NY, Knopf, 1953. The advance reading copy of his classic first novel, a story of life in the ghetto which helped instigate a renaissance in black literature in the Fifties and Sixties. An interesting advance copy in that the dust jacket art was changed radically between the issuance of this edition and the publication of the regular edition, reportedly at Baldwin's request. Spine slightly faded; a bit of wear at spine ends; still, a crisp, at least very good copy in wrappers of this fragile publication, much nicer than usually found. A Modern Library and Radcliffe book of the century. [#024491] SOLD