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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953 First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James Baldwin on a laid in signature. The ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with slight wear to the edges. This First Issue dustjacket has the $3.50 printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Baldwin First Editions.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. An attractive copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $3.50 price present with some wear to the spine and edges NOT effecting any lettering. The book is in excellent condition with light wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition. We buy Baldwin First Editions.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition of Baldwin's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket drawing by John O'Hara Cosgrave. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by Asprey. An exceptional example, easily one of the nicest copies extant. Go Tell It on the Mountain Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." It was first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the… Read More

A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET $3.50 FIRST ISSUE Listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Slightly faded spine.

KNOPF, 1953. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET $3.50 FIRST ISSUE Listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Slightly faded spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. /Very Good. Book.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953 First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. The ORIGINAL sophisticated First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition. We buy Baldwin First Editions.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Signet Books.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First paperback edition. INSCRIBED by James Baldwin to Kurt Enoch, publisher of Signet and New American Library, on dedication page with "To Kurt, with best wishes - Jimmy Baldwin." Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. Author's critically acclaimed FIRST book. A remarkable association presented to the emigre publisher who had started-up Albatross Books and was vice-president of the American branch of Penguin before founding his own highly successful imprint. ; 4 1/2" X 7" .

Franklin: Franklin Library, 1979. Signed limited first edition of Baldwin's first book. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by James Baldwin. Illustrated by Burt Silverman. In fine condition. Go Tell It on the Mountain Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." It was first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket.Near Fine with small stain to bottom edge of bottom board; lacking the front free endpaper, pages lightly toned else an attractive copy of the African American author's debut novel set in Harlem, still his best-known work.

London: Michael Joseph. DJ in archival cover small tears tiny chips. This is the true first British edition, first printing with "First published by Michael Joseph Ltd . 1954" stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954.

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Author's first novel, partly autobiographical. Dust jacket in fair condition, corners and spine ends chipped with small loss to head, closed tear to foot of spine 2cms, spine edge and rear cover rubbed in places, boards clean and tidy, foxing to endpapers, ex-libris plate to fep, some feint pencil lines to margins otherwise pp clean and text clear to read, binding sound.. First Edition, 3rd Impression. Hard. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

New York: New American Library, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 12mo, 352pp, printed wrappers. The second volume of this important series. Includes an advance excerpt from Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, plus Norman Mailer, Shirley Jackson, James Jones, Dylan Thomas, and other major contributors. Unmarked copy, tight with moderate reading wear and typical patches of peeling to lamination.

February 1964 this copy was published Nearly 60 years ago! A magnificent piece of literature. This copy is rough and worn but feels good to handle and the heavy texture of the pages is nice to touch. The printing is bold. Glue residue from where the library pocket once was.The dustjacket book blurb flap has been clipped from the jacket and attached to the first free endpaper,

This is the softcover stated Signet Edition from June 1963. Other than a hint of cover creasing, both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.--and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date.Like New

Library of America. F. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. First printing, this is the subscriber edition in slipcase instead of DJ. Fine, unread. ; 8.1 X 5.2 X 1.3 inches; 992 pages .

Vintage, 2013. Later Printing. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" New!

Vintage, 2013. Later Printing. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" New!