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James Baldwin. The Fire Nex Time.. Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Black lining papers. 120pp. White cloth board with dark dots and "James Baldwin" stamped in red. Red title on spine.dust Jacket with slight rubbind and half insch tear. Very good copy.

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

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1963 printing. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing. Some page tears. There is some crinkling to some of the pages possibly from water The cover has visible markings and wear. The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next time. THE DIAL PRESS 1963, FEB, NY, 1963.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: General wear: foxing, soiled boards--otherwise very good condition DATE PUBLISHED: 1963, FEB EDITION: 4TH PRINTING 120

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. THE FIRE NEXT TIME. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 6 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers toned/foxed, more at edges and spine, minor shelf wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. Fic. Stax.

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$30.66 + 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. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press Inc., 1963.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book club edition. Grey and black hardback with red titling, very good with light edgewear. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket good in Mylar, scuffed and edgeworn, with 1.5-inch closed tear from top edge of front cover, and scraping/creasing to spine, resulting in a few tiny chips at front hinge. Foxed to DJ inner flaps and across the verso; foxed to page edges. Red topstain. Pages lightly toned, interior unmarked.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

BALDWIN, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 120 pages. The sixth book from the author of "Go Tell it On The Mountain" and "Giovanni's Room." An about very good copy in cloth boards and with extensive notations and underlining throughout the text and in a very good dust jacket with numerous edge tears, some small chips and other light wear.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. THE FIRE NEXT TIME. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$49.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Boards (HB) in very good condition with soiling and brown spots to cover. Inside is all clean and bright with no marks, folds or soiling of any kind. The author's thoughts on race in America in two long essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind." With widespread recognition of Baldwin's prescience in the past few years it has become a classic of 20th century nonfiction. 120 pages.

Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.

James BALDWIN. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press January 1963, 1963.

Price: US$69.20 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: PRICECLIPPED JACKET. used hardcover in dust jacket. jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, with a number of small chips and tears at the extremeties, though still largely intact. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

James BALDWIN. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press January 1963, 1963.

Price: US$73.20 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: used hardcover in dust jacket. jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, with a number of small chips and tears at the extremeties, though still largely intact. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

James baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The book does not have a dust jacket. There is separation between the front cover and the text. It looks like the original price is stamped on front end paper 2.69 and is crossed out and written underneath 219. Book is intact, but has age smudges and discoloration. The book as published in 1963. Very powerful writing.

Seller: Affordably Rare, Westport, CT, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION. (1st printing with no additional printings on copyright page.) Very Good, lacking dust jacket. Slightly bumped corners.

Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press January 1963, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Slightly cocked, sticker on back, moderate scuffing and chipping to dj Good, minimal shelfwear, clean text

Seller: Open Books West Loop, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Nice clean copy, former owner name and date penned on the front endpaper, not very visible because endpaper is black. Dust jacket price on front flap $3.50, dj rubbed at the spine ends and edges, presents well in a new protective mylar sleeve. First printing was Jan., 1963, this copy is a seventh printing May, 1963.

Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$79.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$79.99 + 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.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$79.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library.

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$79.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

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

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

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: In ivory cloth with red to type on spine and facsimile signature on front board. Top page ends tinted red. A little soiling to edges of boards and small stain to bottom of rear board with a few spot stains to front page ends as well. Corners a little softened and rubbed. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped ($3.50) with large chips at spine ends and lesser at corners and top of front panel numerous edge tears and creasing as well with scuffing to panels and rubbing /lightening to rear panel at bottom half due to sticker removal. Some moisture stains to inside of jacket at spine and a few punctures. 1st Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 4th edition, 1963. Book issued in tan cloth with red titles in a Very Good dust jacket, which has not been price clipped, $3.50. There is tiny piece missing at the top of the jacket; the corners are bumped and over all wear. 120 pages. Now in Mylar. A beautiful copy! Selling quality book for 35 years.

Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Book Club Edition. This book measures approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 120 numbered pages. Original dust jacket. The book is in very good condition. Minor staining to the boards. Minor foxing to the edges of the textblock. Minor foxing to the endsheets. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor surface wear. Bottom of the spine bumped and creased. Minor foxing to the front and rear flaps. "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin contains two essays. The first is in the form of a letter to Baldwin's 14 year old nephew and discusses the central role of race in American history. The second essay takes up the majority of the book and deals with relations between race and religion. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory# (N2-27).

Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No additional printings. Ex library book with tape residue to top and bottom to each board, mild adhesive residue to front free end page, two word stamp to second page with same stamp and two number stamp to half title page with small two line six word stamp to bottom title page else free of markings. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Book; binding sound and intact with near fine red titles to spine and front board, straight boards have damp stain to top edges; text has eight pages with minor notes in pen with few pages with mild soiling and moderate damp stain to top second to last page. Dust jacket ($3.50) has mild chipping and fading to spine with small paper loss to top and bottom front flap and moderate damp stain to top spine, top rear cover and top rear flap. Color bright and sharp to front cover. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$101.40 + shipping

Description: First, thus; Light soiling to covers with scuffed corners, book block yellowed, binding good.

