HOME TO HARLEM
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition, Early Printing. Octavo, 340 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine black and tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Dust jacket supported with a non-archival backing adhered to the inside. Inner flaps heavily torn with readability of the text affected. Chipping along extremities of dust jacket, most heavily at head of spine. Scuffing to dust jacket.
Bound in quarter black cloth and patterned paper boards. General rubbing and wear to edges and corners of boards. Fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine. Some scuffing with bubbling ridges to boards. Spine cocked. Fading to dye on top edge of textblock. Light soiling to title page. Light age toning throughout.
Early printing with C-C code on copyright page. Shelved in Case 2.
1405973
Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $2,500
NOTES
Home to Harlem is Claude McKay's first novel, written during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. All early printings are rare in dust jacket.