Description
For sale is a first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Native Son by Richard Wright. First Edition unstated, 1940 Harper and Brothers. SECOND Printing with 1940 on both Title and Copyright pages and B-P code.
The exterior of the book is in Very Good with bright boards with a few spots, clean page blocks, strong title gilt on a lightly wrinkled spine, rolled spine ends, mild spine tilt, mild edge wear and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket.
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
