Nobody Knows My Name More Notes of a Native Son by Baldwin James (65 results)

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pb, 241pp.

Paperback, pocket format, edges a bit rubbed, else in (very) good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Condition: Good. 15th print. A 15th print. good paperback, minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, creased spine, text/block tight clean, FON. 190p. 18x11cm. 150gr.

paperback. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Paperback. Edge-worn covers with several scores, marks, bumps and creases. Upper and inner edges of rear cover are faded. Spine is cocked and quite worn. Some wear on leading corners. Water damage on foot of page block affecting inner lower pages. Binding is slightly visible at front and rear. Text is clear. AF. Used.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. A first printing of the first UK paperback edition, published by Corgi Books [FG7232]. First published in the UK in hardback in 1964 by Michael Joseph. ***A very good copy in illustrated card wrappers. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling, but are quite clean. There is some creasing at the edges and corners, and quite a lot of rubbing and scuffing at the edges, especially on the spine which also has some light reading creases. There is no lean to the binding which is straight. No fading to the covers. Internally the book is also very good, with a neat contemporary ownership name and date, and a small ink stamp, to the front free endpaper. There are no serious creases or tears. The paper stock has tanned with age. No foxing. ***189 pages plus publisher's catalogue at the rear. 182mm x 111mm. ***'This collection of James Baldwin's writing includes his controversial profiles of Norman Mailer, Richard Wright, and Ingmar Bergman, as well as his vigorous attack on Faulkner's defence of the old South. The question of colour takes up much space, as does the relation between blacks and whites, the role of the Negro in America and Europe, the question of sexual identity and the facing of truth about oneself and others.' [Quote taken from the back cover] ***A first printing of the first UK paperback edition in very good original condition. This Corgi edition is surprisingly uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Fifth printing. Some rubbing of front and back cover. Near fine condition, still -- clean, tight, bright. See photos.

224 pp. Paperback. New from publisher.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 241 pages.

paperback. Fine mass market paperback, short crease at corner of rear cover. Dell 6435 first printing. Originally published in 1961.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (african american, african american studies, black american) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Red,white,black Cover Titles (illustrator). PAPERBACK; SEVENTH PRINTING THUS. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.Name ep "al Wood" ; white and red titles on black paper covers.; 190ps pages; voice of a new generation;PROFILE OF NORMAN MAILER; RICHARD WRIGHT & INGMAR BERGMAN; ROLE OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA.AND QUESTION OF SEXUAL IDENTITY".

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dell 1966 Very Good/ 6435. Light wear to bright cover. Page edges dyed teal are lightly faded. Tight tanned pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 241 pages. 4th printing, 1962. Ex-university library marks, moderate wear to the covers, pages tanned; a solid reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: African American; Inventory No: 216021.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Editioin. xiv. 241pp. Black cloth spine with silver title and pink and black design paper over boards. Worn Dust Jacket. James (Arthur) Baldwin 1924-1987. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First mass-market printing of Baldwin's second collection of essays. First edition thus (stated "First Dell printing?August, 1963"). Perfect-bound in printed wraps, 6-3/8 x 4-1/4 in. All textblock edges stained green. 190pp. Light edgewear. One dog-eared page corner. Light scuffing to rear cover. Very near fine; a nice copy.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Published by DELL. Stated First Dell Printing--August, 1963. Minimal wear. MC.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight binding, bright, crisp wraps with crease to lower front, clean, unmarked pages throughout. Stated 1st Dell printing, 6435. In mylar sleeve.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine(-). First printing (stated). Orange octavo, black spine, xiv, 241 pages, 21 cm. African Americans, Race relations. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, two light creases to rear cover-top corner, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, faint soiling to covers and fore-edges, else Near Fine(-).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Nr Fine. 1st Edition. Mustard coloured illustrated dust-jacket designed by Charles Gorham, not price-clipped, lightly sunned/discolored along the spine with a little wear at spine ends otherwise clena and bright, in a clear protective sleeve. Book bound in black cloth with title in white on the spine. Contents unmarked, unused, as new. Related magazine article inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 196 pages. 22.2 cm. Dark brown cloth with white lettering to spine. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket (design by Charles Gorham). "First Published by Michael Joseph, 1964" on publisher's page. Edge worn jacket with small tear and chips at top and bottom of spine. Owner's name and location stamped at top of front end-paper (see photo). Else a tight, fresh book in a very good jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Later edition, 9th Dell printing, February, 1967. 6 1/2"x 4". Plain black cloth. The dust jacket is very nice. Internally sound copy! This book is NOT a Paperback. It may have come from a library but there is NO library markings at all. There is residue on the last page. Selling quality books for 35 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Olive spine, pictorial d/j in clear covering, page edges heavily foxed, light edgewear to d/j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A smart edition of this collection of essays from Baldwin, following on from his first collection Notes of a Native Son, 1955. Following on from the author's first collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, 1955. This collection includes revised versions of several of Baldwin's previously published essays, as well as some never before published. Titles include: The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American, Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem, East River, Downtown: Postscript to a Letter from Harlem, Nobody Knows My Name: A Letter from the South, and The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy. Written by James Baldwin, an American writer who gained acclaim across several forms including essays, novels, plays, and poetry. His works are recognised by the fictionalization of fundamental questions around the complex social and psychological pressures of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities with the odd small closed tear. Light tide marks to the back panel and the front flap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Rose marbled paper covering black boards. Some minor wear to edges of dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In red patterned boards - faded at top - and black spine cloth with silver type. Bottom corners lightly dinged, others sharp. Very little wear. Clean interior and tight binding. Some tanning to page ends. Jacket is unclipped ($4.50) with one 1/2 inch closed tear to top of rear panel. Some edgewear, mostly at spine ends/corners and a few tiny marks to rear panel, a couple tiny chips at heel of spine and some very small stains to inside of heel. Red title type on jacket spine faded.

Second printing. 8vo, pp. 241. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges of cover little scuffed, but a VG tight copy in little chipped and soiled dj.