Search Results: go tell it on the mountain by baldwin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Advance Reading Copy. Advance reading copy, issued to reviewers before publication of the first edition, with alternate artwork not used in the first edition. [x], 303, [1] pp. Perfectbound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Very Good, dampstain to front wrap; spine sunned, creased, and rubbed along edges. Slight curling to front wrap, wear at corners. Small marginal tidemark to upper margins of prelims. A rare prepublication copy of the celebrated African American author's first book.

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. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 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..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953 First edition, first printing. Publisher's rust cloth, titles in gilt to spine, facsimile Baldwin signature in gilt to front board; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by John O'Hara Cosgrave II, with an illustration to the front panel and spine of pedestrians walking from a Baptist Church on a city sidewalk, photo of Baldwin taken by William Cole to rear jacket flap. About fine, with a touch of soiling to top edge, and a hint of offsetting to endpapers; unclipped dust jacket with a bit of edgewear, lightly faded spine, and minor tape reinforcement to jacket verso. Overall, an exceptional copy in a vibrant dust jacket. Housed in a red custom folding box, and a red slipcase with black label to spine, lettered in gilt. Go Tell It on the Mountain is a semi-autobiographical novel that is laden with Biblical allusions and religious imagery. It tells the story of John Grimes, a fourteen-year-old African American boy growing up in Harlem, who, like… Read More

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" .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Jacket illustration by John O'Hara Cosgrave. 8vo. Original red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Jacked backed on brown paper, spine faded. Bookplate. First edition. Jacket illustration by John O'Hara Cosgrave. 8vo. Baldwin's First and Most Iconic Work.

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.

Franklin Library, 1979. limited. hardcover. fine. Signed limited edition. Leather-bound. Book in fine condition.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1979. First edition. hardcover. very good/No Jacket. 8vo . Signed by Author. pp. 232, full brown/gilt embossed leather, AEG, satin ribbon, silk endpapers. 3 raised bands, SIGNED by the author,

First Edition Library, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Book (w/dj) in slip case!

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. First Thus. Hardcover. As New. Octavo. Jim Sharpe. LIMITED EDITION in full green gilt leather with raised bands, all edges gilt, Moire endpapers and silk ribbon bookmark. A new edition illustrated by noted American artist Jim Sharpe as part of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series published under the auspices of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Pristine, bright and unmarked.

Orange boards with gold writing on spine; author's name embossed in gold on front board. Top of book spine rumpled; otherwise, book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Fine condition; book also comes in slipcase, which is in Fine condition and has reprints of images on front and back boards. Book fits very snugly in slipcase, so care is needed in removing it; price of $3.50 on front dust jacket flap. Ephemera laid into book about the title, dedication, target copy, and the book and its audience. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
First Edition Library First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" on copyright page. First Edition Library reprinted many classic novels; the only difference between this copy and the original is that it comes in a slipcase and has statement about publication on copyright page. Though this is not the very first printing of this novel, this facsimile is in excellent condition.Baldwin's book has been compared to… Read More

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library. Facsimile of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 303pp. Octavo [21cm]. Russet cloth over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine, author's name gilt stamped on front board. Gray cloth covered slipcase is mildly soiled. Laid in publisher's notes. James Baldwin's first novel; a semi-autobiographical depiction of a teenager in 1930s Harlem.

New York: Library of America, 1998 First Library of America edition. Stated first printing. Publisher's green cloth with offset black tile on spine, gilt lettering. In publisher's near fine ivory colored, gilt decorated slipcase. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Decorative end papers. Attached silk bookmark. With notes and catalog of Library of America titles. Includes Go Tell it on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, Another Country, and Going to Meet the Man. The book pictured is the one that will ship. I have many other Library of America titles.

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. Clerical ownership stamp to inside front cover and facing endpaper (no other markings, very clean internally), small chips to head and base of spine, small closed tear to outer edge, typical wear to cover lamination.

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

New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc, 1965. First Thus. Mass market paperback. Good. First Thus. Mass market paperback. 7" X 4 1/4". 221pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Creasing to spine. Age-toning to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'Go back to where you started, or as far back as you can, examine all of it, travel your road again and tell the truth about it. Sing or shout or testify or keep it to yourself: but know whence you came.' Originally published in 1953, Go Tell it on the Mountain was James Baldwin's first major work, based in part on his own childhood in Harlem. 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 Pentecostal storefront church in Harlem. Baldwin's rendering of… Read More