Search Results: the invisible man by ralph ellison

UsedAcceptable. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.

Penguin, 1965. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Modern Library, 1992-09-05. Hardcover. Good.

UsedAcceptable. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING with full number line. Slightly cocked spine. Small surface scuff on back cover near spine. Otherwise very good condition.

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Modern Library, 1994-06-14. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Notes pamphlet only. Clean and unmarked.. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good Book.

Modern Library, 1992-09-05. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.0000 in x 10.3000 in x 6.9000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2002-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. Ships Out Tomorrow!

China: Penguin Random House Sterling Publishing Edition, 2018. Book. VG+. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback with illustrated cover, AEG (all edges gilt) and silk ribbon marker. Only defect on the book is a small damages area on the front gilt edges. Two great books on conditions of African Americans. .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Modern Library, 1994. Hardcover. Good/Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Number Line Indicates A Second Printing Of This Commemorative Edition. The Book Is Bound In Gray Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Several Creases To The Upper Corners Of The Pages. A Small Amount Of Highlighting Is Present. The Lower Front Corner Has A Light Bump. The Spine Is Concave. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear With No Chips Or Tears. No Ownership Information Present.

University Press of Kentucky, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. With the '1' in a number line. Important, groundbreaking anthology of original essays on Ellison's masterpiece by authorities on the author. Bookstore stamp on endpaper. A clean, unmarked and bright copy.

Penguin Random House, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Beautiful book, never been read, very tight binding. Slight bumping to corners and a couple small dings to gold gilt on top page edges. Together for the first time in a single volume: two classics of the modern African-American experience from Ralph Ellison. In Invisible Man the nameless narrator describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood," and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style that won the National Book Award in 1953. Here is Ellison, the master of American vernacular-the preacher's hyperbole and the politician's rhetoric, the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech-at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative… Read More

Random House, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey leather boards with gilt and sliver lettering and illustration on front board and spine. Clean and tight. All edges gilt. Gold silk ribbon bookmark.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii][2]3-439. Full dark brown leather covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering, raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Illustrations by Peter Fiore. The book was first published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans early in the twentieth century. It was awarded the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. A fine copy.

Hardcover. New.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. Leather. 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,… Read More

Barnes and Noble. Imitation Leather. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Modern Library, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Facsimile First Edition Library issue, hardcover w/ dj in slipcase; still shrink-wrapped.