Hurry Home: a novel by Wideman, John Edgar - 1970

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Hardcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151429936 . "HURRY HOME is unique in the fidelity, complexity, and subtlety with which it probes the dilemma of a highly-educated, fragmented Negro. Cecil Braithwaite is a man caught between two worlds. An unstable mixture of black and white..." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Head and tail end of spine and corners are lightly bumped, small 1/4" stain on half-title page. Price clipped. Dust jacket has half-inch chip in the tail edge of front cover, lightly worn at head and tail ends of spine and at folds between front and back covers and flaps. Dust jacket is protected in plastic archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace and World, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed to poet Daniel Hoffman: "Dan, a darned good name - a good friend. John." Hoffman served as the Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress (the equivalent of the United States Poet Laureate) in 1973-1974. Both he and Wideman were largely based in Philadelphia. The author's second book, difficult in this condition, with a nice association.