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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Pamphlet. xiii - li p., later printing, 5.5x8 inches, stapled printed white wraps, spinefold is split almost all the way, else find signs of slight general handling. Paginated as for a preface to a reissue of the novel.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. This is a staplebound pamphlet with medium cardstock covers. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The yellow covers have some ground-in dirt and beginning toning, especially to the spine. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but have a bit of light, generalized toning. "I am not so pretentious as to imagine that it is possible for me to account completely for my own book, Native Son. But I am going to try to account for as much of it as I can, the sources of it, the material that went into it, and my own years' long changing attitude toward that material." "Native Son was published by Harper & Brothers on March 1, 1940. On March 12 of the same year, Richard Wright delivered the lecture, “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born, ” at Columbia University in New York City. He eventually gave this lecture four more times, twice in… Read More