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HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD. NY 1967. Fine. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Nf.dj. (Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown underneath dj. flap. Couple of short edge nicks in dj. at spine ends) Author's uncommon FIRST book. (B) .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Very slightly cocked else fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's first book, a collection of stories. A beautiful copy.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [8], 3-186 pp. Orange cloth with black and gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Wideman's first novel. The author was a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, a Rhodes Scholar, and played on Oxford's basketball team for three years. He then worked as a Professor at UPenn. Here Wideman writes about a young black man recovering from a drug addiction, and an older college professor who is a closeted gay man. The two meet and interact in unexpected ways. A fascinating mid-20th century novel, written by a black author, who tells the stories of two characters with tenderness and grit. A Near Fine book with the topstain largely faded away; dust jacket is Very Good+ with minor edge wear and the lettering on the spine panel faded from yellow to white.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A trifle rubbed at the base of the spine, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a very small chip at the crown, but none of the usual fading to the yellow lettering on the spine. Wideman's first book.

NY: HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Very good copy in good- dust jacket. (Light foxing at edges. Crest of spine on cloth rubbed. 2 & 1/2"-inch tear at head of rear panel of jacket. Several edge tears & traces of shelf-wear to jacket. ) Author's FIRST book. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Very good ex-library copy with expected stamps and marks, most of the front endpaper has been cut away, in a near fine dustwrapper with no markings. Wideman's first book. Inscribed by the author.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, (1967). First edition. Author's first book. A black reformed drug addict and a white middle-aged professor. Very good to fine with cloth corners and spine ends a little rubbed and back endpaper at hinge separating a bit; in a near fine, bright dust jacket with corners also a bit rubbed.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Wideman's first book, a well received novel. A tight close to near fine copy with a small owner signature to the front free endpaper in a close to near fine dust jacket with some slight edge wear, a few tiny edge tears and some moderate fading to the spine. Still, a much nicer than usual copy of this important literary debut.

NY: Harcourt Brace & World, 1967. Dustwrapper shows one minor chip to top of spine and some rubbing to rear panel. Front panel of book (orange cloth) shows a small spot (?). Overall, though, a tight, clean copy of the African-American author's first book. Scarce in any collectible condition. 186 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of very small nicks and a closed tear on the rear panel, but none of the usual fading to the yellow lettering on the spine. Wideman's first book.

London, United Kingdom: Allison & Busby, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 186 pages. Mr. Wideman's first book. The author has the poet's flair for a taut, meaningful, emotional language. A fine dustjacket over a fine book. In clear protective book cover. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Hardcover. 186p., very good first edition stated in orange cloth boards, light blue topstain, and price-clipped dj with light edgewear. The African American novelist's first book contains a major gay theme. Young 4097.

1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace First edition octavo. A very good copy in dust jacket Jacket has a few closed tears. , nicked at one corner Long closed tear.

London: Allison & Busby, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

London Allison & Busby [] , 1986, First Edition. hardcover. First U.K. Edition, First Printing 1986 of the author's FIRST BOOK. Original publication was 1967. -- Hardcover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN 0850317398

Allison and Busby, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition.

London: Allison & Busby London/New York in association with Oscar Lewenstein, 1986 ISBN: 0850317398 hard cover with a dust jacket, this is an unread book that has been stored for over 30 years. Printed and bound in Great Britain shelf OO-3

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1967. Light shelfwear, mild glue stain from unknown item once affixed to bottom of rear flyleaf, else very good plus of the author's first book in a slightly rubbed, slightly edgeworn, very good dust jacket, with tiny chip to bottom edge of rear panel.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Owl Book, 1994. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. (1st Thus) Very thick, heavy softcover, light green wrappers, glossy and colorfully designed and illustrated, praise on back from New York Times, Boston Globe and others, 642 slightly browned but supple pages, light crease to early front end papers, very slight wear to spine top edge. Very Good.

New York: Hotl, Rinehart, Winston, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. First owl. Very good in wrappers. 1.5" crease at back bottom right corner of book.