Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Richard Wright. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Good ex-library book, text block separation from cover boards, end papers rubber-stamped 'discarded' with library cards removed; very good dust jacket, spine title rubbed, spine ends chipped, edge wear with close tears Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, white spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 384 pp
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The long dream ; a novel. Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1958.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo in b&w DJ, 384 pages ; 22 cm. Racism -- Fiction. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, ownership bookplate to front free endpaper, light spotting to top fore-edge, faint soiling to fore-edge, light soiling mark to rear fore-edge, bright pages in tight binding, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, light soiling to DJ spine, extremely mild rubbing to DJ edges, price-clipped DJ, less than quarter-inch rubbing mark to front DJ, gentle fading marks to front joint DJ, else Very Good in Good(+) DJ.
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream: A Novel. Doubleday & Co., 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good+ with some staining to back board, small stain to fore edge, bookplate and former owner's name at front, in Good+ dust jacket, slightly sunned spine panel.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday and Company, 1958.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Doubleday & Co., 1958; stated First Edition, no additional printings indicated, publisher's promotional sheet laid-in; 384pp. G+/VG- hardcover in VG/VG- dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of black cloth boards, stamped white titling remains bold; previous owner's notations cover the entirety of the last two pages and rear fly-leaf; a few scattered pen markings in text/margin of fewer than 15 pages, else text very good; light foxing to edges and end pages. Light wear to edges of unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket; minor toning over spine; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Promotional sheet printed on blue paper, shows some wear and toning around the edges. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. THE LONG DREAM. Doubleday & Company, 1958.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 384pp. PO's names f.f.p. and f.e.p. A bookplate of a private library or an ex library pocket removal scar which is very slight. Black cloth boards with white title on spine. Tape marks on front and rear boards. Slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. THE LONG DREAM. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1958.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Description: 384 pp. Very light foxing on endpapers. Black cloth. B/w illustrated DJ. Price-clipped, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Richard Wright. The Long Dream. Doubleday and Company, 1958.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing with statement to copyright page as called for. Book is near fine with some light rubbing to edges and toning to block, jacket is very good minus with rubbing and tears. Large octavo, 384 pages, black boards with white titles, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.
Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
WRIGHT, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday, Garden City, 1958.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 384 pages. 8vo, black cloth; spine printed in white; d.w. Garden City: Doubleday, 1958. First Edition. Fine copy in a very good wrapper, which is rubbed at the edges & slightly faded on the spine; original $3.95 price present.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$78.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: hardcover in dj; black buckram with white spine lettering; 384 pages; gift inscription on front forepage; a few small to tiny lightened places at board edges; a few small to tiny text page stains (only one printed word which is readable affected); small gray stain at top and at bottom exterior page edges extending minimally onto edge of a very few pages at front and rear of volume; attractive dj, in protective plastic wrap, has original price of $3.95, some rubbing, a few small to tiny chips/tears, and photograph of author on rear panel; by the author of Native Son; tight copy.
Seller: Jean Blicksilver, Bookseller, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream // FIRST EDITION // ** PLUS **. Doubleday & Co., 1958.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: STATED FIRST Edition. A Mid-Century issue. Black book boards have minor soiling to rear panel; front interior hinge 'noisy' (when closing), but an extremely tight and firm copy. A first name only of previous owner on blank front free end-paper, else no markings. Pages are mildly age-toned along margins, as usual for this issue. Dust Jacket HAS original price intact. Only minute shelf wear along extremities - a great jacket with fabulous b/w photo of author on rear panel. Another powerful novel from the author of "Black Boy". * PLUS a mint copy of "Firsts/ Collecting Modern First Editions", March 1991, Vol 1/# 3, magazine which has eight (8) pages of Twentieth Century African-American Literature, including a three (3) page Literature Checklist with approx. values. Magazine in its own mylar slip. The Long Dream is a FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Comapny, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1958.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 384 pp. A Novel. stated First Edition. Set in the Deep South, early 20th century Mississippi. 5.8" x 8.6" black cloth boards, with white spine letters. Exterior is crisp & shiny with letters bright. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Unclipped, illustrated DJ has some edgewear, esp at spine bottom and lower forecorners. Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday, garden City, 1958.
