Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press, 1973. Second Printing.

Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), [8], 200 pages in orange cloth, titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).

A look at Richard Wright's life and literary career up to the publication of Native Son in 1940 and his eventual disenchantment with communism.

CONDITION: Very Good with some underlining on a number of pages and some foxing and slight soiling along the top and fore edges. The dust jacket panels are rubbed with some foxing and small chips on the rear panel and foxing on the flaps.

$20.00

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Bookseller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 147
Title: The Emergence of Richard Wright: A Study in Literature and Society
Author: Kinnamon, Kenneth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Place of Publication: Urbana, Chicago, London
Date Published: 1973
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Literary History; Richard Wright; African-American
Bookseller catalogs: Literary History;

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