Tell me how long the train's been gone

James Baldwin. Stated first American edition, first printing. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. In a mylar protective wrapper. An unclipped jacket with original price $5.95 on inside flap and below the price is a code, 8579-3. Jacket designed by the great Paul Bacon. Hardcover: Very Good+ NY: The Dial Press, 1968. Beige cloth with copper lettering on the spine. The spine has some fading and wear. There is no writing or markings in the book, 484 pp. Photo of the author on rear jacket by Sedat Pakay. 

Baldwin's novel focuses on a black actor in America who contemplates his role in a racist society. This was Baldwin's first novel since Another Country and at the time, his ninth book.