The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin. First edition, later printing. New York: The Dial Press, 1963. Both unclipped dust jacket (in mylar wrapper) and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. The jacket, with original price $3.50 on inside flap, has some chipping and a small piece missing on upper, rear section. Jacket designed by the great Paul Bacon. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. No other writing found in the book, 120 pp. 

James Baldwin’s landmark work, The Fire Next Time, is one of the most important books of the Civil Rights era. This 1963 Dial Press edition captures Baldwin’s searing essays on race, religion, and identity in America.

This copy is a first edition, later printing, in its original unclipped dust jacket priced at $3.50. The rear jacket flap references Baldwin’s novel Another Country, issued in 1962, confirming this as a subsequent 1963 printing.

A powerful and enduring work of American literature, Baldwin’s voice remains as urgent today as when first published.