Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe (First Edition, First Printing, 1970)

First edition, first printing of Tom Wolfe’s Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1970. The copyright page explicitly states “First printing, 1970.”

One of Wolfe’s important early works of New Journalism, the book collects two extended essays examining American politics, race, class, and social status at the end of the 1960s. “Radical Chic” famously chronicles Leonard Bernstein’s gathering for members of the Black Panther Party at his Park Avenue apartment—the piece in which Wolfe popularized the phrase “radical chic.”

Hardcover in the original illustrated dust jacket, with the original $5.95 price intact on the front flap. Jacket design by noted graphic designer Milton Glaser.

This copy also has an embossed former-owner library stamp on the front endpaper. From the photos, the book itself is quite clean with a tight-looking binding and clean interior. The dust jacket remains bright and attractive with relatively minor edge/corner wear.