fifth printing, mass market paperback, 1972.
new york: dell book. 4 x 7 inches. 366 pages. mass market paperback. bound in paperwrappers. book condition: sunning to block and back wrapper, star marking to front free-end paper, gentle creasing to front wrappers. very good.
first edition thus, 1963.
london: the book club. 5 x 7.25 inches. 345 pages. hardcover. bound in blue paper-wrappers. book condition: notable foxing. good. jacket condition: toning to spine. staining and soiling to rear panel. very good--.
first edition, 1962.
new york: the dial press. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 436 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: closed tear and gentle shelfwear to front and back panel, bumping to spine, gentle toning throughout. unclipped ($5.95). very good.
first edition, 1976.
“it is a terrible thing, simply, to be trapped in one's history, and attempt, in the same motion (and in this, our life!) to accept, deny, reject, and redeem it--and, also, on whatever level, to profit from it.”
book-length essay that is both a memoir.....
first edition, 1985.
new york: holt, rinehart and winston. isbn: 0030055296. 125 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: unclipped (11.95). fine.
seventh printing, 1963.
book containing two essays, "my dungeon shook: letter to my nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation" and "down at the cross: letter from a region of my mind." both were first published in magazines in 1962: the former in the new yorker and.....
second printing, 1974.
a love story set in new york city's harlem in the early 70s. '"beale street" was the first baldwin novel focusing exclusively on a black couple; it was also his only work narrated by a woman.
london: michael joseph. hardcover. isbn: 0718111265. 5.25 x 8".....
first british edition, 1964.
“james baldwin is a skillful writer, a man of fine intelligence and a true companion in the desire to make life human. to take a cue from his title, we had better learn his name.” —irving howe, the new york times
building on the.....
1st edition, 1968.
new york: dial press. hardcover. book condition: very mild soiling to head. fine. jacket condition: unclipped sticker over price [$3.95]. spotting throughout. moderate shelfwear.
fifth printing, 1962.
set in greenwich village, harlem, and france, "another country" traces the downfall of jazz drummer rufus scott and the effects of his suicide on those closest to him.
baldwin started writing the novel in 1948 in new york, and continued working on it in.....
first edition, 1964.
new york: the dial press. 6.5 x 9.75 inches. 121 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: lightest discoloration to block. near fine-. jacket condition: light shelf-wear. unclipped ($3.95). near fine.
first edition, 1998.
collection of essays by the black american writer and civil rights activist. includes full collections "notes of a native son" and "nobody knows my name" and "the fire next time" plus at printing, this was the most comprehensive edition of baldwin's nonfiction ever published. edited by.....
second printing, 1963.
book containing two essays, "my dungeon shook: letter to my nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation" and "down at the cross: letter from a region of my mind." both were first published in magazines in 1962: the former in the new yorker.....
mass market paperback edition, 1964.
new york: dell. 4 x 6.25 inches. 141 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: front wrapper corner cut, shelfwear througout, yellowed block, back wrapper creased. very good.
mass market paperback edition, 1964.
new york: dell. 4 x 6.5 inches. 224 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.
first british edition, 1965.
london: michael joseph. 252 pages. 5 x 8". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: gentle soiling to front-free-end paper and foot of block. near fine-. jacket condition: soiling to throughout, light bumping to edges. clipped. good++.
book club edition, 1974.
a love story set in new york city's harlem in the early 70s. '"beale street" was the first baldwin novel focusing exclusively on a black couple; it was also his only work narrated by a woman.
new york: the dial press. 5.6x8.5". 213 pages.....
first edition, 1974.
new york: the dial press. isbn: 0803741693. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 197 pages. hardcover. bound in orange cloth-covered boards. book condition: light foxing to block. light soiling to extremities and pastedown. very good--. jacket condition: shelf-wear. creasing to both flaps. faintest sunning to spine. partial price.....
first edition, 1985.
new york: st. martin's press. isbn: 0-312-44247-5. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 75 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($15.95). near fine.
mass market paperback, 1961.
new york: dell publishing co. 4 x 6.25 inches. 190 pages. softcover. bound in pictoral paper wrappers. book condition: heavy toning to block. shelfwear and edgewear throughout. very good.
from the library of richard perlbinder.