The Last of the Conquerors by Smith, William Gardner - 1949

New York, NY, 1949. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. SIGNET 706. Fourth Printing of the signet paperback. WWII, Black Interest. Avati painted cover. "Deals with Negro GI's in occupied Germany, and their experiences with the men, women and girls of that defeated country." / Cover is bright. Laminate intact with some slight ribbing at edges. Some superficial horizontal bends across spine. Previous owner's name inked on an early page (otherwise text unmarked). Pages moderately tanned but supple. Binding square and solid. Illustrator: James Avati. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::African-American ; Inventory No: 030054. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::African-American ; James Avati Unbranded William Gardner Smith Last of the Conquerors

Lancer Books, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Signet Books, 1949. Pocketbook. Pocketbook. Good. illustrated wraps, 189 pp first printing cover worn on the edges pages discolored Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1949. First British edition. First British edition. 262 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with black spine lettering. Very Good with "Ex Libris" stamp to front board, in an About Very Good dust jacket with a sunned price sticker to the foot, chipped at extremities, slightly soiled and stained. The African American author's debut novel, written when he was only 21about his military experiences in Berlin. He would leave the US for France where he became part of the Black expatriate community in France with other writers like Richard Wright, Chester Himes, and James Baldwin.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Debut novel by the expatriate American journalist and writer, written at the age of twenty while Smith was serving as an Army typist in occupied Berlin. The plot centers on the romance between a Black American solider and a white German woman, and explores the paradox that a member of the segregated Army might finally be accepted as an equal in a country responsible for the most heinous racial genocide of the century. A significant social protest novel, and arguably the first to examine the racism then rampant in the American Army. First edition. Octavo (5.5 x 8.25 in.); 262pp.; gray cloth boards; dark red spine lettering; in dust jacket. Near fine, with light shelfwear at spine ends and tips, mild toning to textblock. Unclipped ("$2.75") jacket in good only condition, with one larger chip affecting top of front panel and spine (where only the "Sm" of Smith's name remains), and numerous small,… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1948. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 262 pages; G-/G-; spine pink faded to white and grey with white titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.75', fading to spine, chipping to all extremities, including head and tail of spine, front hinge; water-staining to fore and lower edges of boards; Signed flat by Smith in blue ink on the ffep, small bleed onto front flap; First Edition, Second Printing, before publication; extremely scarce signed; shelved case 6. William Gardner Smith's debut novel, it reflects his own experience as an African-American GI serving in the racially segregated United States Army in US-occupied Germany after World War II. It revolves around the protagonist, Hayes Dawkins, having an affair with Ilse, a white German woman. Smith's third book, South Street (1954), is considered to be one of the first black militant protest novels. 1352318. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.