Native Son

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good second state binding in a Very Good later state jacket, unclipped (no price), generally toned, some chips at the head and foot of the spine. Grey buckram with a black ink panel and gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, dark grey top stain, clean internally. Wright's novel about Bigger Thomas and his trial for the murder of a wealthy white woman in Chicago, considered one of the best novels of the 20th century.