On Being Negro in America by Redding, J. Saunders - 1962

Bantam,, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. .

Indiana: Charter Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 156pp + list of other Charter Books titles. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

New York:: Bantam,, (1964.). Good condition - usual toning to the pages, minor wear to covers (bookstore stamp on first page). First paperback printing. A very personal book, eloquent in its simplicity, on what it meant to be black in the United States during the first half of the 20th century - he talks about the impact of the Scottsboro case, about a college student of his who was lynched in Georgia, but most of all he talks about the fact that he is tired of living in a country where there is a "race problem" although he admits he has no specific remedies for our "American sickness." 115 pp.

Indianapolis, IN: Charter, 1962. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indianapolis: Charter, 1962. 8vo. Wrappers. First edition in softcover. 156 pp. Ownership stamp inside front cover, a little edgewear. A highly personal account by an American writer. Very good minus condition..

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; Fair+/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black and tan with white print; DJ has tears to all edges, portions torn away along bottom edge, toning to spine, shelfwear; Boards in red cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, mottled fading/soiling to front and rear; Text block has DJ flaps taped to front and rear pastedowns, soiling to endpapers, else clean and tight; 156 pages. 1351899. FP New Rockville Stock.

CHICAGO, ,ILL: FRANCESCAN HERALD PRESS. OWNER'S NAME, CLEAN TEXT. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1977.

Bobbs-Merril. Red cloth. Stated First Edition. FIrst Printing. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1951.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1951 first edition, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, Indiana), 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, 156 pp. Slight to moderate soiling / staining, creasing, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight bumping and wear to the tips. Inside, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP20~ [1.5P] As a highly personalized autobiography, On Being Negro in America is a revealing account of J. Saunders Redding's tourtured and never-ending search for personal dignity and self-realization in a society that brutalizes the racial oppressor as well as the racially oppressed. J. Saunders Redding 'has set down with restrained bitterness, great dignity and sensitive insight what it is to be a negro in the United States... eloquent, passionately written. - William L. Shirer

Bobbs Merrill. Collectible - Very Good. 1951, stated 1st, red cloth hardcovers with gilt, light edgewear to covers, interior is clean and sound, dust jacket is edgeworn, rubbed and torn, dj spine is faded and rear panel is soiled.

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1951.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (light edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine).. First printing. A very personal book, eloquent in its simplicity, on what it meant to be black in the United States during the first half of the 20th century - he talks about the impact of the Scottsboro case, about a college student of his who was lynched in Georgia, but most of all he talks about the fact that he is tired of living in a country where there is a "race problem" although he admits he has no specific remedies for our "American sickness." 156 pp.