8vo. Original red buckram; dust jacket (spine lightly sunned with a touch of light wear near head).

FIRST EDITION. Notes of a Native Son marked James Baldwin's debut as a non-fiction author, comprises essays reflecting on race in American and Europe previously published in Harper's Magazine, Partisan Review, and The New Leader. It has been listed as one of The Guardian's "100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time." A BRIGHT COPY.