"'FAITH' IN THE FIGHT OF BLACK MEN FOR FREEDOM"
WRIGHT, Richard. Bright and Morning Star. New York, 1941.
First separate edition of one of Wright's earliest and most provocative looks at "racial injustice and violence in the American South," based on rumors he heard as a young boy about a Black woman who "avenged the murder of her husband" by shooting the white men responsible, a handsome copy in fragile original wrappers. $950.
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FIRST EDITION IN PARTS OF THACKERAY’S THE NEWCOMES
THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Newcomes. London, 1853-55. Twenty-three parts.
First edition, 24 parts in original paper wrappers, with two vignette title pages, 46 full-page plates and over 100 historiated initial capitals and in-text illustrations by Richard Doyle. $950.
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"ABOUT ONE TOWN WHERE IT'S AT"
MCMURTRY, Larry. Somebody's Darling. New York, 1978.
First edition of Larry McMurtry’s Hollywood novel, inscribed on the title page, "For Roswitha. About one town where it's at. Larry McMurtry." $475.
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