NATIVE SON
by [African American]: WRIGHT, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1998. Collector's Edition. Fine. Alan Reingold. Octavo. Brown leather, 22k gold inlaid on hubbed spine and panels, a.e.g. Moiré endpapers, satin-ribbon page marker, acid-neutral paper, all pages sewn. 359,[1] pp. Color frontispiece and black and white illustrations in text by Alan Reingold. Fine; without dust jacket, as issued.
First edition, thus. Native Son, originally published in 1940, is considered a classic of African American literature as a whole and with having a significant influence on subsequent writers. The novel is a powerful social commentary on racial inequality, and the effects of poverty and discrimination on both individuals and society.
First edition, thus. Native Son, originally published in 1940, is considered a classic of African American literature as a whole and with having a significant influence on subsequent writers. The novel is a powerful social commentary on racial inequality, and the effects of poverty and discrimination on both individuals and society.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-119) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 457
- Title
- NATIVE SON
- Author
- [African American]: WRIGHT, Richard
- Illustrator
- Alan Reingold
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Black, African American,Collectible, racial inequality
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
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New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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- 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...
- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....