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Negro: Anthology made by Nancy Cunard: 1931-1933
by Cunard, Nancy [Editor]; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Arthur A. Schomberg; W.E.B. Du Bois; Walter White; Countee Cullen; Alain Locke; John Spivak; George Padmore; Ezra Pound
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London: Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co, 1934. First Edition. First edition, first printing. viii, 856 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red, with black topstain, issued without a dust jacket. Very Good+ with rubbing to cloth along edges, worn at head and tail, small bookplate to front free endpaper, a few spots of foxing to edges, vertical creases and two tiny tape mends to title page.
An ambitious compilation all aspects of history and culture of the African in Africa, or the diaspora featuring contributions from an impressive array of leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance, such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Arthur A. Schomberg, W.E.B. Du Bois, Walter White, Countee Cullen and many others. A definitive work on the growth and development of Black culture of the early 20th century. One-thousand copies were originally printed, though many remained unsold and were destroyed when the warehouse they were stored in was bombed during the Blitz.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944379
- Title
- Negro: Anthology made by Nancy Cunard: 1931-1933
- Author
- Cunard, Nancy [Editor]; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Arthur A. Schomberg; W.E.B. Du Bois; Walter White; Countee Cullen; Alain Locke; John Spivak; George Padmore; Ezra Pound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Harlem Renaissance, Black, African American, Africa, West Indies, civil rights, politics, art, 1930s, Great Depression, anthologies, reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Poetry; Art;
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Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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