BALDWIN, James. Notes of a Native Son
BALDWIN, James. Notes of a Native Son. London: Michael Joseph. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white to the spine panel, in the dust jacket designed by Charles Gorham. A very good copy, the cloth bright and clean, gently bumped around spine head, the binding tight and square. The textblock a little spotted at top edge, other edges trivially. The contents mostly clean, with contemporary ink ownership inscription to the front endpaper and a handful of small spots to endpapers and prelims, else fine. The dust jacket price-clipped, some minor rubbing and one bump to the spine panel, other edges just slightly bumped with one tiny nick to one corner. Perhaps very minor restoration to spine head at verso, but not visible outer. A sharp copy overall.
One of Baldwin's most significant works, published by Beacon Press in the US nine years previously. A controlled but frenzied repudiation of American culture - art, politics, literature - in relation to Black Americans. A nearly comedic, genuinely enraging concept Baldwin draws on throughout is his country's incessant need 'for him to react as a Negro' as he considers his unique detachment from his truly beloved country.
BALDWIN, James. Notes of a Native Son. London: Michael Joseph. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white to the spine panel, in the dust jacket designed by Charles Gorham. A very good copy, the cloth bright and clean, gently bumped around spine head, the binding tight and square. The textblock a little spotted at top edge, other edges trivially. The contents mostly clean, with contemporary ink ownership inscription to the front endpaper and a handful of small spots to endpapers and prelims, else fine. The dust jacket price-clipped, some minor rubbing and one bump to the spine panel, other edges just slightly bumped with one tiny nick to one corner. Perhaps very minor restoration to spine head at verso, but not visible outer. A sharp copy overall.
One of Baldwin's most significant works, published by Beacon Press in the US nine years previously. A controlled but frenzied repudiation of American culture - art, politics, literature - in relation to Black Americans. A nearly comedic, genuinely enraging concept Baldwin draws on throughout is his country's incessant need 'for him to react as a Negro' as he considers his unique detachment from his truly beloved country.
BALDWIN, James. Notes of a Native Son. London: Michael Joseph. 1964. 8vo. First British edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white to the spine panel, in the dust jacket designed by Charles Gorham. A very good copy, the cloth bright and clean, gently bumped around spine head, the binding tight and square. The textblock a little spotted at top edge, other edges trivially. The contents mostly clean, with contemporary ink ownership inscription to the front endpaper and a handful of small spots to endpapers and prelims, else fine. The dust jacket price-clipped, some minor rubbing and one bump to the spine panel, other edges just slightly bumped with one tiny nick to one corner. Perhaps very minor restoration to spine head at verso, but not visible outer. A sharp copy overall.
One of Baldwin's most significant works, published by Beacon Press in the US nine years previously. A controlled but frenzied repudiation of American culture - art, politics, literature - in relation to Black Americans. A nearly comedic, genuinely enraging concept Baldwin draws on throughout is his country's incessant need 'for him to react as a Negro' as he considers his unique detachment from his truly beloved country.