Going to the Territory [advance uncorrected Proof]

New York: Random House, 1986. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. 340 pp. 8vo. Yellow wrappers with publisher's slip pasted down to cover with tape and "Cornish" is written in brown across the top. Light soiling else near fine. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. 340 pp. 8vo. Ralph Ellison's 'Going to the Territory' is a collection of seventeen essays including Remembering Richard Wright in which he recalls his friendship with the author. This advance copy bears the name "Cornish" across the top and was intended for Sam Cornish who reviewed books at the Christian Monitor at the time of this release. Cornish, who was also Black and Boston's first poet laureate, reviewed the book for the August 18th, 1986 issue. In the review he states, "As ever, Ellison refuses to make glib and fashionable comments about artists, blacks, whites, and liberals. This is perhaps what makes him such a perceptive and eloquent spokesperson, and “Going to the Territory'' such an important book.”. (Inventory #: 333441)