Invisible Man
New York: Random House, 1952.
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Hardcover. First edition. Near fine, with the spine lettering rubbed as usual, in a moderately worn, very good dustwrapper with some internal tissue strengthening to the joints. Jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, with a photograph of Ellison by Gordon Parks. Along with *Native Son*, one of the two post-Harlem Renaissance African-American novels that have entered the Western Canon as acknowledged classics. Winner of the National Book Award, as well as a *Burgess 99* title. *Blockson 101* #86.
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Ralph Ellison
birth name: Ralph Waldo Ellison
born: 3/1/1914
died: 4/16/1994
Biography
American teacher and writer who won eminence with his first and only published novel, Invisible Man (1952), about race relations in the United States in the 20th century. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore