[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully Inscribed first edition of Ralph Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN, in dustwrapper

[Charles Agvent]

ELLISON, Ralph. INVISIBLE MAN. New York: Random House, (1952). First 
Edition. Author's first book, a National Book Award winner and a 
landmark novel of the twentieth century. Typical, for this title, 
flaking of the white spine lettering but still very readable. The cloth 
is a little darkened, most noticeably on the spine, and there is some 
staining on the fore-edge of the front free endpaper that contains the 
following magnificent and very early INSCRIPTION SIGNED by the author: 
"For David -----,/that artist-technician, who has/made unheard music 
hearable,/this small effort to make the un-/seen 
seeable./Sincerely/Ralph Ellison/March 24, 1952." The recipient was a 
violinist who played under Arturo Toscanini as a member of the NBC 
Symphony and who was a very close friend of Ellison's. Technically savvy 
with computers and audio equipment, the inscribee retrieved Ellison's 
final manuscript from the author's computer after his death. Dustwrapper 
with some edgewear but very presentable. Very Good or better in 
dustwrapper with a superb inscription. 		$15,000.00
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