbard Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1940. xi+359, top edge tinted grey. The book is stated as a first edition with the letters A-P notated under the words "first edition". The binding is on boards covered with dark grey cloth with gold letters on back background on the spine. In very good plus condition with minimal wear and no marks. No jacket.
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Victor Gollancz, 1940. ~Dustwrapper very scarce. Text browned. Dustwrapper faded & edgeworn with old brown paper repairs to rear & small tears to rear spine edge, but unclipped & protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Original blue cloth, faded on spine. No ownership marks. Hinges uncracked but slightly slack. ~Robust packaging.. 1st ed 1st imp. Hardback. Good/Good. 459pp. Spine leans forward. Text unmarked.
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NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth (appears black) stamped in red on gray. True first edition with the A-P code. Edges/points lightly rubbed/bumped, front hinge mildly starting, few minor stains. Lacking the DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Stated first edition with A-P on title page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Second issue dust jacket with minor chipping to bottom of spine. A fine copy of this rare book. Wright received a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete his novel, an immediate best seller and portrayal of black youth in the US. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas is headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it is for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 359 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. A section is clipped out of the ffep. Page edges are deckled and lightly darkened. Head edges dyed with black publisher's stain. Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly faded on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges and corners. Grey dustjacket in good condition. Worn around the edges with chips and tears. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING. "A-P" code on the copyright page. VG/G. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.
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New York: Harper and Brothers Publishing, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wright's classic story of life in the "most segregated city in America" Chicago, in the early 20th century. Book has gray cover and in very good + condition, except for the black and gold printing on spine only which is rubbed and missing 3 letters, spine ends are bumped, but corners are straight and pointed. Book had a label , possibly an ex-libris or library label removed from front paste-down, else VG+. jacket is in VG condition and is price clipped.Spine ends and rear fold are chipped. Saying all that it is a quite nice collectible. First edition with A-P under First edition.
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NATIVE SON
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New York: Harper & Brothers. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in boards. A few stains to boards. A few markings to front pastedown and FEP. Stated First Edition, with publisher's code "A-P". ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. Scuff to front panel. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Australian edition. Very good with cocked spine, owner's bookplate, owner's signature, and foxing to endpapers and page edges in good dustwrapper with long tears and tape repairs to spine, age-toning to back panel, but a bright, lovely front panel. Along with Ellison's *Invisible Man* and *Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain*, one of the indisputable mid-century classics of African-American literature.
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Native Son
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New York: Harper & Bros, 1940. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. very good in professional reproduction dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; gentle rubbing/bumping to board edges, minor abrasions to topstain, mild rubbing to title on cloth spine else a tight square unmarked copy in mint reproduced jacket; stated first edition with A-P
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Native Son (The Biography of a Young American): A Play in Ten Scenes
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NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Based on the novel by Richard Wright. First edition. Previous owner's name on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (slight fading along the spine, trace edge wear, age toning) dust jacket. .
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