[AFRICAN AMERICANA - LITERATURE]. LOCKE, Alain, ed. The New Negro, an Interpretation. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - LITERATURE]. LOCKE, Alain, ed. The New Negro, an Interpretation. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925.
8vo, original art-deco style cloth-backed paper-covered boards. 17 plates (many in color) by Winold Reiss; numerous text illustrations by Aaron Douglas, Covarrubias, and other artists.
Provenance: Bookplate of American actors Florence and Frederic March.
FIRST EDITION of one of the most famous books of the Harlem Renaissance compiled by Howard University Professor and key figure in the cultural and intellectual revival, Alain Locke (1885-1954). Locke's anthology includes contributions from Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. DuBois, and Langston Hughes.
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