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James Baldwin. Go Tell It on the Mountain [First Edition Library Facsimile Reprint in Dust Jacket]. First Edition Library / Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

Price: US$24.95 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Facsimile reprint of the original 1953 edition published by Alfred A. Knopf. Volume in As New condition. Dust Jacket in As New condition--trivial wear only. Lacks slipcase A beautiful copy.

Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On The Mountain (facsimile first edition in illustrated slipcase). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition Library. Shelton, CT. 1981. Facsimile first edition of the Alfred A. Knopf first edition. Book is instead housed in a First Edition Library slipcase with illustrated artwork matching that of the classic Knopf DJ. Slipcase shows minimal shelf-rubbing on lower rear corner. This offering includes the First Edition Library insert along with a facsimile first printing book in the illustrated slipcase in place of a DJ.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Go Tell It On The Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$1000.03 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good first edition in a library binding. Some wear to spine ends, corners, edges. Binding square and tight. Library stamps to bottom of textblock, front pastedown and front endpaper, copyright page and rear endpaper. Library patch to rear pastedown. No dustjacket. A scarce first edition copy.

Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada

BALDWIN, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 303 pp. Very good in original orange cloth boards with gilt lettering. Previous owner signature and address written in pen on front paste-down endpaper. Slight sunning to spine with minor dampstaining to top fore-corner of head of textblock. A tight copy that lacks issued dust jacket. Baldwin's first book.

Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On The Mountain (FIRST EDITION, NO DUST JACKET, COPY OF NORTH CAROLINA BAND DIRECTOR EDGAR Q. ROOKER). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$1950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Very good" Knopf first edition (stated), first printing, with NO dust jacket. Dust jacket missing. There are old brown glue stains to the front pastedown where something (presumably a bookplate) has been removed. NO evidence of any lending library history. PON Edgar Q. Rooker of Greensboro, N. C, stamped in green to top of FFE, above the (now missing) bookplate. Edgar Q(uarles) Rooker of Goshen, Kentucky, died 2014. He was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn. in 1934 and lived in Greensboro, N.C. from 1959 through 2012. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Vanderbilt University and his Master of Music degree from Appalachian State. He played clarinet for 28 years with the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra. He taught for 35 years at Kiser Middle School and Grimsley Senior High School in Greensboro, N.C., retiring in 1991. He served as president of the North Carolina Band Directors Association and National President of the American School Band Directors Association. In 2003 he was inducted into the North Carolina Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame. Paul Winfield starred in the 1984 made-for-TV version of "Go Tell It On The Mountain" for PBS. 303 pp., reduced from $2,900.

Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Go Tell It on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good; minor rubbing/bumping to extremities; fading to spine and to top and bottom edges of covers; dark stain to foot of spine, and a few tiny ones to the front cover; foxing to front end papers; rear panel and both flaps of dust jacket, and a book review by Harvey Curtis Webster, are glued down on the rear pastedown and rear endpapers. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright except as noted. No dust jacket. First Edition.

Seller: Montecito Rare Books, Goleta, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$2250.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, 303 pages. In Very Good condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering. Front board with light discoloration along the fore edge half. Minor shelf wear. Light age toning to text block, with top edge dyed blue. Foxing to pastedowns. Signature of previous owner on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 2. 1372699. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The author's first novel, a Bildungsroman based on his life as the adopted son of a Harlem preacher and his struggles with identity as a young African-American man. "In this autobiographical family novel, fourteen-year-old John Grimes undergoes an emotional-psychological-religious crisis of adolescence and is 'saved'. Go Tell It on the Mountain explores the histories and internal lives of John's stepfather Gabriel, mother Elizabeth, and Aunt Florence, spanning the years from 1875 to the depression and including 'the Great Migration' from the South to Harlem" Octavo. Later pink cloth to spine and covers. With the rare pictorial dust jacket. Some tape residue from some previous cover. Front flap of dust jacket has been detached, trimmed and pasted onto the title page: a good copy with a good dust jacket which has been trimmed about 1 - 2 mm along the bottom edge. - protected in an archival Brodart clear cover now. 2nd printing August 1953 (first edition was printed on 11 May 1953) cheapest copy first printing $4300 USD no second printings shown christies: Go Tell It On the Mountain James Baldwin, 1953 Price Realised USD 7,500 Closed: 18 Sep 2021

Seller: The Last Word, Wellington, New Zealand

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, in the scarce original dust jacket. 1 vols. 8vo. This semi-autobiographical novel was Baldwin's first published novel, the result of many years of work - as well as a prior unsuccessful contract with Harper & Brothers - before Alfred A. Knopf took the manuscript on in 1952. Baldwin spent several months in New York working on the final draft, and after submitting it, returned to his home in Paris. Considered a seminal account of the impact of the Great Migration on Harlem during the 1920s and '30s, the book also delves into the influence of religion on the residents of the neighborhood, and it established Baldwin as a bright, new literary voice. Widely praised upon publication, the novel remains no less significant today, and has been named to numerous top 20th-century literature lists. Rust cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine; light sunning to top edge; illustrated color dust jacket; chipped at head and tail of spine, with some shelf wear to edges and corners First edition, in the scarce original dust jacket.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On The Mountain (1st printing). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$5495.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1953. 303 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Rust-color cloth boards are stamped in gold on front panel and spine. Pages and endpapers are bright and clean. A touch of shelf-rubbing to cloth on lower front corner tip, and rear shoulder. This original first edition, first printing is wrapped in a bright First Edition Library facsimile DJ. Again, the book is an original 1953 first edition, first printing, housed in a high-quality facsimile DJ. Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin that tells the story of John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930s Harlem, and his relationship with his family and his church; on the surface. The novel's depth coupled with Baldwin's style has led the Modern Library to put Go Tell It on the Mountain 39th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time Magazine included this novel on its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. A VG+ first edition, first printing of James Baldwin's first book and magnum opus. A masterpiece of American literature and a rare plum for any serious book collector.

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. The ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has minor wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's brown cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition. We buy Baldwin First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Go Tell It On The Mountain. Alfred A. knopf, 1953.

Price: US$8000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953. James Baldwin. Go Tell It On The Mountain. True first edition and first printing in original dustjacket. Book in Near Fine condition, clean white pages, no writings, bright blue topstain, brick red cloth covers. Dustjacket in Near Fine condition with original $3.50 price on front flap, no chips or paper loss whatsoever, unfaded colors on spine. Hard to find in this condition. Very rare collectible book. Photos available upon request. $8,000.00

Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Baldwin, James. Go Tell It on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Description: Advance reading copy, issued to reviewers before publication of the first edition, with alternate artwork not used in the first edition. [x], 303, [1] pp. Perfectbound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Very Good, dampstain to front wrap; spine sunned, creased, and rubbed along edges. Slight curling to front wrap, wear at corners. Small marginal tidemark to upper margins of prelims. A rare prepublication copy of the celebrated African American author's first book.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953.

Price: US$12500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by James Baldwin on a laid in signature. The ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with slight wear to the edges. This First Issue dustjacket has the $3.50 printed price present on the front flap of the dustjacket. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Baldwin First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.