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UsedAcceptable. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING with full number line. Slightly cocked spine. Small surface scuff on back cover near spine. Otherwise very good condition.

Signet Books. New York: New American Library. , 1953 first edition . D-1030 very good , creases Cover art by Avati. paperback,

Vintage Books, 1995. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperback, thicker book, colorfully designed wrappers and lettering, praise at top of back wrapper from Saul Bellow, address label removed causing slight surface wear at top inside front wrapper, 581 pages. One of the most important American novels of the second half of the 20th Century. Light wear at spine top edge, creases at top front right. Near Fine.

New York: Vintage Books, 1995. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Edition, 1st Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine and unmarked. 581pp. A classic.

New York, NY: Signet / New American Library, 1952. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack . Good. Mildly darkened spine on cover. Internal page heavily darkened internal page margins.

China: Penguin Random House Sterling Publishing Edition, 2018. Book. VG+. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback with illustrated cover, AEG (all edges gilt) and silk ribbon marker. Only defect on the book is a small damages area on the front gilt edges. Two great books on conditions of African Americans. .

New York, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Robbie Mclaran, photograph. Fine in original wrappers

University Press of Kentucky, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. With the '1' in a number line. Important, groundbreaking anthology of original essays on Ellison's masterpiece by authorities on the author. Bookstore stamp on endpaper. A clean, unmarked and bright copy.

New York: The Modern Library, 1994. Hardcover. Preface by Charles Johnson. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxxiv, 572pp. Decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Modern Library first issued their edition of Ellison's classic 1952 first novel in 1963, and this went through umpteen printings. This tight and bright copy is the first edition of "The Commemorative Edition" issued just after his death on 16 April 1994.

(Praha): Odeon, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Czech edition. Translated by Rudolf Pellarovi. Text in Czech. Board with a few small stains and modest edgewear, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. Soudobá Svétová Próza series.

Nebraska, Cliffs Notes, Inc, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine copy in the original printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 73 pages; A comprehensive collection. Subjects: Science fiction - History and criticism. Ellison, Ralph.

(Denmark): Gyldendal, 1969. Softcover. Near Fine/Good. First Danish edition. Translated by Mogens Boisen. Text in Danish. Printed wrappers. Pages unopened, top rear corner creased, near fine in a slightly rubbed good only dust jacket with faint dampstains, light soil and modest edgewear. Author's first novel.

Trade softcover edition with black cover and back; book title and author's name in light blue on book spine. Book title, author's name, and image of African-American man on front cover; book overall is in Fine condition with tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Quality Paperback Book Club First Edition, First Printing Thus as indicated by statement of "This edition was especially created in 1994 for Quality Paperback Book Club in arrangement with Random House, Inc." on copyright page. Author's picture and facsimile signature on second interior page of book.Ellison's "masterpiece about the plight of an African-American man" that won the National Book Award for fiction. Trade softcover so unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.

New York: Random House, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Stated 6th ptg. Spine panel cloth mildly tanned, both covers mildly foxed, head of spine panel lightly rubbed. Former owner's signature stamp on upper front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Text block edges mildly tanned. Firm binding. 439 pp..

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii][2]3-439. Full dark brown leather covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering, raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Illustrations by Peter Fiore. The book was first published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans early in the twentieth century. It was awarded the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. A fine copy.

This is the softcover stated Signet Edition from 1952. Other than the slightest hint of cover creasing, both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.Like New

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes an advance excerpt from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, plus two poems by Dylan Thomas and work by a range of other important contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of toning, soil and reading wear.

New York: Random House and by The First Edition Library, (1952). Facsimile First Edition Library Reprint. Fine in 1/2 black and 1/2 tan cloth covered boards with white text on the spine with the top edge of the text block stained light gray. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2". In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a small rub mark at the upper edge of the spine area. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a fine paper covered slip case with paper labels of the front and rear panels of the dust jacket attached to the panels of the slip case with a repaired 1" crack to the joint at the head of the slip case. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's card on the issue points of the first edition. 439 pages of text. This is the First Edition Library's exact (facsimile) reproduction of the first edition of the book to include all the issue points that were present in the original first printing.

New York: Random House Inc. 1982. 30th Anniversary Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394525493 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8.8 X 5.8 X 1.5 inches .