New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1947. b/w Title vignettes; Title Pages (red/black). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 503, [1] pages. First book of the African-American author; story of a young man from the slums arrested on a murder charge. Basis of the..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 247 pages. Author's second book: "... perhaps the most authoritative of southern black family life in American fiction" (jacket front flyleaf). Slight soiling, rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1995. b/w Decorative title page; Genealogical Table. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Slight rubbing to jacket; else a near fine copy as issued. [12], 240 pages. Limited issue of the second novel by the famed Harlem Renaissance writer (her first..... More
