Item #278072 The White Negro. Norman Mailer.
The White Negro

The White Negro

City Lights Books, 1957. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Item #278072
ISBN: B0006ED4JY

Unpaginated, 27 pages. Originally published in Dissent Magazine, this is Mailer's 'superficial reflections on the hipster,' with criticisms by Jean Malaquais and Ned Polsky followed by Mailer's responses. First edition (first printing), priced 35 cents on the cover. Very good in stapled wrappers (paperback). Some wear and toning to edges. Underlining on a few pages. With ownership signature of American writer and academic Margaret Randall on the title page dated 1959. Randall was ordered to be deported from the US in 1985 prompting a group of distinguished writers including Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut, William Styron and Alice Walker to join her in a lawsuit against the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) among others. The case resolved in her favor in 1989.

Price: $125.00

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