Wright Richard 1908 1960 (32 results)
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Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
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paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $10.00, near fine copy. WRIGHT, RICHARD. Black boy: (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth. New York: Perennial Classics, 1998, later printing, xix, 419pp., . Harper Perennial modern classics. - The author relates his life as an African American growing up in t…he South during the Jim Crow years - The restored text, established by the Library of America. ISBN 9780060929787 15.60.
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by New York: Harper Perennial Classics, 1998, 1998
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Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellerWright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy. New York: Harper Perennial Classics, 1998, 419pp., PAPERBACK, cover price $13.00, very good. The text as restored by the Library of America. 9780060929787 ISBN 0060929782.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1945
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Add to basketCondition: VERY GOOD. Hardcover. An early printing, possibly a Book of the Month club edition, of this classic novel. Very good, (bookplate), no dust jacket.
RICHARD WRIGHT, DAEMONIC GENIUS; A PORTRAIT OF THE MAN, A CRITICAL LOOK AT HIS WORK. [Richard Wright; Demonic Genius.]
Walker, Margaret (Margaret Walker Alexander), 1915-1998. [Richard Wright, 1908-1960.]
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Second printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xx, 428 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, slight bumping at spine ends with small light brown stain near center, scuffing at flap fold ends. Black cloth spine with vibrant silver stamped lettering, tan boards. Pages are bright and clean.… Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0446710016.
Language: English
Published by Jackson, MS and London: University Press of Mississippi, 1990., 1990
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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First edition, first printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xiv, 299 pages. Hardcover; H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Blue dust jacket lightly rubbed. Blue cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0878054030.
Language: English
Published by Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1987., 1985
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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Second printing (first published 1985). [6], 268 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Black dust jacket rubbed some surface scratches to rear panel, small patch at front panel's bottom left where dj's clear laminate has bubbled. Black cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding rema…ins crisp. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With frontispiece b/w portrait photo, Introduction, and Index. Features twelve essays titled as "Wright's First Hundred Books," "Black Cat and White Cat: Wright's Gothic and the Influence of Poe," "From Revolutionary Poetry to Haiku," "Beyond Naturalism?," "Wright's South," "From Tabloid to Myth: 'The Man Who Lived Underground,'" "The Man Who Killed a Shadow': A Study in Compulsion," "Fantasies and Style in Wright's Fiction," "Wright's Image of France," "Wright and the French Existentialists," "Wright's Exile," "Wright, Negritude, and African Writing," plus four Appendices: "'Superstition' by Richard Wright," "Poetry by Richard Wright," "An Interview with Simone de Beauvoir," and "A Letter from Dorothy Padmore." ISBN 0878052585.
Published by Fr/M: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1964, 1964
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Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.Steven Wolfe Books
Contact seller5-star sellerWright, Richard, 1908-1960. Der schwarze Traum. Roman. Fr/M: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1964, later printing, 463pp., dust-jacket with minor wear, front panel soiled, very good light blue cloth.
AMERICAN HUNGER. (Dust jacket subtitle: "The compelling continuation of Wright's great autobiographical work, 'Black Boy.'")
Wright, Richard [Richard Nathaniel Wright], 1908-1960. Michel Fabre (Afterword).
Language: English
Published by New York et al: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977., 1977
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page). [12], 146, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed and soiled, strong soiling at spine heel and adjacent rear panel's bottom right corner. Blue cloth with vibrant silver stamped spine lettering. D…eckle fore-edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0060147687.
RICHARD WRIGHT: Critical Perspectives Past and Present.
[Wright, Richard, 1908-1960] Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and K. A. Appiah, editors.
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Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Condition: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Includes 20 reviews of Wright's novels and other books and 22 critical essays on his works; the reviewers include Joyce Cary, Max Eastman, Clifton Fadiman, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Ellison, Horace A. Porter, Lionel Trilling…, David Bradley and others. Essays by Dan McCall, Claudia C. Tate, Robert Stepto, Herbert Leibowitz, Houston A Baker and more. Preface by Gates. SIGNED by K. A. Appiah on the title page. One of the first six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Chronology, bibliography and index. xvi, 476 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1977
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Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: FINE. First printing. Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this sec…tion appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Published by New York: Penguin Books, 1947
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Wrappers dust-toned and creased. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 185 pages. Subjects: African Americans; Fiction. Genre: Short story. 1 Kg.
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 146 pages; Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Autobiographical, continues 'Black Boy'. Subjects: Wright, Richard (1908-1960) . Authors, American --20th c…entury --Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by New York: Penguin Books, 1947
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Wrappers dust-toned and creased. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 185 pages. Subjects: African Americans; Fiction. Genre: Short story. 1 Kg.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 146 pages; Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Autobiographical, continues 'Black Boy'. Subjects: Wright, Richard (1908-1960) . Authors, American --20th c…entury --Biography. 1 Kg.
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1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly faded & price-clipped dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Authors, Amer…ican --20th century --Biography. African Americans --Social conditions. Notes: Autobiographical. Continues Black boy 1 Kg.
