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Russet cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt text. Boards show some bowing, edgewear. Corners are sharp. See photos. Spine has gilt text dimmed and is sunned, with softened ends. Binding is strong, secure. Pastedowns and feps have some marks, an ink stamp inside front cover. See photos. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have publisher's ink at head, untrimmed foot edges.** PS2024.1106** 303 pages. 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches** A very good first edition copy of the first novel by American author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987). Publisher's russet cloth with facsimile signature in gilt on the front cover.** Baldwin's novel was included in Time's list of most important English language novels (2005).** First edition, per the copyright page.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010096"**.

Go Tell It on the Mountain is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin that examines the role of the Christian Church in the lives of African-Americans, both as a source of repression and moral hypocrisy and as a source of inspiration and community. It also details the social and psychological pressures that lead to the moral and spiritual decline of John Grimes, a teenage boy much like Baldwin himself.