New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom… Read more

First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Ralph Ellison. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author housed in a… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. Cloth. White spine stamping modestly flaked, as often, otherwise a very good copy in frayed shelfworn dust jacket that has been laminated by the former owner. First edition of the author's first novel, winner of the National Book Award for its year, and a key work of 20th century U.S. literature. Inscribed by the… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good in Archival Plastic. A wonderful First Edition, First Printing (so stated) of Ralph Ellison's classic work, signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Ralph Ellison, April 4, 1986." In beige and black cloth with white titling, the book is in near… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Modest amount of the usual rubbing on the spine, and a few smudges on the boards, near very good lacking the dustwrapper. The front fly bears a full page Inscription to author and longtime *New Yorker* editor, Robert Bingham in the year of publication: "For Bob and Janet… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy, signed by the author on the front free end paper, in a supplied, Near Fine dust jacket (with correct issue points, including original price of $3.50). Book with the spine lettering mostly rubbed off and with some little dings at the extremities. Internally… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Second Printing. Inscribed by Ellison to Frederick Douglass Patterson, the president of the Tuskegee Institute when Ellison was a student there. Very Good in a Fair jacket, unclipped ($3.50), heavy creasing, moderate chips and loss, multiple tears but all still in one piece. Grey and black buckram on the boards,… Read more

First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Printing" printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Ellison on a laid in card. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket has the printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The… Read more

NEW YORK NY: RANDOM HOUSE. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1952. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / A TWENTIETH CENTURY HIGHSPOT. ISBN: AND A CLASSIC OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. OTHER THAN MODEST PERISHING OF THE SPINE TITLES THE BOOK IS FINEWITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS… Read more

Random House, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine first edition (First Printing stated on the copyright page, light tape offset on front free endpaper)in a very good dust jacket (with original price of $3.50 still on front flap) and with very rare wrap-around band. Signed by Ellison on a laid-in bookplate, not attached. Comes… Read more

New York,: Random House, 1952. Some minor restoration at spine ends, rear panel of jacket very slightly rubbed. In a custom cloth folding case. A beautiful First Edition of this American classic.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Excellent. 8vo..

Random House, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition (First Printing stated on the copyright page)in a very good dust jacket (with original price of $3.50 still on front flap). Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New York: Random House, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 439pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 tan and black boards. Publisher's black topstain. Front hinge professionally repaired. Boards just a tiny bit cocked. In a dust jacket, with restoration to the extremities, and areas of light moisture damage to the edges and folds, primarily only visible on the… Read more

FIRST EDITION. A BRIGHT dustjacket that has some wear along the spine ends and the extremites. This original first state dustjacket, with the author's picture on the back, has minor wear to the panels. Besides some light wear to the corners, this dustjacket is in nice shape. The book is tight, clean and in excellent shape. An attractive copy of… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, sixth printing. Original cloth. Very good/good +. ELLISON, Ralph, Invisible Man (INSCRIBED/SIGNED association copy), Random House, NY, 1952. 1 blank leave (with inscription) + half-title page + TP + 1 leaf = dedication “To Ida” + 1 leaf = epigraph + half-title page + 3 - 439 + 1 blank… Read more

First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $3.50 printed price present with some wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely… Read more

New York: Random House, (1952). First edition. His National Award-winning first book. Ranked 19th on the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century and one of Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Anthony Burgess called it "a masterpiece." Crisp and near fine with just a faint shadow from item… Read more

London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some overall spot foxing to the edges. Some foxing to dust jacket. Text is tight. Better than it sounds.

The First UK printing published by Victor Gollancz in 1953. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with light pushing at the spine tips. The gilt titling remains bright. One or two very tiny spots to the text-block. Internally clean and appears unread. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Mild edge wear at… Read more

New York: Random House, 1952. First. hardcover. Near fine./Very good.. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. First Printing stated on the copyright page and the original price of $3.50 still on the front flap.