Ellison

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Author: Ellison, Ralph
Title: Invisible Man
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Random House
Date Published: [1952]
Description:

(8vo) original two-tone black and beige cloth, pictorial jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer and with a portrait of Ellison by Gordon Parks on the back panel. First Edition, First Printing.

Ellison's first book, winner of the National Book Award. A high spot in twentieth century American literature, telling the story of a black man's existence in a white world, where he resides in his basement lair and lives as an invisible man. Signed bookplate laid in. With publisher's "A.B." on bottom of copyright page. Jacket is unclipped with price of $3.50 on front flap.
Condition Report: Jacket worn with some tearing on front cover, flaking along edges with loss to corners and ends of spine; light wear to cloth with some fading to white lettering and a bit of sunning to spine; faint toning to pages, dampstain on bottom half of foredge; very good volume in like jacket.