Native by Wright Richard: First Edition (227 results)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. First Edition. 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.
- Softcover
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Seller: Nathan Groninger, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Nathan Groninger
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean and tight in standard very good condition. No inside marks noted. 8.4.41.
Language: English
Published by Library of America 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
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hardcover. Condition: fine. slipcase fine. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark red cloth binding. Clean pages, ribbon marker. Slipcase has no splits.
Language: English
Published by Library of America, New York 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Kent, OH, U.S.A.Archer's Used and Rare Books
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Library of America series. Book comes in its original slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0940450666. ISBN/EAN: 9780940450660. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available u…pon request. Inventory No: 23081.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.Textbooks_Source
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paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
Language: English
Published by Harpers, New York, NY, U.S.A. 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book Lovers, Philo, CA, U.S.A.The Book Lovers
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No DJ. Book in fair shape. Binding is tight but spine and corners are frayed. A fine writer. Good reading copy.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.Textbooks_Source
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paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
Language: English
Published by Library of America 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Enterprise Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Book As New. NO notes or ANY markings. NO names. Remainder slash at bottom edge. DJ with long tape repaired slit along front spine edge. Else Very Fine NO other defects. Not clipped ($35) ; Library Of America; 916 pages.
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- First Edition
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United KingdomRarewaves.com USA
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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago's slums, reckless, angry and adrift.A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger… finds himself the cause célèbre in an ever-narrowing endgame.First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America.'In addition to being a masterpiece, a Great American Novel' Guardian'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America' James BaldwinWITH AN AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE.
Language: English
Published by Library of America 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Friends Of Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A.Friends Of Bridgeport Public Library
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in very good used condition. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and in the Bridgeport Public Schools.
Language: English
Published by Library of America 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Friends Of Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A.Friends Of Bridgeport Public Library
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition in original slipcase. Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and the Bridgeport public schools.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." - Henry Louis Gates Jr."The most powerful American novel to appear sin…ce The Grapes of Wrath." --The New YorkerWhen it was first published in 1940, Native Son established Richard Wright as a literary star. In the decades since, Wright's masterpiece--hailed by Newsweek as "a novel of tremendous power and beauty"--has become a revered classic that remains as timely and relevant today as when it first appeared.Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Native Son is the story of Bigger Thomas, a young Black man caught in a downward spiral after killing a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Written with the distinctive rhythm of a modern crime story, this formidable work is both a condemnation of social injustice and an unsparing portrait of the Black experience in America, revealing the tragic effect of poverty, racism, and hopelessness on the human spirit. "I wrote Native Son to show what manner of men and women our 'society of the majority' breeds, and my aim was to depict a character in terms of thw living tissue and texture of daily consciousness," Wright explained.This edition of Native Son--the restored text established by the Library of America--is the novel as Wright intended it to be published. It also includes an essay by Wright titled, How "Bigger" was Born, along with notes on the text. Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape society. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Name in ink on spine. No jacket. Light wear to couple corners.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.A Turn of the Page Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st ed, 2nd prtg.
Published by signet book, 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 794, good - very good, creases (RACIAL CRIME NOVEL), paperback.
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- First Edition
Seller: One Planet Books, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.One Planet Books
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hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! Like Brand NEW. No tears, highlighting or writing because it's never been used! May have minor shelf wear. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
Language: English
Published by THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY OF WORLD LITERATURE, INC., NEW YORK, NY 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
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STIFF PAPER ILLUSTRATED WRAPS. Condition: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. 1st Edition. (4) + 5 - 399 + (1) PAGES. THERE IS MINIMAL SHELF WEAR OF THE BOOK'S EDGES. THE BOOK IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. THERE IS AN AFTERWORD WRITTEN BY RICHARD SULLIVAN. Size: 4 1/8" X 7" SIGNET PAPERBACK EDITION - THIRD PRINTIN.
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- First Edition
Seller: Samson Books, Trenton, ON, CanadaSamson Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Light wear. Copyright 1940 by Richard Wright; Notes and chronology copyright 1991 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.; Restored edition copyright 1993 by Ellen Wright; Introduction copyright 1993 by Arnold Rampersad.
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Published by Library of America 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Monet Alley, New Baltimore, NY, U.S.A.Monet Alley
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Excellent shape. Slipcase instead of dust cover.
