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Sixth printing. 8vo. 439 pp. Grey cloth with black titles and decorations. Price of $3.50 intact. About near fine in a very good jacket with some loss to the top of the spine. not affecting the lettering. Signed by Ellison on the front free endpaper.

A novel by Ralph Ellison, published in 1952, Invisible Man addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.