Seller: Gavin's Books, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. THE FIRE NEXT TIME. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$118.82 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.1

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

Baldwin, James. THE FIRE NEXT TIME. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Boards (HB) in very good condition with light soiling and brown spotting to cover edges. Former owners name written lightly in pen, top inner page. The author's thoughts on race in America in two long essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind." With widespread recognition of Baldwin's prescience in the past few years it has become a classic of 20th century nonfiction. 120 pages

Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Mild wear, else a clean copy of the First Edition in a price clipped jacket with some wear at the head of the spine panel. An attractive example.

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: In ivory cloth with red to type on spine and facsimile signature on front board. Top page ends tinted red. Foxing to front and rear boards with a little bowing. Sharp corners, clean interior and binding binding. Jacket is price-clipped with edge of dollar sign visible. Small chips to head of spine with tiny chips at corners and short tears to top corners and heel of spine with nick to bottom of rear panel and associated creasing. a couple nicks to top of rear panel as well. Light edgewear overall and creasing to top of front panel. Still bright with light fading to type on spine. Light foxing to inside of front flap. 1st Printing

Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$158.12 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

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

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$159.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VERY GOOD condition DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top of spine, primarily left corner. Chipping to bottom of spine, both corners. Minor chipping to all outside corners, at folds. Chip at top edge of back panel, upper left. Several stress and scuff marks to laminate on spine and both panels, primarily the former, touched up w/minor bleedthru to reverse. NOTE: Several open and closed tears mended on reverse with archival tape, and on face with archival glue. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside jacket for improved appearance. BOARDS: Very good condition. Very minor soiling to foredge and foot, primarily the latter. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. P.O.S. in ink on FEP, flyleaf and half-title page. PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY AND INSPECT PHOTOS CLOSELY FOR CONDITION DETAILS. If unsure, please ask. ***********************************************************Here on offer is a nice copy of James Baldwin's influential book: "The Fire Next Time", a couplet of essays on the black experience in America in the early days of the Civil Rights movement. This copy is a true 1st American edition, 1st printing published by The Dial Press in 1963. The authentic dustjacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.

Seller: Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st (US) edition, 8vo, 120pp, true first precedes any UK issue, no subsequent printings listed; cream coarse wove cloth susceptible to a little spotting mainly at hinges and not severe o/w VG Copy in DJ that is lightly worn about edges generally, mild loss to head of spine and one corner plus one small chip from lower edge of back panel; that said the jacket is beginning to show signs of its sixty odd years, and it is price-clipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: February 1963 4th printing Dial Press clean tight and unmarked in lightly shelf worn price intact jacket. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal

Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. First ed w/ Baldwin's picture on back of jacket, ".is a plea and a warning." on inner flap. Some dust wear to boards, minor staining. Minor rubbing to jacket edges, NO major tears, NO stains. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

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

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A clean Fine copy of the First Edition in a jacket with some mild wear. An attractive example.

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$229.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book appears unread, tight, square corners, first edition as 1963 copyright date agrees between title page and copyright page. Unclipped dustjacket (priced at $3.50), fragile jacket shows light edgewear with some chipping at head of spine (1/4"x1/4") and top of jacket back (1/4"x1"). Book shipped well packed in a box and USPS tracking number available if requested by buyer.

Seller: Steve Thorson, Bookseller, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. First ed, no additional printings stated on verso. Jacket has minor edge wear, not price clipped, in mylar. Minor shelf/reading wear. Cream colored boards with red lettering, minor tanning on spine. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy.

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

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$253.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Dial Press edition with no additional printing history. Light shelf wear to cloth boards. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing and chipping to edges, including open tears to top and bottom of spine. Binding square and tight. No loose pages or creasing to spine. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Seller: Last Word Books, Olympia, WA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Dial Press, New York. 1963. 120 pages. First edition, seventh printing. Published May 1963, just four months after the first printing in January, 1963. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong. White cloth panels are bright. Manufacturer's orange-red topstain is present. Black endpapers. Original DJ with $3.50 price intact on flap. Attractive DJ with light minor rubbing at foot and crown, and flap folds, and tips. A bright, attractive copy in attractive DJ. First edition, seventh printing. Fine/VG+

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

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book: Dust Jacket: One nick at botton of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.

