James Baldwin
64 copies for sale · $25–$11,000 · 30 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$3,000
If Beale Street Could Talk (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Just Above My Head (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
Gypsy & Other Poems (signed) — James Arsenault & Company$4,500
NO NAME IN THE STREET (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$300
THE DEVIL FINDS WORK (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$250
Blues for Mister Charlie (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$200
Go Tell It on the Mountain (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$11,000
Go Tell It on the Mountain (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$8,500
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$2,500
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
Works on the market
Fire Next Time4 copies · £30–£6,000
GIOVANNI'S ROOM3 copies · $30–$2,598
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK3 copies · $600–$2,500
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN3 copies · $30–$100
Go Tell It on the Mountain2 copies · $8,500–$11,000
The Fire Next Time2 copies · $275–$7,500
Gypsy & Other Poems2 copies · $850–$4,500
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD2 copies · $2,000–$2,500
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE2 copies · $250–$2,000
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE2 copies · $50–$348
Evidence of Things Not Seen2 copies · $35–$100
CRUCIBLE Summer 19692 copies · $75–$85
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD2 copies · $43–$57
BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE; Signed1 copy · $5,883
ANOTHER COUNTRY; Signed1 copy · $4,894
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD1 copy · $3,000
Blues for Mr. Charlie1 copy · $1,500
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN; Signed Franklin Library1 copy · $798
The Fire Next Time1 copy · $500
Market context
38 copies of James Baldwin's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $89 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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