Invisible Man. Signed, Limited Edition; with Notes From The Editors laid-in. Fine Binding by Ellison, Ralph - 1980

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980 Fine; As New. Pristine. See scans and description. Signed, limited 1980 Edition. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Signed, limited edition and First Edition thus. The scarce, original 22-page "Notes From The Editors" is included. Signed by Ralph Ellison - and it is one of the more elegant signatures in Franklin's special limited edition series - in black ink on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Illustrations by Will Harmuth, whose moody and dramatic offerings really do reflect the tenor of the novel. Octavo, 454 pp. As New; immaculate, flawless and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the Signed, Limited Edition of Ellison's multiple-award-winning 1952 novel. Harmuth's illustrations are original for this edition. Binding is rich red cowhide, decorated and imprinted in gilt; spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, deep red moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat, typeface is 11-point Janson, and the paper is 60-pound "1854" Cream. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless, and protectively archived since arrival; page-marker has in fact never been moved. With the author's newly-contributed "A Special Message to Subscribers from Ralph Ellison" prefacing the novel. Scarce (particularly with the Notes From the Editors, laid-in) and strikingly handsome. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. See images. l-frnkln3