The Confessions of Nat Turner

William Styron. First edition, stated second printing. New York: Random House, 1967. Both price-clipped dust jacket, in a mylar protective wrapper, and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in this well-preserved book, 428 pp.

William Styron's (1925-2006) Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (1968) based on the true story of an 1831 slave revolt, from an African-American point of view. Was considered a controversial novel that was fiercely debated and critically acclaimed. "Magnificent, it is one of those rare books that shows us our American past...in a dazzling shaft of light" (New York Times).