Description
Signed first edition, second printing of James by Percival Everett, the recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Octavo, [12], 302pp, [6]. Black hardcover, title in gilt on black cloth spine. Stated “First Edition” with number line ending in “2”. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s second state dust jacket, advertising the book as a “New York Times Bestseller” instead of a “Pulitzer Prize Finalist.” Barnes and Noble “Signed Edition” sticker to front panel, $28.00 retail price on front flap. A fine example.
Signed by Percival Everett on a tipped-in leaf.
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.
