The New Negro: An Interpretation
New York: Boni, (c. 1927). Winold Reiss; Aaron Douglas. 2nd printing. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, xviii, 446p. Hardcover in original blue boards backed in linen cloth. 22cm. Cover edges rather heavily rubbed with loss of most of the paper cover on those edges. Blue stamp ("Department of Religious Education First Methodist Church Pasedena, California") on front free endpaper, half-title and blank recto of frontis; small "withdrawn" stamp on title-page. Modest fraying and loss of some cloth at ends of backstrip. Contents sound and clean. No jacket. The heart of the Harlem Renaissance in a single volume. There are 18 full-page illustrations, almost all in color by Winold Reiss who also provided some of the book's many of the small decorations. The iconic pink pictorial endpapers were designed by Aaron Douglas who also created 8 other specifically identified black and white illustrations. Some illustrations came from other sources, as detailed on page xviii. Good. Item #96107
Price: $875.00