ELLISON, RALPH. Invisible Man. Signed and Inscribed, on title-page: "For Vernell & Clinton Oliver, / Many thanks / for a most / pleasant afternoon / in Ohio." 8vo, publisher's cloth, abrasions and chipping to front cover and backstrip, front cover bowed, marked loss to spine titling, moderate scattered dampstaining; half-title leaf coming loose, dampstaining at lower and upper edges scattered throughout, ink marginal notes and underlines scattered throughout, owner's inscription on front free endpaper; lacking dust jacket. first edition, first printing. New York, (1952); Inscription: Np, December 1953