THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1967.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Controversial novel based on the 1831 uprising - the most sustained revolt in the history of US slavery . Styron grew up in Virginia not far from Tidewater County where the revolt took place. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 428 pp.
Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, discoloration to interior of dj) Original price of 6.95 present on the dust jacket. An attractive copy of a first edition of a book which appears more common than it actually is, since false firsts abound (the Book of the Month Club edition is ubiquitious and some copies also state first printing). Bright dust jacket with none of the usual fading on the spine.