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor wear to the spine ends, no internal marks or imprints, dj unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Richard Wright. The Long Dream. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1958.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The story of Fishbelly, a boy growing up in Mississippi and in a world that denied him all his rights as a human being. Black boards have light wear at edges. Dust jacket has wear at edges with a few small tears, a few small creases on jacket, lightly rubbed. Size: 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
WRIGHT, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1958.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good with binding cocked, small stain at the bottom edge affecting a few pages and discoloration on the front board and spine in very good dust jacket sunned on the spin, moderate edgewear and soiling to the inside of the of the jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Tightly bound, clean and unmarked. Dust jacket protected in removable Brodart cover.
Seller: Infinite Minds, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
WRIGHT, RICHARD. THE LONG DREAM. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY & CO, INC. PUB 1958., 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: F/VG+. A POWERFUL NOVEL OF NEGRO LIFE IN THE DEEP SOUTH. D.J. HAS A BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS, SPINE-ENDS, AND FORE-EDGE FOLDS WITH SOME SHALLOW CHIPPING AT THE HEEL OF THE COLOR FADED SPINE PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday, Garden City, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a review copy, with publisher's publicity sheet folded and laid in. It is from the library of African Amrican poet, playwright and novelist Owen Vincent Dodson, whose signature is on the front pastedown. The book is near fine except for light wear to head and foot of spine. The Dj is unclipped, the spine is sunned and there is wear to the edges with a large abrasion and scuffinfg to the front and a few small tears. This early novel by Wright depicts what life is like in Mississippi for Fishbelly, an intelligent, sensitive and well-to-do Black boy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Associated First Edition; Early Printing, Review Copy.
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
WRIGHT, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with ink owner name on pastedowns, wear at the spine ends and a touch cocked in about near fine price-clipped dust jacket sunned at the spine and some edgewear, most notably at the crown.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial dust jacket. Mylar protecting dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. DATE PUBLISHED: 1958 EDITION: 384
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. THE LONG DREAM. Doubleday & Company, 1958.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 384pp. Black cloth boards with white title on spine.Slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Co., New York, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover price clipped, minimal ware. Stated first edition.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard.. The Long Dream.. NY. Doubleday & Co. 1958., 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. NF/VG+ in black cloth stamped in white; in crisp, clean d/w lightly edgeworn and rubbed at extremities. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard.. The Long Dream.. NY: Doubleday & Co. 1958., 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. NF/VG+ in shiny black cloth stamped in brilliant white lettering; in a very crisp and clean dusjtakcet printed in black, red, and yellow with the lightest of edge-rubbing. Great photo of Richard Wright seated before a wall of books on the rear panel. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream; A Novel. Doubleday & Compay, New York, 1958.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very slight shelf-wear at the edges of the dust jacket. Dust jacket is not price clipped. No signs of prior ownership. From the dust jacket, "A powerful novel of Negro life in the Deep South, comparable to the author's "Native Son."
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday, Garden City, 1958.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 384 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Ronald Clyne. His 11th book, the powerful novel of a young Negro boy named Fishbelly coming of age in Mississippi. Fine book in a fine dust jacket a touch of rubbing to the bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
WRIGHT, Richard. The Long Dream. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1958.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Rubbing at the extremities of the boards and a couple of light smudges or faint stains in the text, else near fine in a nice, near fine dust jacket with a little nominal rubbing at the extremities. Housed in a custom red quarter morocco and marbled paper covered clamshell case. The Dedication Copy (one of two possible) Inscribed by the author using the whole front fly: "To Paul Reynolds, who has been my friend and agent for twenty years and whose faith and sense of security in life were strong enough to make him unafraid of my wanderings and seeking after answers - Sincerely Dick Wright. Oct. 26, 1958. Paris." The printed dedication reads: "To my friends Edward C. Aswell and Paul R. Reynolds whose aid and counsel made this book possible." Reynolds' small book label is laid into the book. A very nice copy of a novel of Black life in the deep South, successful in France but largely ignored upon publication in America.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.