Giovanni's Room

New York: The Dial Press, 1956.

Price: $2,500.00

Hardcover. First edition. Endpaper and page edges slightly toned, near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with light spine-toning, and a triangular chip at the crown near the front panel. The author's controversial and very scarce second novel.

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Item #531246 Giovanni's Room. James BALDWIN.

James Baldwin
birth name: James Arthur Baldwin
born: 8/2/1924
died: 11/30/1987
nationality: USA

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Biography

American essayist, novelist, and playwright noted for his eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

James Baldwin's first book, Go Tell It On the Mountain (1953) is collectible both in the trade edition, and in the Advance Reading Copy which features different cover art that the author felt was too sterotypical, thus providing the collector with two desirable volumes. His second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956), while by no means rare, is seldom found with the spine of the jacket in its original bright, white condition, and copies found thusly command a premium.

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