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Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994) Invisible Man.
New York: Random House, 1952.
First edition, stated first printing, octavo; bound in the bright two-toned publisher's cloth, stamped in white and gray, top edge tinted black; with the pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, verso toned, minor chips and creasing; a remarkably bright copy albeit slightly cocked); 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.
Ellison's first and only work published in his lifetime was met with immediate praise and won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, making him the first African American writer to win the award.
