Description
Signed first U.K. edition of James by Percival Everett.
Octavo, [10], 302pp, [6]. Black hardcover, title in blue on spine. Blue sprayed edges. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, £20 retail price on front flap, fine condition.
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Percival Everett (b. 1956) is an award-winning author, most recently recognized with the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for James. This novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, told from the perspective of Huckleberry’s friend James, an enslaved person escaping to freedom.