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Published by Harper & Brothers Publishing 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter Two Bookstore, Lompoc, CA, U.S.A.Chapter Two Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book looks nice, but has some minor shelf wear. Pages are tanned. Binding is tight and secure. Stated First Edition A-P.
Language: English
Published by Harpers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.A Turn of the Page Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Previous owner's book plate on front paste down. Wright's classic story of life in the "most segregated city in America" Chicago, in the early 20th century.This outstanding novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American youth living in utter poverty.…Bigger lived in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. While not apologizing for Bigger's crimes, Richard Wright portrays a systemic inevitability behind them. Bigger's lawyer makes the case that there is no escape from this destiny for his client or any other black American, since they are the necessary product of the society that formed them and told them since birth who exactly they were supposed to be. "No American Negro exists," James Baldwin once wrote, "who does not have his private Bigger Thomas living in his skull." Frantz Fanon discusses this feeling in his 1952 essay "L'Expérience Vécue du Noir", or "The Fact of Blackness". "In the end," writes Fanon, "Bigger Thomas acts. To put an end to his tension, he acts, he responds to the world's anticipation." Wright based aspects of the novel on the 1938 arrest and trial of Robert Nixon, executed in 1939 following a series of "brick bat murders" in Los Angeles and Chicago. Wright's protest novel was an immediate best-seller, selling 250,000 hardcover copies within three weeks of its publication by the Book-of-the-Month Club on March 1, 1940. It was one of the earliest successful attempts to explain the racial divide in America in terms of the social conditions imposed on African-Americans by the dominant white society. It also made Wright the wealthiest black writer of his time and established him as a spokesperson for African-American issues, and the "father of Black American literature." As Irving Howe said in his 1963 essay "Black Boys and Native Sons," "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. No matter how much qualifying the book might later need, it made impossible a repetition of the old lies . [and] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear, and violence that have crippled and may yet destroy our culture." The novel's treatment of Bigger and his motivations is an example of literary naturalism. First Edition A-P Second State binding. Along with Ellison's Invisible Man and Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain, one of the indisputable mid-century classics of African-American literature.
Published by Harper and Brothers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ridge Road Sight And Sound, North Arlington, NJ, U.S.A.Ridge Road Sight And Sound
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: VG -. 1st. Hardcover / No jacket / Front endpaper stained / Hinge torn at title page but binding is solid.
Language: English
Published by NY: Library of America 1991
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.Peter Lenz Bookseller
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Fine hardcover in burgundy cloth boards, as issued w/out dj, in a Fine slipcase. First Edition, First Printing. 936pp.
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- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condition: New. 2020. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . .
Published by Signet Books, New York 1950
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- First Edition
Seller: Cerulean Day, Newtown, PA, U.S.A.Cerulean Day
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Very rare first edition paperback of the groundbreaking novel.
Language: English
Published by FIRST EDITION LIBRARY
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- First Edition
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.BookManBookWoman Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful facsimile duplicate of the original FIRST EDITION hardcover book and Dust Jacket in a slipcase in AS NEW FINE condition Slipcase in new fine condition.Appears UNREAD.Bright clean tight.Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clea…n, legible, and bright // No previous owner names//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No underlining. No highlighting// No foxing// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club//No remainder mark.//We ship 5 days a week.Shelf1013.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York City, Ny 1940
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- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xi, 359 Pp. Blue Grey Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt On Black, Blue Topstain, Title Page Printed In Black And Red, Copyright Page With First Edition Stated And Code "A-P". Some Wear, Pinpoint Fray At Lower Front Tip. Thin Line Of Dampstaining To Lower Foredge Of First 50 Pages.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Bin
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Grey cloth with gilt spine titles and decoration in black title window; cloth very good with light edgewear, points of rubbing to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Lacking the jacket. Spine square. Binding sound. Prior owner's name inked to FFEP. Interior else clean, pages toned, text u…nmarked.
Published by Signet New American Library, NY NY 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rock River Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.Rock River Books
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Condition: Very Good. First. Mass market paperback first printing, so stated. Very good condition, with some slight wear to the cover. Binding is tight, interior pages are tanned. Previous owner name written on inside front cover.
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Published by Library of America, New York 1991
Series: Library of America, Book 7 of 16. Book 7 of 16 - Library of America
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. 1st Printing. 5 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean, no shelf wear. Binding tight, text spotless. Original slipcase has a few tiny spots, minimal edge wear. L of A Stax.
