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BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$10.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 500pp, octavo, hc w/jacket, tight binding, clean throughout save for rubber stamp on ffep, clean boards with light wear to the corners and spine ends, clear spine titles, complete jacket is worn around the edges and corners with small creases and a couple small tears, BCE. code "J 37"

Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, NY, 1979.

Price: US$12.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NEAR FINE with evidence of paper clip removal at the top of a few pages, enclosed is business card of Bob Tabia, Director of Sudsidiary Rights of The Dial Press.

Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$16.37 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description:

Seller: Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 598 pages. The edges of the text block are foxed. There is a small spot on the FFEP. The text is clean and unmarked. The jacket edges are heavily worn. The reverse is soiled.

Seller: Hastings of Coral Springs, Altamonte Springs, FL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$18.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. Stated first. Shows minor wear, creasing on the dj. Stamp on the front pastedown. Pages clean.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$18.52 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition. First Edition / First Printing as identified with "1" in the full number line.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$19.31 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, NY, 1979.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: 597 pgs., 8vo. Large sprawling novel of a family's varied lives and experiences over 3 decades, in many different locales. Red cloth with nice unclipped dust wrapper. Only defect is prior owner inking, in 2 lines, on the flyleaf. Not one of Baldwin's more famous works, but one he clearly labored over, weaving musical and disparate geographical elements into a grand scheme of human aspirations. Very good condition in very good dust jacket.

Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: Burgundy paper covered boards with gilt lettering, mild edgewear, and bumped spine ends. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, creasing and rubbing, a few closed tears up to 1/2", and mild foxing and toning; flaps not clipped. Mild foxing to text block. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Seller: Albion Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good hardcover in a Good dust jacket. Foxing to the page ends. The text is clean and bright. The binding is square. The jacket is lightly shelf worn with a shallow tear and associated creasing to the front panel. 500 pp.

Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin -. Just Above My Head -. Dial Press -, 1979.

Price: US$20.14 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover/pub.1979/Fair condition/500 pages - The images in this epic drama, traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the last three decades, from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olym pia in Paris. [KE219 051]

Seller: "Pursuit of Happiness" Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$25.60 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$25.76 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library book with usual markings. Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing

Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$29.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 597 p. Advance reading copy in wrappers

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head: A Novel. Dial Press, New York, NY, 1979.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Printing stated on verso of title page; a bit of edge wear to dust jacket at head and tail of spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 597 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover

Seller: Hourglass Books, vancouver, BC, Canada

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, USA, 1979.

Price: US$32.25 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Dial Press 1979 Book Club Edition Near Fine/Very Good DJ Light tip bumping to wine-color leather-like boards with gold lettering o/w Fine. Pos penned inside cover. Light edgewear to bright glossy dust jacket #6051 with small mended tears.

Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$34.80 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book club edition. Red boards with gold gilt title on spine. Clean text and interior. Unclipped dust jacket with v-shaped chip missing from top of jacket panel. Closed tear at top back of rear panel of jacket. Tight, square binding. Now wrapped in protective Brodart.

Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$34.88 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In Used Condition

Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head / James Baldwin. New York : Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dust jacket has edge wear as shown. Run of page good.

Seller: The Sentinel Books, Hythe, KENT, United Kingdom

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine book in VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has light edgewear, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . This is a handsome book club edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 500 pages. U3

Seller: Sweet Beagle Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$40.89 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Used

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$46.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.

Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom

James Baldwin. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$49.45 + shipping

Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing along panel edges.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head - James Baldwin. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$49.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Excellent copy of this wonderful book by the great James Baldwin.

Seller: Twain of Thought Rare Books, Summerfield, NC, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Printing-STATED. Never read. Jacket has some creases but looks good. Pages and boards in good condition. Price not clipped. No Edition info. Good copy of a 55 year old book. COLLECTOR'S COPY

Seller: Flash Books, Audubon, NJ, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Glossy wrappers. Creasing on front wrap and a tear on the spine else near very good.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$59.39 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: May contain writing, notes, highlighting, bends or folds. Text is readable, book is clean, and pages and cover mostly intact. May show normal wear and tear. Item may be missing CD. May include library marks.

Seller: ZBK Books, Woodland Park, NJ, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head - FIRST EDITION. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$59.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: From the late, great James Baldwin a FIRST EDITION of the 1979 hit Just Above My Head. Check out photos and add this one to your collection.

Seller: Twain of Thought Rare Books, Summerfield, NC, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Glossy wrappers. Corners a little rubbed, else a very good or better copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, E-330, 1979.

Price: US$74.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Dial Press, New York. 1979. 597 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The stark grief of a brother mourning a brother opens this novel with a stunning, unforgettable experience. Here, in a monumental saga of love and rage, Baldwin goes back to Harlem, to the church of his groundbreaking novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, to the homosexual passion of Giovanni's Room, and to the political fire that inflames his nonfiction work. Here, too, the story of gospel singer Arthur Montana and his family becomes both a journey into another country of the soul and senses - and a living contemporary history of black struggle in this land. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 597 pages

Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. New York: Dial Press, 1979. dj, 1979.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. A complex novel following the story of three extraordinary individuals (including Sister Julia, a "fire-baptized" child evangelist called to the ministry when she was nine), through three decades, from Harlem to Paris to Birmingham. 597 pp, Very near fine burgundy boards with gold lettering in a like dustjacket (small spot on lower corner of textblock, one corner slighly bumped, small nicks to dj edges, but better condition than this thick book is usually found, original price of 12.95 still present)

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979, 1979.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: As New. First Edition. Advance Review Copy. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James.. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD.. THE DIAL PRESS., NY, 1979.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: ADVANCE READING COPY. Fine in glossy printed wrappers.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just Above My Head. New York: Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, maroon cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped dust jacket, with slight edgewear. First edition, first printing. A handsome copy.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$84.59 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within

Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, US, 1979.

