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  • "Go the distance - in and out, and up and down": James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time; lengthily Signed by Him

    BALDWIN, James.

    The Fire Next Time.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

    Early printing of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the dedication page, "Go the distance - in and out, and up and down. Jimmy Baldwin." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable. Signed copies of The Fire Next Time are uncommon; those with such a lengthy inscription exceedingly so.

    Price: $12,500.00     Item Number: 145619

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  • First Edition of The Fire Next Time; Signed by James Baldwin

    BALDWIN, James.

    The Fire Next Time.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

    First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Peace! James Baldwin." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, The Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Signed examples of The Fire Next Time are uncommon.

    Price: $9,500.00     Item Number: 129331

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  • First Edition of James Baldwin's Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone; Inscribed by Him to American journalist Leonard Lyons

    BALDWIN, James.

    Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1968.

    First edition of this major work by Baldwin. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Leonard Lyons: with much affection, and respect. Jim Baldwin." The recipient, Leonard Lyons was a noted American newspaper columnist, best known for his New York Post column "The Lyons Den", which appeared 6 days a week beginning in 1934 and covered theater, movies, politics and art. Baldwin was often featured in the column, most famously in an article published shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination relating an incident in which Baldwin ran into Lyons on the street and remarked that we would "never again be able to wear the suit he wore to the King funeral." Shortly after the article was published, Baldwin received a phone call from his best friend from junior high school who despaired that "he could not afford to have suits in his closet which he didn't wear". Baldwin then arranged to meet his childhood friend in Harlem where he gifted him the suit, an experience he later wrote about and was included in his collections 'The Price of the Ticket' and 'No Name in the Street'. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. An exceptional association.

    Price: $8,500.00     Item Number: 129588

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  • First Edition of The Fire Next Time; Signed by James Baldwin

    BALDWIN, James.

    The Fire Next Time.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

    First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable, especially signed and in this condition.

    Price: $7,500.00     Item Number: 146233

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  • First Edition of James Baldwin's Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone; Inscribed by Him

    BALDWIN, James.

    Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1968.

    First edition of this major work by Baldwin. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Kathleen Peace- James Baldwin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

    Price: $2,850.00     Item Number: 106735

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  • First Illustrated Edition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time; Signed by Legendary Photographer Steve Schapiro

    BALDWIN, James; Schapiro.

    The Fire Next Time.

    Koln: Taschen, 2019.

    First illustrated edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Quarto, original boards, photographs by Steve Schapiro. In fine condition. Introduction by John Lewis. Boldly signed by Steve Schapiro on the title page.

    Price: $500.00     Item Number: 150898

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