6/29/2023 0 Comments Native son first edition 1940![]() Fine in a very good first issue dust jacket which has been laminated. ![]() Wright is credited for helping to change race relations through his literary work, and Morrison received both the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and National Humanities Medal in 2000. Both award-winning authors’ works boldly addressed the issues of racism and race relations prevalent in late 19th to mid-20th century America through powerful and vivid portrayals of the African American experience. In 1977, Toni Morisson’s third novel Song of Solomon became the first novel by an African American writer to be chosen as a main selection for the Book of the Month Club since Wright’s Native Son in 1940. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. ![]() Octavo, original blue cloth, titles to upper board and spine in red and gray. First issue green and yellow jacket, with price of $2.50 present and no blurbs on the spine. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940.įirst edition, first issue binding with “A – P” on the copyright page. ![]()
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