[AFRICAN AMERICANA] KILLENS, John Oliver

Youngblood [Signed]

New York: Trident Press, 1966. First Edition Thus. First Printing, a reissue of the 1954 edition published by The Dial Press. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver and metallic red on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; [iv],[2],3-475,[1]pp. Generically inscribed by the author on the frnt endpaper "Best wishes / John O. Killens / 12-14-72." Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $6.95), lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned, with several closed tears and attendant creases, a few of which have been neatly and archivally mended on recto and verso.

Reissue of Killens's first book, a landmark novel of social protest chronicling "the lives of the Youngblood family and their friends in Crossroads, Georgia, from the turn of the century to the Great Depression. Its large cast of powerfully affecting characters includes Joe Youngblood, a tragic figure of heroic physical strength; Laurie Lee, his beautiful and strong-willed wife; Richard Myles, a young high school teacher from New York; and Robby, the Youngbloods' son, who takes the large risk of becoming involved in the labor movement" (from the University of Georgia Press). BLOCKSON 6832 (for the 1954 edition).

Price: $150.00

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