Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son

Language: English

Published by The Dial Press, New York, 1961

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First edition, second printing. Octavo. xiv, 241 pp. Original burgundy boards backed in black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Extremities rubbed; spine ends frayed. Endpapers browned, foxed, and stained; paper remnants to front pastedown. Dust jacket rubbed and worn along folds, with chips, short tears, creasing, and rear-panel soiling. Unclipped, original $4.50 price intact. Baldwin's second essay collection examines race, identity, and the writer's place in American and European society. Includes essays on Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, and the struggle for school integration.

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Title
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Author
James Baldwin
Publisher
The Dial Press, New York
Publication year
1961
Condition
Good+
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1.
Dimensions
Octavo
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Literature, Non-Fiction

Columbus Rare Books

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