Description
First edition of Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown.
Octavo, [6], 7-415pp, [1]. Full red cloth, title on spine. Red topstain. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, thin crease to spine, faint offsetting to endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $5.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear to corners, a few short closed tears to front panel. (Brignano 43) (Blockson 3327) Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell case, title in gilt on black label affixed to spine.
A nice example of Brown’s autobiographical novel detailing his experience growing up in 1940s Harlem.