Description
Signed limited edition of The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin.
Octavo, 690pp. Beige cloth, title stamped in blind on cover and in gilt on spine. Patterned endpapers, yellow bookmark sewn in. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, touch of foxing to covers and top edge, a near fine example. Housed in a matching black cloth slipcase. (Blockson 6181) One of 150 limited edition copies, this being number 24. Signed by the author on the limitation page.
The Price of the Ticket includes 52 essays written over the course of James Baldwin’s prolific career, including important works like Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, and The Devil Finds Work.