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First edition, stated first printing. Bound in publisher's two-toned black and beige cloth stamped in white and gray. Very Good with slight musty odor to pages, light rubbing to white stamping on spine, textblock edge spotted and a short tear to the bottom edge of the half-title page. Ina Very Good unclipped dust jacket which is generally worn and soiled, with small stains, toning to the verso. A difficult title to locate in collectable condition.

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.