Manchild in the Promised Land
New York: Macmillan, 1965. First Edition, Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Red buckram over board. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 415 pp. Unclipped first state dust jacket showing original price of $5.95. Spine lettered in gilt and black. Fore edge deckled, top edge stained red. Publisher's number "51732" black stamped at lower right of back cover with same on dust jacket back panel. Dust jacket front and back panels feature b/w Harlem street scenes by photographer Leroy McLucas, with title and author's name in red script on front panel. Very slight rubbing at tips and spine ends. Text block tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket mildly sunned with spine faded; some chipping at spine ends, as well as at top leading corners top, front and back; slight edge creasing; three quarter inch closed tear on front panel near head of spine, as well as half inch closed tear at top leading corner. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Near Fine / Good+. Item #0000033
Price: $200.00