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8 x 5.25, printed stapled self wraps, 51 pp, covers worn, chipped, torn, and creased, contents toned and thumbed. Later printing ("c-q") but INSCRIBED "To Horace with all my own best . . ." AND SIGNED "Dick and Ellen" BY THE AUTHOR RICHARD WRIGHT.

First edition, first issue with "A - P" on the copyright page. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional presentation. Richard Wright's ground-breaking novel Native Son tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, an African American living in utter poverty in Chicago's South Side ghetto in the 1930s. "The day Native Son appeared, American culture was changed forever. It made impossible a repetition of the old lies [and] brought out into the open, as no one ever had before, the hatred, fear and violence that have crippled and may yet destroy our culture" (Irving Howe).

First Edition of this landmark, highly collectible title by Richard Wright.  A close to Fine copy in its original very good pictorial dust jacket, corners clipped, a jacket whose front and rear are superb but the spine is severely stained on its lower third.  That said, and nonetheless, a more than presentable copy of an important First Edition which is signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper as follows:  With my best wishes / Richard Wright

Octavo, xi, 359 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Mild shelf wear. Soiling and toning to covers. Creasing and chipping along edges, with open tear to head of spine. Bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock dyed black, though faded. Toning to interior pages. Inscribed by Richard Wright on front free endpaper, reading, "To - A.B. Hanson, Jr. / "Your Honor, remember that men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from the lack of bread." / Sincerely yours / Richard Wright / 3/4/43 / Brooklyn, N.Y." Includes typed letter signed from Wright to the same A.B. Hanson, Jr. Letter reads, "Dear Mr. Hanson: / Forgive my delay in answer ing [sic] your letter. Yes, if you send along the book, I'll be glad to sign it for you. / Your letter got lost with a bale of material that hangs around my desk and only last night did I locate it. / I'm glad you liked BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR [sic]; I only hope that I will write more like them. / Meanwhile, / Sincerely yours, / [signed Richard Wright]" VS consignment. Shelved in Case 3. 1387496. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.