Price: US$85.70 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Dial Press 1979 Book Club Edition Fine/Very Good DJ Leather like burgundy boards with gold embossed lettering, unusually tight binding, pages lightly tanned, 500 pages. Bright glossy dust jacket #6051 with tiny mended tear and light creasing.

Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$97.26 + shipping

Condition: New

Description:

Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$97.34 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$97.81 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$100.95 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.35

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$103.30 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. A very thin line of sunning at the edges of the boards, else fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Advance Reading Copy. 597 pp. 1 vols. Printed paper wrappers. Some wear, else Fine

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$147.92 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, United States, 1979.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Unread with the text in fine condition. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering. Not price clipped. Under mylar. Absolutely beautiful copy in basically mint condition. Extremely rare to find in its genuine 1st state in this condition.

Seller: The Casemaker, Troup, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$155.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 597pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title on spine and gilt signature printed on front board. Dust Jacket with photograph of James Baldwin on rear panel. Foot of dust jacket spine panel has a wrinkle. James (Arthur) Baldwin 1924-1987. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$157.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.

Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Pflugerville, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just above my head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$173.94 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 597pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title on spine and gilt signature printed on front board. Maroon speckled bottom edges. Pc Dust Jacket with photograph of James Baldwin on rear panel. Laid in article from New York Times Obituaries, Wednesday, December 9, 1987. James (Arthur) Baldwin 1924-1987.

Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. Just above my head. The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Printing

Seller: Wheelwrite Imaginarium Bookshop, Manchester Ctr, VT, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated wrappers. Also included is a press letter from the publisher, which outlines the bestseller campaign as well as Baldwin's upcoming television spots. Just Above My Head was Baldwin's sixth and last work. It follows a group of friends throughout their lives, documenting their intertwining experiences of poverty, incest, the civil rights struggle, war, and fame. Homophobia and racism loom in this sprawling novel that The Washington Post called "the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers."

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head (Signed Limited Edition). The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Cloth 8vo. Issued without dustwrapper and housed in a cloth-covered slipcase. 597 pp. Stated first eidition of this novel by the author of Giovanni's Room, Nobody Knows My Name and many other novels and collections of essays. One of five hundred numbered and SIGNED copies. Light toning to spine color else a fine copy. The matching slipcase shows some offsetting and is in otherwise very good condition. Surprisingly uncommon in this edition.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, limited edition. Quarto. 597pp. Fine in maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and page ends with matching near fine slipcase with light wear and wrinkle at one corner. One of 500 Signed and numbered copies.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. New York: The Dial Press, 1979.

Price: US$1300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Octavo, burgundy cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped dust jacket, with a touch of edge-wear. First American edition. A presentation copy, inscribed: "For Paula = Godspeed. James Baldwin," on the dedication page. A gorgeous copy.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. Just Above My Head. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$1575.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1979 First US Edition with no subsequent dates listed, signed "God Bless" by James Baldwin on title page. 597pp, octavo bound in burgundy cloth. slight bumping to front fore-edge corners, faint fading to spine ends, minor discoloration to front and rear book crown, tight binding, light soiling top page edges, interior clean throughout, Very Good+; dj covers clean, 3 small chips top dj spine, not price-clipped, in mylar, Very Good. Signed by author

Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head.. The Dial Press, New York, 1979.

Price: US$6500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of the last novel published in Baldwin's lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "for my beloved David Adams Leeming: Godspeed. Jimmy Baldwin." The recipient, literary scholar David Adams Leeming, and Baldwin were close friends for twenty-five years. Leeming published his James Baldwin: A Biography in 1994, a vivid and intimate portrait of Baldwin, his complexities, and importance in the literary canon. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association. Baldwin's epic novel of intertwined families, spanning three decades, "is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers, a man who, now that he is older and more mature, has truly come into his own. As the most celebrated black American novelist, Baldwin has given his readers a comprehensive and comprehending examination of race and sexuality and suggested some of the ways in which the politics of color can shape the transactions of love" (Washington Post). "It seems impossible for Baldwin to write with anything other than eloquence. His great and peculiar power is to recreate the maddening halfway house that the black man finds himself in late-20th-century America" (New Yorker). In an interview given just before publication of this work, his last novel published in his lifetime, Baldwin observed that he was able to "finally come full circle. From Go Tell It on the Mountain to Just Above My Head sums up something of my experienceâ€"it's difficult to articulate â€"that sets me free to go someplace else" (New York Times).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James.. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. [AS NEW]. Limited and signed edition. In slipcase.. The Dial Press,, New York,, 1979.

Price: US$6500.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Signed (10) 597 pp., No. 305 of a limited ed. of 500 copies, signed by J. Baldwin. Bound in Burgundy colour cloth over board with gilt titles, all edges gilt, in same colour slip case still in publisher's shrink wrap. Fine, NEW

Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada