Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
James Baldwin. Go Tell it on the Mountain - UK 2nd in 1st state jacket. Michael Joseph, 1954.
Price: US$723.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition second impression from 1954 in VG condition, there is a previous owner inscription and stamp to front blank endpage. no other internal markings, pages toned but clean, binding firm. The jacket (same as the 1st impression ) has some chipping and wear to extremities, please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. Michael Joseph, 1954.
Price: US$1912.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom
Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On the Mountain. Michael Joseph, London, 1954.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 256pp. Full black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First published. 1954" on copyright page with no additional impressions listed. Solid text block, bumped corners, foxed endpapers, otherwise bright. In the publisher's dust jacket, 12s 6d retail price on front flap. Some chipping to top edge and corners, lightly sunned spine, faint soiling to rear panel. A few tape repairs to verso, reinforcing chipped edges. A very good example of Baldwin's first published novel. This rare first UK edition is preceded by the first US edition, also published in 1954.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. Go Tell It On The Mountain (1st printing). Michael Joseph, London, 1954.
Price: US$2975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Michael Joseph Ltd. London. 1954. 256 pages. First edition stated, first printing. This is the first UK edition preceded only by the US edition published just months earlier. Original DJ with 12s. 6d. net on flap. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Rich and clean black cloth stamped in bright gilt titles on the backstrip. Endpapers are bright and clean with faint, mostly removed previous owner's name. A loosely laid-in decorative bookplate is included for your convenience should this be a gift, as the bookplate can be inscribed and placed over the old owner's name; or plainly used for your own collection. Attractive original DJ with red and black brick design. Small photo of a young James Baldwin on jacket rear. Light soiling to jacket rear with faint smudge. Darkening along top edge from old tape reinforcement on verso (removed). Minimal shelf-rubbing with small chip at crown. 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+/VG first UK edition, first printing of Baldwin's first book and magnum opus. A masterpiece of American literature, and a plum for any serious book collector.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. Go Tell it to the Mountain. Michael Joseph, London, 1954.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Description: First UK edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down and a tiny bump to the top left hand corner of the rear board otherwise a near fine copy in like dustwrapper priced 12s 6d nett to the inside flap (as called for). The complete dustwrapper is slightly darkened to the spine with very minor rubbing/rubbing at the tip, with a short, closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and with very minor foxing spots to the back panel. NO INSCRIPTIONS. A very nice copy indeed. # 39 on the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time Magazine also included this novel on its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. A semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic. NB: the First UK edition is considerably scarcer than its US counterpart (published by Knopf a few months earlier). Great period artwork by Rudland. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom