Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son

London: Michael Joseph, 1964. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A smart edition of this collection of essays from Baldwin, following on from his first collection Notes of a Native Son, 1955. Following on from the author's first collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son, 1955. This collection includes revised versions of several of Baldwin's previously published essays, as well as some never before published. Titles include: The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American, Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem, East River, Downtown: Postscript to a Letter from Harlem, Nobody Knows My Name: A Letter from the South, and The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy. Written by James Baldwin, an American writer who gained acclaim across several forms including essays, novels, plays, and poetry. His works are recognised by the fictionalization of fundamental questions around the complex social and psychological pressures of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities with the odd small closed tear. Light tide marks to the back panel and the front flap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine