1985 1st Edition of "The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985", by James Baldwin

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Offered is a 1st edition of James Baldwin's "The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985" published by St Martin's … Read more Offered is a 1st edition of James Baldwin's "The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985" published by St Martin's Press.

This 690-page collection compiles over 50 of Baldwin’s essential essays—including The Devil Finds Work, Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, and The Fire Next Time. Baldwin’s enduring stature as a major American 20th century voice has made this book a rare find. The title derives from Baldwin's exploration of the moral and psychological cost paid by both Black and white Americans—noting famously that the price white Americans paid to buy into a system of racial supremacy was the loss of their own reality and humanity.

ISBN: 0312643063
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Measures 6.875" w, 9.5"h, 2.25"d

Dust Jacket with protective mylar cover, embossed paper boards, linen embossed binding
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A Review from 1985:
The works of James Baldwin constitute one of the major contributions to American literature in the twentieth century, and nowhere is this more evident than in The Price of the Ticket, a compendium of nearly fifty years of Baldwin's powerful nonfiction writing. With truth and insight, these personal, prophetic works speak to the heart of the experience of race and identity in the United States. Here are the full texts of Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, No Name in the Street, and The Devil Finds Work, along with dozens of other pieces, ranging from a 1948 review of Raintree Country to a magnificent introduction to this book that, as so many of Mr. Baldwin's works do, combines his intensely private experience with the deepest examination of social interaction between the races. In a way, The Price of the Ticket is an intellectual history of the twentieth-century American experience; in another, it is autobiography of the highest order. See less