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1st Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly faded & price-clipped dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered Description: 146 p. , [1] leaf of plate : facsim ; 22 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Authors, Amer…ican --20th century --Biography. African Americans --Social conditions. Notes: Autobiographical. Continues Black boy 1 Kg.
Published by London : Dennis Dobson, 1954
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Add to basket1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Imperial Defence College Library. Fine library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. original dust wrappers flaps glued to the free end endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 358 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects; Wr…ight, Richard 1908-1960. Ashanti (African people). Social conditions History. Travel. Ghana Politics and government to 1957. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Dennis Dobson, 1954
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Imperial Defence College Library. Fine library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. original dust wrappers flaps glued to the free end endpaper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 358 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Subjects; Wr…ight, Richard 1908-1960. Ashanti (African people). Social conditions History. Travel. Ghana Politics and government to 1957. 1 Kg.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1945
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Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.McBlain Books, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st ed. 228p. Original cloth. Somewhat worn dj. Original cloth. Book has modest wear. 21 cm. An important book of enduring value.
Published by Milano, Mondadori, Oscar, Milano, 1975
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Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, ItalyStudio Bibliografico Marini
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paperback. Condition: Perfetto (Mint). . 16mo. pp. 428. . Perfetto (Mint). . . . Si aggiungono altri 6 romanzi di autori americani nella collana Oscar Mondadori: 1) Jack Kerouac, Il dottor Sax, 1999; 2) Jack Kerouac, Visioni di Gerard, 1997; 3) C. S. Lewis, Le lettere di Berlicche, 1979; 4) Mary McCarthy, Il gruppo, 1973; 5) Jam…es M. Cain, La falena, 1973; 6) Thorton Wilder, idi di marzo, 1972; 7) AA. VV. Antologia del blues, 1977 (Bompiani). Book.
Published by Torino, Einaudi, I Coralli, 1947
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Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, ItalyStudio Bibliografico Marini
Contact seller5-star sellerBrossura. Condition: Molto buono (Very Good). Traduzione di Bruno Fonzi . 16mo. pp. 358. . Molto buono (Very Good). Firma di appartenenza alla prima pagina bianca (Owner's name on the first blank page). . . Book.
Published by Torino, Einaudi, I Coralli, 1952
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, ItalyStudio Bibliografico Marini
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Molto buono (Very Good). Traduzione di Bruno Fonzi . 16mo. pp. 360. . Molto buono (Very Good). Fioriture ai tagli (Yellowing of edges). . . Rilegato mezza tela (half-cloth binding). Book.
Published by London : Angus and Robertson, 1960
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 359 p. ; 20 cm. Subject;Wright, Richard (1908-1960). 1 Kg.
Published by London : Angus and Robertson, 1960
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 359 p. ; 20 cm. Subject;Wright, Richard (1908-1960). 1 Kg.
Published by International Publishers, New York, 1941
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Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.McBlain Books, ABAA
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st separate publication. 48p. 19 cm. Modest cover wear and a little browning. First published in New Masses in 1938 and added to the 1940 edition of Wright's "Uncle Tom's Children." This was the first separate publication of this short story. Wright reports that he has assigned reprint rights to… International Publishers and asks that any royalties accrue to the Earl Browder Defense Fund.
Published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano, 1962
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Seller: Libreria antiquaria Dedalo M. Bosio, Torino, TO, ItalyLibreria antiquaria Dedalo M. Bosio
Contact seller5-star sellerTela editoriale con , cm 18.5 x 12, pp 442 (6). Collana I Quaderni della Medusa, numero 53. Nota di proprietà sulla prima sguardia. Prima edizione italiana, con traduzione di Giuliana De Carlo, di Pagan Spain, acuta critica della Spagna franchista e della sua società impregnata di un «cattolicesimo pagano», resoconto di un viagg…io in Spagna intrapreso dall'autore nel 1954 su incitamento di Gertrude Stein. L'opera apparve all'origine nel 1957 e fu pubblicata in Italia, nei Quaderni della Medusa diretti da Vittorini, solo due anni dopo la morte dell'autore. Buono stato, lievi segni d'uso sulla sovraccoperta, carte un po' brunite sui bordi, firma e nota di possesso sulla prima sguardia.
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Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books, Svendborg, DenmarkExpatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 24x16cm, 152 pages., Name on flyleaf. LACKING dust-wrapper. First UK edition (published 1947) [preceded by US edition issued in 1941]. Includes numerous photo illustrations. Worn. Some buckling and stains to binding. Good.
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Seller: Antiquariat Jochen Mohr -Books and Mohr-, Oberthal, GermanyAntiquariat Jochen Mohr -Books and Mohr-
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hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 9783462013627 Wir verkaufen nur, was wir auch selbst lesen würden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 496.
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1938
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Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.McBlain Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st ed. 317p. Original red cloth. dj. 21 cm. An appealing jacket despite some soiling, edge-wear, short tears, a couple of chips, and, finally, some small holes along flap folds. Endpapers generally browned and rather brittle; front free endpaper detached near fold. F…irst edition of his first book. The novellas are titled: "Big Boy Leaves Home; Down by the Riverside; Long Black Song; and Fire and Cloud.
