African Americana

8vo. Half titles. (Occasional green pen markings.) Original publisher's illustrated wrappers (spine sunned and creased).

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY of Baldwin's semi-autobiographical novel.

[With:] [BALDWIN, James]. The New York Times Book Review. 2 issues (incomplete run). New York: The New York Times, 1976-1977. 4to, 2 issues: 26 September 1976, 16 October 1977. (Some toning.) Original wrappers (some toning). Provenance: Walter Schott (original mailing labels affixed to front pages). Schott (1927-2020) was a freelance journalist who had work published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many others. He was a founding member of the Kansas City chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and published extensively on both civil rights and gay rights, notably in a November 1967 article for the New York Times he wrote, "The right to have sex without state intrusion must inevitably be confirmed and codified by the court." In a 2018 interview with the South Florida Gay News, (LILLY, Christiana. "Stonewall Happened in 1969. Webster Schott, a Straight Ally, Was Writing About Gay Rights Years Before." 15 June 2018.) Schott reminisced: "They were people who were looked down upon because of their sexual preference and the truth is most people have almost no control over their sexual preference." 

Articles include: BALDWIN. "How One Black Man came to Be an American. Roots: The Saga of an American Family. By Alex Haley." (1976) -- BALDWIN. "Last of the Great Masters. The World of Earl Hines. By Stanley Dance."