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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • The Dial Press

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin 

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1974] THE DIAL PRESS

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.

Dust jacket is very good; fully in tact with some mild spotting.   Light edge wear and a few minuscule edge tears.   Front panel is price clipped and has some creasing.  

Book itself is very good;  cloth cover is gorgeous and pristine.   Spine and binding is perfect.  Slight bending to boards and short gift inscription on flyleaf.

There is some mild foxing to text block; as well as some faint yellow foxing to title page and several pages throughout, though affected pages still read very nicely [see last photo for what the average affected page looks like]

Overall, a stunning copy of this rare first edition! 

In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.