James Baldwin Preface By (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. .TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION.NOT ex-library copy .text unmarked .slightly bumped corners. .binding is solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Originally published in a limited edition. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 270 pages, green cloth with gilt titles. A very good, clean, hardcover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a good price-clipped dust jacket, chipped at the edges, missing a 1" piece at the top of the back strip. This copy was given as a gift to a teacher by her class of 22 girls (of 1938), all of whom signed the front free end paper. …

Hardcover. 447p., preface, prologue, index, illustrated with two sections of b&w photos, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards & dj.

Paperback. 447p., preface, prologue, index, two sections of b&w photos, remainder mark bottom edge otherwise very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Signed by the poet on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 447 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear and crisp pages. Occasional pen markings on text. Dust jacket shows minimal wear all around. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Vittoria Semproni (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and some spots of rubbing, and a couple of small chips.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. You can see the covers in the photos. They are in very nice condition, only light wear, a couple of thin vertical creases on the spine, a few nicks, a tiny spot off the top edge of the rear cover, some light amber spotting coming up from the bottom edge of the rear cover adjacent to the spine. The top page edge also has some amber freckling. The book is square and the spine looks straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any instances of soiling or spotting. I'm not finding any creasing. The light crinkle off the top edge of the front cover can be seen off the top edge of the first few pages, very light. There are no markings in the book. There is one attachment, an address label off the top edge of the front end paper which is also the verso of the frontispiece which is a map showing 'The Trek Northward: Movement of the Negro population in N.Y.C.'. The front end paper has a quote off its bottom edge from Langston Hughes: 'Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.'.…

Hardcover. 447p., b&w photos, signed by Norse at title page, very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.

Hardcover. 447p., b&w photos, signed by Norse at title page, very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.

Hardcover. xix, 328p., frontis-map, forewords, preface, footnotes, bibliography, index, very good first edition hardcover bound in blue-gray cloth boards and unclipped, edgeworn dust jacket.