The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 by James Baldwin - September 1985

Good. Ex-libris copy minor cover and edge wear inside clean text pages good with no markings or writings. Smudging to edges of text pages. Satisfaction guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. 1985, full number line, stated first edition. Text block, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper in like new condition. Very clean, nearly like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A stated First Edition, First Printing with a complete number line. Includes 'The Fire Next Time' and other essays complete (over 50 pieces in all). 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. xx+[2]+690pp., bound in quarter cream cloth over tan boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine and embossed titles to front panel. A Very Good copy with light wear in a Very Good dust jacket with light chipping and bumping to the spine.

New York: St. Martin's, 1985. 690pp. Gold and Beige boards.Embossed gilt lettering on the spine. A light stain on the fore-edge, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped white jacket shows light wear. creasing to the extremities,tiny chip on the rear foldover.. " The works of James Baldwin constitute one of the major contributions to American literature in the twentieth century, and nowhere is this more evident than in The Price of the Ticket, a compendium of nearly fifty years of Baldwin's powerful nonfiction writing. With truth and insight, these personal, prophetic works speak to the heart of the experience of race and identity in the United States. Here are the full texts of Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, No Name in the Street, and The Devil Finds Work, along with dozens of other pieces, ranging from a 1948 review of Raintree Country to a magnificent introduction to this book that, as so many of Mr. Baldwin's works do, combines his intensely… Read More

St. Martin's Press. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1985.

UsedLikeNew. first edition Blank ex-libris, like new, white Dust Cover, great gift,

St. Martin's Press, 1985-09-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!