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Invisible Man
by ELLISON, Ralph
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- hardcover
- First
- Condition
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- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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$650.00
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1953. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. The first British edition of Ellison's classic work, published a year after the U.S. edition. A near fine, price-clipped book in a very good dust jacket. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some soiling to the uncoated and iconic Gollancz jacket. Sunning to the spine. Tape reinforcement to the interior spine ends of the jacket. Small Australian bookseller label on front pastedown.
Synopsis
Even though Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man is sometimes featured on banned books lists, it remains a consistent staple on many high school reading curriculums. In the novel, Ellison laments the feeling of hopelessness and invisibility that many Black men experience in the United States, and it elegantly explores the themes of racism and bigotry in ways that are both unsettling and accessible.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sawtooth Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 27828
- Title
- Invisible Man
- Author
- ELLISON, Ralph
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Race, Negro history,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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We are sellers of modern first editions, with an emphasis on modern fiction, poetry, Western American literature and signed books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...[more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....[more]
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...[more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
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