If We Must Die by African-American fiction writer Junius Edwards

Junius Edwards

First Edition

[African American Military],[African American Fiction] Edwards, Junius. Dust Jacket Illustrated by Ellen Raskin. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1963. First Edition. 137 pages. Bound in red and wheat cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Two-toned red and orange dust jacket with a sketch of a man's face and white lettering; verso of dust jacket is white and displays the same sketch. Octavo. The novel centers upon the return of an African-American veteran of the Korean War who experiences "isolated ignorance, corruption, and brutality that persists in the South". He yearns to register to vote, only to be met with countless accounts of prejudices and brutality. Stamped on front free pastedown endpaper by Doubleday as a "personal reading copy for booksellers" and bears penciled markings on front flyleaf. Dust jacket shows minor signs of rubbing on the spine. Clean and bright pages, in very good condition.

Item #19170

Price: $250.00