Messenger by Charles Wright (35 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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

Softcover. Condition: Fair. R2082. Some creasing and wear, yellowing, else a good reading copy of a vintage paperback. Sticker and black mark on the cover. Missing a piece of the spine. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 227433.

mass_market. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

mass_market. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Printing Thus. First Crest printing. 126pp. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Very good ex-library copy with usual library markings, slightly cocked spine, and some toning in a good only dust jacket with a stain on the rear panel, tears, tape remnants, and rubbing. Author's first book. James Baldwin blurb.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a paperback book with 126 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1964 as the published date. The covers show just a hint of edgewear and light soiling on the back. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.…

Very good, some light wear to covers.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear and have been laminated by previous owner (fixed to inside covers). Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. MMPB. CREST BOOK d716. Original cover price 50 cents. Book condition is good. Very minor shelfwear. Front cover has a minor scuff to head edge and tail edge. 126 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Shelved in plastic. HXFIC/KOREANWAR.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. 1st UK Edition. VG++, Shelfwear, Edgefoxing/VG++, PC, Chips, Tears, Perfs. 1st UK Edition. Drama. Scan on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (stated). Mild bumping to the lower corner tips, else near fine; in a very good plus photo-pictorial dust jacket with modest shelf wear, and rubbing to the black front panel. Original price ($3.95) intact on the upper corner of the front flap. The African-American author's first novel with positive reviews on the rear panel from James Baldwin, Lucy Freeman and Kay Boyle. "In The Messenger (1963), Wright draws extensively on his life. Realistically narrated in the first person by Charles Stevenson -- a light-skinned African American newcomer to Manhattan from small-town Missouri -- the novel dramatizes the isolation and alienation of those who fall prey to America's social, economic, and racial caste systems. Stevenson works as an office messenger and constantly finds himself on the edges of power, yet is utterly devoid of any. A man perceived as neither black nor white, "a minority within a minority," he drifts through the naturalistic city of New York, where victory and defeat are accepted "with the same marvelous indifference."--goodreads. Listed in Ian Young, THE MALE HOMOSEXUAL IN LITERATURE: A Bibliography (second edition) #4236. and Roger Austen's PLAYING THE GAME: The Homosexual Novel in America, page 201-203.…

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs0.…

Paperback. first edition. 716 near fine, unread paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper worn at edges and a litle soiled. Ink inscription on front endpaper.

Condition: VG. 1ST. FIRST CREST PRINTING, USUAL TANNING TO PAGES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Copyright 1963 by Charles Wright First British edition published 1964 The dustjacket has a couple of tears. They may be taped. I have left the cover as is because it is best this way with collectable books. In The Messenger (1963), Wright draws extensively on his life. Realistically narrated in the first person by Charles Stevenson -- a light-skinned African American newcomer to Manhattan from small-town Missouri -- the novel dramatizes the isolation and alienation of those who fall prey to America's social, economic, and racial caste systems. Stevenson works as an office messenger and constantly finds himself on the edges of power, yet is utterly devoid of any. A man perceived as neither black nor white, "a minority within a minority," he drifts through the naturalistic city of New York, where victory and defeat are accepted "with the same marvelous indifference." 217pp.…

dj. First Edition. 8vo, quarter white cloth over black paper boards, silver and grey titles, red top stain, 217pp. First printing. Unclipped dust jacket (3.95) with light rippling, creasing to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, tape residue impressions to board and endpaper edges. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The debut novel by the unsung Black American writer, a semi autobiographical bildungsroman of a young man transplanted from Missouri to New York City. Dust jacket blurb by James Baldwin. A very good copy in mylar. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Black paper over boards with white cloth and black and gray lettering on spine. Black and white DJ with white lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1963, stated First Printing. 217 pages. In good condition. Head and foot of spine are bumped. Covers are a bit faded, but clean. DJ appears toned, with some shelf-wear, mostly limited to edges. Pages are free of marks and binding is strong.…

8vo. vi+216pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy. . First edition. Author's first book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original hardcover in jacket, first printing, book is solid and square. Book has been read and there is some bumping along the top board edges; some bumping lines across back covers; light age-toning, soiling to the white cloth spine. Mild reading wear, age-toning to the pages. About very good minus. Jacket is good to good plus with some rubbing, wear along edges -- few chips and tears -- and some soiling along spine. Comes in old protective mylar sleeve which has some rubbing and wear. Decent first printing. b2.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages; 1963 Farrar, Straus & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Bound in cream quarter cloth over black paper boards, publisher's red top stain present though somewhat faded. Pictorial dust jacket shows light general toning with shelf rubbing and light stresses along the edges with a few tiny nicks to the top edge; $3.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior owner's several small tape reinforcements to the jacket rear surface along the top edge. Contents clean and bright, binding sound with no marks. Solid copy of Wright's first novel. VG/VG-.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A novel. The author's first book. Stated first printing. Small stain on fore edge, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with two small chips, age toning) dust jacket. B0006AYKSC.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 217pp. White spine over black boards, black and gray titles on spine. Slight sunning to upper edge of front board, previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down, otherwise book is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket crisp and unclipped in mylar sleeve. Wright's debut, hailed by James Baldwin as the arrival of a notable writer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, stated First Edition, about Fine in Good D.J., chip top edge obliterating the r in Messenger, and general chipping and some tears. LONG BLURB BY JAMES BALDWIN.(VVbrtv2/1).