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First Priting. A solid Near Fine copy in black and light tan cloth, in a Very Good later state dust wrapper, bright and unfaded, with tape shadows on the flaps. Charcoal topstain rich. An unread copy with no wear, staining, toning, soil or other problems. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Slight rubbing to heel affecting "House". 439pp. Q20034.

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.