First Edition Library Native by Richard Wright (7 results)
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Published by Harper & Brothers, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Nook, Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.Book Nook
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. The Coloring On The Dj Spine Is Lightly Faded & There Is A Small Light Liquid Stain On It. Very Light Wear. Slipcase Is In Very Good Shape With Very Light Soiilng.
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Published by First Edition Library, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Rare Books Store, Suwanee, GA, U.S.A.Rare Books Store
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. the facsimile of the first edition book - Near Fine slipcase - Very Good+.
Published by The First Edition Library c. 1990, 1990
- Hardcover
Seller: Acme Book Company, Kennebunkport, ME, U.S.A.Acme Book Company
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. In Near Fine slipase.
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Published by The First Edition Library, 1990
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Reissue. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert. Jacket slightly wrinkled from previous owner applying mylar cover too tightly (now removed), minor blemishes to slipcase. 1990 Hard Cover. xi, 359 pp. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had be…en headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
Published by The First Edition Library 0, Shelton, CT
- Hardcover
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Facsimile Reprint Edition. First Edition Library facsimile reprint of the first publisher's edition (1940). Copyright renewed 1968, this edition undated but 1980s-90s. Black cloth, with gray and orange title/author fields, in color dust jacket now in mylar, slipcased.…Lacking publisher's insert, otherwise as issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Hardcover
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Native Son by Richard Wright. First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, 1987. First edition FACSIMILE. Slip case measures 8.75 x 5.75". 359 p. In very good condition. Slip case exhibits light shelf wear. Dust jacket remains attractive. Small spots of soiling on rear board. Text-block is bright and…clean. Binding is tight and intact. Please see photos. Richard Wright was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. His best known works include the novella collection Uncle Tom's Children (1938), the novel Native Son (1940), and the memoir Black Boy (1945). Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century. First Editions Library (FEL) is a series of exact facsimile replicas of the first editions published by Collectors' Reprint Inc. Founded in 1987 by Henry Reath, a former president and publisher of Doubleday; his wife, Mary; and Kemp Battle, who also worked at Doubleday, the company prided itself on publishing the best of American literature as it first appeared. FEL facsimiles have the same weight, size, typeface, art, dust jacket, finish and texture as well as points of issue as the originals. In many cases, the Reaths and Battle waded into debate amongst themselves about which editions were indeed the first. With the mission of duplicating the originals as closely as possible, the publisher hired engravers to reproduce typefaces that are no longer used. They dyed both sides of paper to create a shade of green no longer available for the dust jacket on Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The sewn bindings, stamping and even the original price on the jacket flap of FEL facsimiles are all exact replicas. The heart of the FEL series is literary fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries, including modern classics like F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, and William Faulkner's Absalom Absalom. However, there are four categories of exception: James Bond series (14 titles), mystery series (13 titles), science fiction series (12 titles), and Published in Paris series (3 titles). In total, FEL produced 112 titles. Sometime in the 1990s, FEL stopped production and sold the rights for 49 of its facsimiles to Easton Press. However, the remaining 63 titles are out-of-print. RAREN1987ABBB MC64 26/01.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Lightly sunned spine. Facsimile.
