The first edition of this National Book Award winner was published by Random House in 1952. It was 439 pages long, and the original retail price was $3.50 . First edition points are: FIRST PRINTING is stated on the copyright page. binding is beige and black cloth boards with illustrations and lettered on the spine, and dark blue top stain. The dust jacket has $3.50 price and the author's picture on the back. The dust jacket seems to be unchanged across at least the first four printings.
Invisible Man won the National Book Award.
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 | Picture of the 1952 first edition dust jacket for Invisible Man. |
 | Picture of the first edition copyright page for Invisible Man. |
 | The first edition dust jacket of Invisible Man has a price of $3.50 and a blurb that begins with "It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal, some of them pitiful and touching - yet always with elements of comedy and irony and burlesque that appear in unexpected places. It is a book that has a great deal to say and which is destined to have a great deal said about it." |
 | Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of Invisible Man. |
 | Picture of the first edition Random House boards for Invisible Man. |
 | The presence of "A.B." on the bottom of the copyright page is sometimes thought to be a first issue point. But we do not believe it is because we have found "A.B." on the bottom of second, third, and fourth printing copyright pages. |
