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New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First edition of Baldwin's fifth novel, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Ethan Reinhard, Thank you. James Baldwin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lynn Braswell. Reviewing the novel in The New York Times in 1974, the novelist Joyce Carol Oates described the book as "a moving, painful story" but "ultimately optimistic. It stresses the communal bond between members of an oppressed minority, especially between members of a family," offering "a quite moving and very traditional celebration of love. It affirms not only love between a man and a woman, but love of a type that is dealt with only rarely in contemporary fiction--that between members of a family, which may involve extremes of sacrifice." Basis for the film directed by Barry Jenkins, starring Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna,… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine. First English edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine letters. Near fine with light wear at the corners, slightly cocked and one tiny spot to the top of the text block, lacking the original dustwrapper. Baldwin's fifth novel Inscribed: "for Frazer Scott: - Godspeed. James Baldwin." A copy inscribed by Baldwin but never sent, found amongst his personal library in France that was auctioned by Rometti et Associés in 2014.

New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Limited Edition, #147/250. Hardcover. Octavo, 197 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in brown leatherette with gilt stamping to boards and spine. Housed in a Very Good publisher's brown paper slipcase. Very light wear. Signed flat by Baldwin on the limitation page, #147/250 copies. DG Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1373069. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

NY: The Dial Press, 1974. First Edition, limited to 250 copies signed by Baldwin. 8vo, pp. 189. A fine copy in special binding.