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The Fire Next Time James Baldwin Dial Press
Nonfiction
Essay
Race Relations
Civil Rights
USD$9,500

Description

First edition, first printing. Signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page, the author has also written his New York City address on the facing page. Bound in publisher's original cream cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light wear to corners, a few small spots to the topstain and tanning to the pages, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with wear to the extremities and creases to the rear flap, fading to the red print on the spine. The African-American novelist's powerful thoughts on race in the U.S. in two essays, an instant bestseller. Signed first printings are scarce.

About The Fire Next Time

A classic of the civil rights movement, 'The Fire Next Time' is a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice which consists of two essays: 'My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,' and 'Down At The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind.'