first edition
1978 · New York
by Baldwin, James; Inge, M. Thomas; Duke, Maurice; Bryer, Jackson R.; Richard Wright; Ralph Ellison; James Baldwin; Amiri Baraka
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this reference book surveying of the life and works of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka. The second in a series; the first volume covered earlier writers through the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes. 9'' x 6''. Original black paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($14.95) color pictorial dust jacket. xii, 187, [1] pages. Publisher's review slip laid in. Jacket with light toning, shallow edgewear. Book bright.
(Inventory #: 51153)