Between the Covers

Hardcover. First edition, clothbound issue. Edited by John A. Williams and Charles F. Harris. 12mo. 338pp. Illustrated with portraits of the contributors. Pages toned as usual else very near fine in fine dust jacket. Contains the first appearance, in expanded version, of Richard Wright's "Blueprint for Negro Literature," as well as contributions by Toni Morrison (a chapter from *The Bluest Eye.*), J. O. Killens, Amiri Baraka, Gayl Jones, and others. This copy Signed by the novelist and co-editor: "Oct. 16, 1981. Best John A. Williams." Additionally Inscribed by contributor Haywood Burns: "Too Graham, in struggle, Fraternally, Haywood Burns." Issued simultaneously in paperback, the hardcover is uncommon.

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