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STYRON, William. The Confessions of Nat Turner. New York: Random House, 1967.
8o. Original cloth (minor rubbing and fading to spine); slipcase. Provenance: JAMES JONES (1921-1977), American writer (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE of Styron's Pulitzer Prize winning work, number 492 of 500 specially bound copies signed by Styron. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STYRON TO JAMES JONES on the limitation page: "To James my old friend, this very expensive edition is lovingly inscribed by the author Nigger Bill 11-13-67 Paris."
The private nickname "Nigger Bill" adopted by Styron for this intimate presentation would probably not have pleased the critics, who attacked both the concept and the construction of Turner, Styron's white-authored "slave" narrative, a thought-provoking depiction of the most terrific slave rebellion in American history. "He has begun the common history -- ours," the novelist James Baldwin wrote when he reviewed The Confessions of Nat Turner. The New York Times called it "a triumph," and The Wall Street Journal wrote, "William Styron has written the true American tragedy ... There can be no doubt, now, that he is the foremost writer of his generation." The Confessions of Nat Turner became an immediate and lasting success.
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FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE of Styron's Pulitzer Prize winning work, number 492 of 500 specially bound copies signed by Styron. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STYRON TO JAMES JONES on the limitation page: "To James my old friend, this very expensive edition is lovingly inscribed by the author Nigger Bill 11-13-67 Paris."
The private nickname "Nigger Bill" adopted by Styron for this intimate presentation would probably not have pleased the critics, who attacked both the concept and the construction of Turner, Styron's white-authored "slave" narrative, a thought-provoking depiction of the most terrific slave rebellion in American history. "He has begun the common history -- ours," the novelist James Baldwin wrote when he reviewed The Confessions of Nat Turner. The New York Times called it "a triumph," and The Wall Street Journal wrote, "William Styron has written the true American tragedy ... There can be no doubt, now, that he is the foremost writer of his generation." The Confessions of Nat Turner became an immediate and lasting success.