Native Son by Wright Richard: Signed (11 results)
Language: English
Published by Harpers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Black Swan Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.Black Swan Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. 1st Edition. 359 pages. Contents are tight (firm hinges without cracks). Paper is age slightly age-toned; last 2 pages has very small light stains on bottom margins, else clean. Second issue binding: Dark blue top edge stain has faded. Dark grey cloth is cle…an, square. . Black & gold spine letters are slightly muted. Top corners lightly bumped. Bottom corners scuffed. Slight shelf wear to bottom edge. On the first blank end paper, the author has inscribed in black fountain-pen ink, in large bold script: "To Shirley E. Waldwan, Sincerely, Richard Wright". This is the first 1940 Edition (B-P), second issue. This copy comes with a FACSIMILE FIRST PRINTING DUST JACKET which is As New. Rare autographed copy of his landmark book. Please "Ask Bookseller" if this is available before ordering. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harper & Bros: NY 1940
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller8 x 5.25, printed stapled self wraps, 51 pp, covers worn, chipped, torn, and creased, contents toned and thumbed. Later printing ("c-q") but INSCRIBED "To Horace with all my own best . . ." AND SIGNED "Dick and Ellen" BY THE AUTHOR RICHARD WRIGHT.
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, Later Printing. Octavo, xi, 359 pages. Book Club edition. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Grey dust jacket with black titling to spine and front cover, with illustration to front cover; jacket is wrapped in a new archival mylar sleeve. Book is in full gray cloth binding with gil…t lettering on black title block to spine. Dust jacket is moderately toned, with heavier toning to spine. Small scuffs and abrasions to jacket covers and spine, with shallow chipping at the head and tail. Boards show light wear, with soiling and small areas of exposed board along the top edges. Light soiling over title on spine. Text block edges show light wear and moderate toning, with foxing along the fore edge. Interior is clean. Inscribed in black ink by Richard Wright to former Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution Silvio Beldini: "To-- Silvio Beldini; Sincerely, Richard Wright; 1/22/40; New York". Shelved in Case 2. 1410456. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by Harpers & Brothers Publishers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 15,000.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 359pp. Grey Cloth Boards witth title on spine. Pictorial Dust Jacket with title. Dust Jacket edges rubbed and worn. Inscribed by Richard Wright: "Best wishes to Michael Parlato Richard Wright 3/5/40.". Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition with "A - P" on the copyright page of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Arnold Kohen, RichardÂWright, 3/5/40." Very good in a very good second issue price-clipped dust jacket, second is…sue binding. Richard Wright's ground-breaking novel Native Son tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African American living in utter poverty in Chicago's South Side ghetto in the 1930s. "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. It made impossible a repetition of the old lies [and] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear and violence that have crippled and may yet destroy our culture" (Irving Howe).
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. dj. Book Club Edition. Octavo, xi, 359 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Mild shelf wear. Soiling and toning to covers. Creasing and chipping along edges, with open tear to head of spine. Bumping to spine. Top edge… of textblock dyed black, though faded. Toning to interior pages. Inscribed by Richard Wright on front free endpaper, reading, "To - A.B. Hanson, Jr. / "Your Honor, remember that men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from the lack of bread." / Sincerely yours / Richard Wright / 3/4/43 / Brooklyn, N.Y." Includes typed letter signed from Wright to the same A.B. Hanson, Jr. Letter reads, "Dear Mr. Hanson: / Forgive my delay in answer ing [sic] your letter. Yes, if you send along the book, I'll be glad to sign it for you. / Your letter got lost with a bale of material that hangs around my desk and only last night did I locate it. / I'm glad you liked BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR [sic]; I only hope that I will write more like them. / Meanwhile, / Sincerely yours, / [signed Richard Wright]" VS consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1387496. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.
More imagesPublished by Harper & Brothers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.Bookbid
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 4,000.00
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hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. INSCRIBED first edition, as stated on copyright page, in later dust jacket. Facsimile dust jacket added. INSCRIBED by author on front free end paper. Book very good plus, covers near fine, bookstore sticker attached to front and rear paste-down, minor foxi…ng to front papers, minor discoloration to front and rear papers. Later dust jacket very good, minor wear, discoloration to top and bottom edges. Facsimile dj fine.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first issue with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges… gilt. An exceptional presentation. Richard Wright's ground-breaking novel Native Son tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African American living in utter poverty in Chicago's South Side ghetto in the 1930s. "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. It made impossible a repetition of the old lies [and] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear and violence that have crippled and may yet destroy our culture" (Irving Howe).
More imagesPublished by Harpers, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 30,000.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition, first issue dark blue binding. About fine with light bump at one corner and offsetting from a clipping, in a very good or better first issue dust jacket with some scuffs and small stains on the spine and rear panel. Housed in a custom quarter morocco and marbled papercov…ered boards clamshell case. This copy Inscribed to Ralph D. Hartman, president of the Cleveland Photographic Society and avid book collector, with his bookplate on the front pastedown: "To - Ralph D. Hartman 'Freedom belongs to the strong . ' Sincerely, Richard Wright. 2/19/41 Brooklyn. N.Y." One of the handful of great classics of 20th Century fiction, increasingly difficult to find inscribed.
Published by NY: Harper & Brothers 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA
Contact seller1-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 3,850.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition of this landmark, highly collectible title by Richard Wright. A close to Fine copy in its original very good pictorial dust jacket, corners clipped, a jacket whose front and rear are superb but the spine is severely stained on its lower thi…rd. That said, and nonetheless, a more than presentable copy of an important First Edition which is signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper as follows: With my best wishes / Richard Wright. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by The modern library 1940
- Signed
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, , FranceLibrairie Le Feu Follet
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 1,359.26
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Reliure de l'éditeur. The modern library | New York 1940 | 12.5 x 19 cm | Reliure de l'éditeur | Nouvelle édition. Reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile verte, dos lisse, exemplaire complet de sa jaquette illustrée avec quelques petites déchirures et légers manques. Le verso du premier plat de la jaquette comporte un manque angul…aire au niveau du prix de l'ouvrage. Envoi autographe daté et signé de Richard Wright à Ganan Bocca. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Later edition.Publisher's full green cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows a few small tears and minor losses.The verso of the front panel of the dust jacket shows an angular loss affecting the printed price.Dated and signed autograph inscription from Richard Wright to Ganan Bocca. *.
