Last Conquerors, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. With Attribution. Inscribed warrmly and signed by the author to Saul Mauriber, Carl Van Vechten's last collaborator and prtner. Also laid in is an invitation in its envelope (with hand written correction) from 1948 inviting the bearer to a forum and autographing party for the author, where Carl Van Vechton would be participating, among others. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge tiny chips. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 262 pages; G-/G-; spine pink faded to white and grey with white titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.75', fading to spine, chipping to all extremities, including head and tail of spine, front hinge; water-staining to fore and lower edges of boards; Signed flat by Smith in blue ink on the ffep, small bleed onto front flap; First Edition, Second Printing, before publication; extremely scarce signed; shelved case 7. William Gardner Smith's debut novel, it reflects his own experience as an African-American GI serving in the racially segregated United States Army in US-occupied Germany after World War II. It revolves around the protagonist, Hayes Dawkins, having an affair with Ilse, a white German woman. Smith's third book, South Street (1954), is considered to be one of the first black militant protest novels. 1352318. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.