Category - Fiction / Classics
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 18 days ago
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Seller Description
Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A deluxe leatherbound Franklin Library reprint edition of Ralph Ellison's landmark work which has won acclaim for its unique approach to life in America for the African-American. In this story, his unnamed narrator character is expelled from his college in the American South, moves to Harlem and becomes a leader in the "Brotherhood" movement, only to become disillusioned. With illustrations by Steven H. Stroud. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full burgundy bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Peach silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). -- ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [10], 457 pages.