James Baldwin
76 copies for sale · $25–$15,000 · 40 first editions · 9 signed
Notable copies for sale
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$3,000
Just Above My Head (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
The Fire Next Time (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$6,000
If Beale Street Could Talk (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Notes of a Native Son (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$5,500
Gypsy & Other Poems (signed) — James Arsenault & Company$4,500
THE STORY OF ROLAND; Easton Press (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$397
JIMMY'S BLUES : Selected Poems (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$350
NO NAME IN THE STREET (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$300
THE DEVIL FINDS WORK (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$250
The Fire Next Time (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
What these are worth
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE4 copies from 4 sellers
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Works on the market
Go Tell It On The Mountain5 copies · $50–$11,000
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN4 copies · $30–$136
Fire Next Time3 copies · $30–$6,000
Evidence of Things Not Seen3 copies · $35–$3,000
GIOVANNI'S ROOM3 copies · $30–$2,598
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK3 copies · $500–$2,500
The Fire Next Time2 copies · $500–$7,500
Gypsy & Other Poems2 copies · $850–$4,500
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD2 copies · $2,000–$2,500
Blues for Mister Charlie2 copies · $200–$2,200
The Fire Next Time2 copies · $300–$500
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE2 copies · $50–$348
NO NAME IN THE STREET2 copies · £97–£175
BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE2 copies · $50–$113
CRUCIBLE Summer 19692 copies · $75–$85
THE STORY OF ROLAND2 copies · $30–$63
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD2 copies · $40–$43
Typed Letter, signed Jim Baldwin , writing about Harlem to filmmaker Stewart Wilensky1 copy · $15,000
BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE; Signed1 copy · $5,883
Market context
34 copies of James Baldwin's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $65 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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