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Invisible Man (First edition with a clipped signature laid in)
by Ellison, Ralph
- Used
- very good
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 439pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 tan and black boards. Publisher's black topstain. Front hinge professionally repaired. Boards just a tiny bit cocked. In a dust jacket, with restoration to the extremities, and areas of light moisture damage to the edges and folds, primarily only visible on the reverse. In a custom clamshell. The author's clipped signature is laid in. A first edition of this highly esteemed classic American novel, influenced by the Harlem Renaissance. Ellison was introduced to Richard Wright during his first trip to New York. Wright encouraged Ellison to abandon his dreams of a musical career (at the time he was studying music at the Tuskegee Institute), and instead focus his attention on writing. Ellison soon made a name for himself with the East Coast intelligentsia through his shorter works being published by the literary journals of the day. This work, Ellison's first and only novel, deals with the universal themes of man's search for identity and place in society. The book won the National Book Award for 1953.
Synopsis
Even though Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man is sometimes featured on banned books lists, it remains a consistent staple on many high school reading curriculums. In the novel, Ellison laments the feeling of hopelessness and invisibility that many Black men experience in the United States, and it elegantly explores the themes of racism and bigotry in ways that are both unsettling and accessible.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 58974
- Title
- Invisible Man (First edition with a clipped signature laid in)
- Author
- Ellison, Ralph
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket condition
- very good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1952
- Keywords
- DAVID NIELSON; Literature; getman5; signed; first edition; parisslam
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...[more]
- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...[more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...[more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...[more]
- hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...[more]
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