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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Ralph Ellison’s first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good in Archival Plastic. A wonderful First Edition, First Printing (so stated) of Ralph Ellison's classic work, signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Ralph Ellison, April 4, 1986." In beige and black cloth with white titling, the book is in near fine condition with a slight lift to the beige cloth on the spine and slight loss of lettering, light spotting on the black topstain and age toning to the pages. But still a solid near fine first with "A.B." on the bottom of the copyright page as required. The very good dustjacket is complete with the original price ($3.50) and the colorful panels as well as the cream panels are bright. There is wear and splitting at the folds and minor loss at the spine ends. Also there is a quarter-size abrasion on the back panel and other minor wear on the dustjacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, but still very good. This important book is… Read More

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A bit of the usual light rubbing on the white spine lettering, one corner a tiny bit bumped else near fine in near fine dust jacket with small tears and tiny nicks at the spine ends, and much less than the usual rubbing to the predominantly black panels. Winner of the National Book Award, and also a *Burgess 99* title. A nice copy of this classic novel.

NEW YORK NY: RANDOM HOUSE. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1952. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / A TWENTIETH CENTURY HIGHSPOT. ISBN: AND A CLASSIC OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. OTHER THAN MODEST PERISHING OF THE SPINE TITLES THE BOOK IS FINEWITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH ATRACE OF CORNER AND SPINE-END WEAR, SHALLOW CHIPPING TO THE TOP FORE-EDGECORNERS, A TRACE OF RUB TO A COUPLE OF SHORT EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOTPRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY.. Keywords: AFRO-AMERICAN LIT, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. A nice example. Ralph Ellison’s first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.

Random House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scarce first edition, first issue of this cornerstone of 20th-century American literature. Very good book in Very good jacket. First issue jacket, with back panel featuring portrait by Gordon Parks. Jacket complete with $3.50 price on flap (jacket has some nicks, tears, creases, and wear to edges; bottom edge of jacket flaps, foot of front pastedown, foot of rear pastedown and endpaper have some dampstaining, with faint unobtrusive traces to cloth at foot as well). One of the central literary documents of the Afro-American experience, Ellison's first book won the National Book Award for 'tracing the life of a young negro trying to find himself as an individual as well as in relation to his race and society' (Oxford Companion to American Literature).

New York: Random House, (1952). First edition. His National Award-winning first book. Ranked 19th on the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century and one of Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Anthony Burgess called it "a masterpiece." Crisp and near fine with just a faint shadow from item previously laid in at rear; in about very good price-clipped dust jacket free from chips and tears but with rubbed and flattened creasing to spine ends, corners and along lower edge rear panel.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some overall spot foxing to the edges. Some foxing to dust jacket. Text is tight. Better than it sounds.

The First UK printing published by Victor Gollancz in 1953. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with light pushing at the spine tips. The gilt titling remains bright. One or two very tiny spots to the text-block. Internally clean and appears unread. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Mild edge wear at the spine tips with a little toning to the spine but far less than usually encountered. A 3 cm. closed tear to the lower front spine fold. Some light age related markings but the wrapper is in exceptional condition for its age. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The author's scarce first novel and very scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine with bright, barely rubbed white spine lettering in good or better dust jacket with rubbing the front panel, chip at the top of the spine and moderate edgewear, including tears, nicks and creasing. Author's important first book, winner of the National Book Award, and a *Burgess 99* title. A nice copy.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. Good/Good. First edition, stated first printing. Good, with cloth marked and worn, abraded effaced patches to front free endpaper, bookplate removal evidence to front pastedown, large bookstore ink stamp to dedication page. In a Good dust jacket with price of $3.50 intact; tattered and chipped, with tape repairs visible from the outside.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 439 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.50." Mild shelfwear. Rubbing and chipping to front and rear covers. Non-archival tape adhered to inside of dust jacket. Age toning to text block, with top edge dyed faded black. Some staining to bottom and fore edge of text block. Minor separation of cloth from spine. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 2. 1372631. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Random House, 1952. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First printing, as stated on copyright page. In later, price-clipped dust jacket. Book near fine, small tear to upper left of half-title page, lettering on spine faded. Dust jacket very good.

London: Gollancz, 1953. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. The first British edition of Ellison's classic work, published a year after the U.S. edition. A near fine, price-clipped book in a very good dust jacket. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some soiling to the uncoated and iconic Gollancz jacket. Sunning to the spine. Tape reinforcement to the interior spine ends of the jacket. Small Australian bookseller label on front pastedown.

FRANKLIN. Hardcover. Fine. A FINE FIRST EDITION SIGNED LIMITED IN FULL RED LEATHER. SIGNED TWICE AND INSCRIBED WITH PAMPHLET

U.S.A.: Random House. DJ in archival cover. With a new introduction by the author, first edition thus of the 30th Anniversary of the author's classic work. Inscribed on the title page by Ralph Ellison. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Presentation worthy copy. . Fine. Hardcover. 1982.

London: Gollancz, 1953. A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1953. A very good+ book with one name to the front pastedown and to the corner of the ffep. Some browning to spine ends. A very solid copy without marks, stains or inscriptions. In a dust wrapper which is unclipped and has benefitted from some restoration to the spine and corners. Creasing to the top edge has also been smoothed and repaired. Currently the only copy of the first UK edition for sale – a very rare book which was reprinted by the bucket load by Gollancz in the following years.

1st UK, D/W unclipped price 15/- net. Some shelf soiling to the rear panel of d/w and rubbing on spine over lettering of V and M in title, but title still clear and visible (sic!). Slight foxing to endpapers and first few pages, and fep and ffep have a small owners stamp as does the rear pastedown .Fore edge clean, bottom edge a few spots of foxing and dustiness to top edge. Red boards totally clean and binding square. All pages clean and it looks unread. Free shipping with DHL.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1952. 439pp. Red boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Except for light foxing on the top edge and a hint of toning to the bottom front panel, a near fine copy. Unclipped yellow jacket has mottling on the spine, darkening on the extremities, small price sticker on the front flap.. Minor closed tear on the rear panel. in mylar sleeve. A rare first English Edition of the author's first novel. The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans in the early twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity. . First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Fair. [8], 439, [1] pages. No dust jacket present. Ex-library with some of the usual library markings. Bookplate. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. Cover is worn and soiled and spine frayed. Cover decoration. Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 - April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986). The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus." A posthumous novel, Juneteenth, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left upon his death. Ellison's outsider position at Tuskegee "sharpened his satirical lens," critic Hilton Als believes: "Standing apart from the university's air of sanctimonious Negritude enabled him to write about it." In passages of… Read More