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Native Son
Native Son
Richard Wright
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Date published: 1940
First edition, first printing of an American classic, inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep. Very rarely found these days. The top part of the inscription, including the name of the recipients, is unclear. It appears as if there was some sort of sticker, perhaps one of those annoying stickers carrying the owner's name, was pasted on the page and then removed, lifting some of the inscription. It was inscribed five years after the book's publication, at Il d'Orleans, Quebec, an island in the middle of the Saint Lawrence River near Quebec City. If there is an mystery about the recipient, he has written his name and date on the title page. Also, in another abuse, however well-meaning, the previous owners have pasted a newspaper review on the two open pages before the novel's first chapter. All as illustrated. In short, not a perfect book, but one that could easily stand between good and very good. Alas, no dust jacket, but with the A-P first issue designation.
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NATIVE SON [Inscribed with Typed Letter Signed]
NATIVE SON [Inscribed with Typed Letter Signed]
Wright, Richard
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Date published: 1940
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 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.
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Native Son
Native Son
WRIGHT, Richard
- Publisher: Harpers
- Date published: 1940
New York: Harpers, 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first issue dark blue binding. About fine with light bump at one corner and offsetting from a clipping, in a very good or better first issue dust jacket with some scuffs and small stains on the spine and rear panel. Housed in a custom quarter morocco and marbled papercovered boards clamshell case. This copy Inscribed to Ralph D. Hartman, president of the Cleveland Photographic Society and avid book collector, with his bookplate on the front pastedown: "To - Ralph D. Hartman 'Freedom belongs to the strong ... ' Sincerely, Richard Wright. 2/19/41 Brooklyn. N.Y." One of the handful of great classics of 20th Century fiction, increasingly difficult to find inscribed.
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