Vintage Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, 1952, African American Classics, Coming of Age hotsell Book, Vintage Modern Library, Midcentury Literature

Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison, a Modern Library book published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by 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.

Dust jacket a bit shabby, but intact. Chipped at top and bottom of spine. Foxing to back and front. Chipped and minor tears at corners and edges, price clipped.
Silver lettering on navy blue cloth covered spine. Bumped corners and spine ends, some minor soil on a few pages, foxing on page edges.
No writing or inscriptions.
Covers lined in bright yellow paper.
Inside is quite clean, binding is good. DATE PUBLISHED: 1952 EDITION: 439.
Red capital H stamped on first free endpaper.

Dimensions of book: 5” x 7.25” x 1”

An important work, and great addition to a collection of midcentury American classics.

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