SOUL CLAP HANDS AND SING by Paule Marshall - 1961

[PAULE MARSHALL]. SOUL CLAP HANDS AND SING. Atheneum, New York, 1961. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread. In original red cloth and gold gilt titles on spine with blind stamp of author's name on front cover as issued. With the original red endpapers and red top-stained pages. Pages are bright, clean and binding tight. With no foxing, no tears or stains on pages. Not a ex-library or reprint. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. With micro chips to spine head / tail corner extremities and only trivial soiling to covers with mild shelf wear typical of dust jackets of this age. In professional Brodart plastic protector sleeve. Not a facsimile dust jacket, not price clipped and with the original $3.95 price on jacket with no markings or stickers present. Marshall's second book, a collection of four short novels, a classic modern first edition and very scarce in this fine condition with complete DJ, very collectible. Dust jacket design by Susan Foster. Photograph of author by Charles Stewart.