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Lot 80
Sale 5834 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 2, 2023
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Literature] Baldwin, James Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968. Uncorrected galley proof. Square 4to. Unpaginated. Inscribed by James Baldwin on title-page: "Peace/James Baldwin". Original blue plastic spiral bound printed wrappers, some plastic teeth broken at top and bottom, staining and toning to front and rear wrapper, publication date and price annotated in ink in top right corner of front wrapper; some sheets starting; scattered marginalia.
An uncommon inscribed uncorrected proof of James Baldwin's fourth novel.