James Baldwin. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Measures approximately 5.75 x 8.25 inches. 124 pages. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears, chipping on the spine ends, and light edge wear. Mild foxing on the verso. Price-clipped. Dust jacket is in a new, protective Brodart sleeve. Book is in excellent condition. Boards have little to no wear. Spine has some toning, but is tight and square. Pages are clean and crisp. Mild tanning on the page ends. No writing inside. A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Seller: Bookworm and Apple, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. New York: The Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's cream cloth, lettered in red; in its original black dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon, lettered in red and orange, with photograph of Baldwin by Mottke Weissman to the rear panel. Near fine book, with light toning to spine, faint spot of thumbsoiling to p. 73; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light wear to spine ends, some light rubbing and creasing to edges, small closed tear to bottom of rear panel, and some light marks to panels and spine. Overall, a solid copy. This influential work by American writer and activist James Baldwin contains two essays, "My Dungeon Shook - Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross - Letter from a Region of My Mind." Written during the height of the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's, these two essays put forth Baldwin's perspective on the struggle for Black liberation in the United States. In "My Dungeon Shook," Baldwin addresses his nephew, James, and implores him to defy the expectations and limits set for him by white oppressors. Baldwin writes, "Please try to remember that what [white people] believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear." In the longer of the two essays, "Down at the Cross," Baldwin recounts his experiences growing up in Harlem and in the Church, chronicling the daily realities faced by himself and other young Black people in what amounts to one of the most important treatises on race relations ever published. The Fire Next Time continues to be referenced by modern civil rights leaders and activists and is an important anti-racism text.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. THE FIRE NEXT TIME. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition. Baldwin, James.THE FIRE NEXT TIME. New York: The Dil Press, 1963. First Edition of the author's landmark book in a clipped well-read dustwrapper with his iconic photo on the back by Mottke Weissman. The jacket was designed by Paul Bacon. Beige cloth, with red stamping. As written on the flap of the jacket "Baldwin's plea and warning that all Americans look to the true state of their land one hundred years after Emancipation- a warning of what may happen if they do not." An important edition for any Baldwin collector.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. DIAL PRESS, NY, 1963.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good condition, not price clipped (price is $3.50), small book plate on back of first board, previous owner name on botton four edge, DJ gneral wear DATE PUBLISHED: 1963 EDITION: 120

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, shallow bowing to the boards, sun toning to the spine and head, and a previous owner's plate to the front pastedown. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy in an unclipped, Very Good dust jacket, which has bumps with short creased tears to the spine ends and corners, light sunning to the spine, and rubbing with slight edge wear to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available by request.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A sharp copy of the First Edition in a like jacket with a trace of wear at the head of the spine panel. Not perfect, but still a Superior Example!

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$399.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Original cream cloth. First Edition. A classic that helped promote the civil rights movement and is still cited and is still influential. $400. Near Fine in Very Good Plus Dust Jacket with slight wear on one edge and a tiny spot on the front cover.

Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$440.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: The Dial Press, 1963. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Cream colored boards with very minor soiling to the front board, a touch of rubbing to the top edges of the boards, and a tiny previous owner's sticker to the inside of the front board. The crown of the unclipped jacket is rubbed, and there is extremely minor rubbing to the heel, with otherwise modest edge wear. Book is in very good condition, and the lovely jacket is flirting with near fine. A delightfully well-preserved copy of a landmark work.

Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First printing with no additional printings listed on copyright page. Near-fine with a touch of darkening to top edge of boards, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($3.50 price intact) with minor rubbing at the spine ends and tanning to interior of spine (not visible from the exterior). A beautiful copy of this very influential book about U.S. race relations.

Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. the Dial Press, 1963.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: White cloth stamped in red. Boards slightly bowed, top edge binding toned, bookseller's label front pastedown, near fine in near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and surface wear extremities.

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

BALDWIN, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, NY, 1963.

Price: US$695.00 + shipping

Description: Bound in white cloth, stamped in red, in black and red with some light yellowing to extremes, in the (first state) dust jacket that is close to Fine, but shows one completely closed tear at top edge (not really visible). This is the scarce first printing of this book -- currently highly desirable book by Mr. Baldwin. The book is still as relevant today as it was over 50 years ago. 120 pp.

Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial, 1963.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: The Dial Press, 1963. 8vo. 120 pp. First edition. Includes two famous essays: "My Dungeon Shook," and "Down at the Cross." Scattered foxing to the boards and board edges. The price-intact jacket has some creasing to the top and bottom of the spine. No fading to the spine. Top stain unfaded. SIGNED by Baldwin on the half-title page. An important book and scarce signed.

Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Dial Press, NY, 1963.

Price: US$8625.00 + shipping

Description: Uncorrected long galley proof copy. Baldwin's seminal non-fiction text on race in America, here in a rare pre-publication format. The book contains two essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind." The first essay meditates on the position of Black men in American society, from its founding to Baldwin's present moment. Its tone is nurturing yet rife with anger and frustration. The second essay discusses the role of religion both on and in the Black community, with particular attention to the repression Christianity imposes on Black believers. Baldwin uses the Nation of Islam as an explanatory foil for Christianity. Baldwin's passionate and informative points, along with his ability to write lucidly and incisively, continue to resonate with the American public, both white and Black. Plastic comb binding at head of text, with thick card covers and paper label to upper cover. Mild bumps to corners, a few teeth of comb binding lost, loss to upper two corners of cover label, small nick to upper cover. Near fine.

Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time.. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Peace! James Baldwin." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable. Signed copies of The Fire Next Time are uncommon. A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle.all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.

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

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. The Dial Press, New York, 1963.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page, the author has also written his New York City address on the facing page. Bound in publisher's original cream cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light wear to corners, a few small spots to the topstain and tanning to the pages, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with wear to the extremities and creases to the rear flap, fading to the red print on the spine. The African-American novelist's powerful thoughts on race in the U.S. in two essays, an instant bestseller. Signed first printings are scarce.

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