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Signed First Edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Signed First Edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

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Signed First Edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

by ELLISON, Ralph

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ELLISON, Ralph. Invisible Man. First edition, seventh printing of the Invisible Man with laid in quotation signed "Ralph Ellison" that reads "America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain... Our fate is to become one, and yet many- This is not prophecy, but description." In original dust jacket. New York: Random House, 1952. Octavo, 439 pages, original illustrated gray boards. Original dustjacket is unclipped. Top edge tipped in blue. First edition, 7th printing. Dust jacket has a few tears and some chipping. Bump on lower front corner board. All in all, very clean, good condition copy of Ellison's masterpiece, a writer the New York Times dubbed 'among the gods of America's literary Parnassus.'.

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Title
Signed First Edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
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ELLISON, Ralph
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Tipped In
Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
First Edition
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