Native Son
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940.
First edition, first printing. xi, 359 pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with titles blocked in red and gray on the spine and front board. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to covers, and light foxing to endpapers, prelims and terminals. Contents toned. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light soiling, moderate edgewear including several tears up to 1 inch, and pencil notation to front flap. An attractive copy with an unusually bright jacket. A social realist thriller in which a young Black man named Bigger Thomas accidentally kills a white woman and must face the consequences. The book was an immediate bestseller, thanks to its selection for the Book-of-the-Month Club, and launched Richard Wright into literary stardom.
Price: $3,800