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New York; (1941): Citadel Press. Thick Octavo. . xvi, 1082 pages, index. It covers the writings from Phyllis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass to Richard Wright, Langston Hughes and Chester Himes. This massive work is a classic including also the last fifty pages of the institutional racism in the American South; especially, on lychings. From the library of collector Noel Sullivan, a concert singer and philanthropist who was also greatly interested in the welfare of Negroes and many became close personal friends. He supported Langston Hughes, Marian Anderson, William Lawrence and a young African American singer, Marcus Hall. A very good copy bound in beige cloth lettered in silver over black and repeated on spine, top edge stained blue-gray, in very good clipped, edge worn and chipped dust jacket.

New York: Arno Press / New York Times, 1969. 8vo. 1082 pp. Black cloth. Very Good. Mild scuffing to board, small faint spot to fore-edge. Subtle dampstain to lower corner of last twenty or so leaves.. Hardcover. Very Good.

The Dryden Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth cover is frayed at corners and spine caps with scuffs to spine cloth but clean and in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Gift inscription on front end sheet. Pages are toned and 4 pages have old scotch tape repairs in top margin but clean and in very good condition. ; 0 pages .

New York: The Dryden Press, 1941. Hardcover. Octavo, 1082 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's light blue cloth, dark blue rows with silver titling to spine; some rubbing and wear, fading to spine, small tear to middle of spine; mild toning to pages; measuring 20cm high, this copy is 2cm shorter than the more commonly seen issue with blue boards and gilt titling; shelved case 1. Contains sections on Short Stories, Novels (Selections), Poetry, Folk Literature, Drama, Speeches, Pamphlets, and Letters, Biography, and Essays. From the Preface: "This anthology of the writings of American Negroes has three purposes: (1) to present a body of artistically valid writings by American Negro authors, (2) to present a truthful mosaic of Negro character and experience in America, and (3) to collect in one volume certain key literary works that have greatly influenced the thinking of American Negroes, and to a lesser degree, that of Americans as a whole." 1358136. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

The Citadel Press. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth with black ands and silver gilt titles on front and spine. Slight sunning on spine and to top edge of cover. Scarce. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1941.

New York: The Dryden Press, 1941. Very good plus.. First printing of this anthology of works by Black Americans, from the 18th-century poetry of Phillis Wheatley to the 20th-century essays of Alain Locke and much in between. Charles Blockson notes that, on its publication in 1941, THE NEGRO CARAVAN was "the most important single volume of Afro-American writing ever published" (58). Its three editors assembled some of the most influential pieces by Black Americans through the 1940s, including songs, plays, narratives of enslaved people, poetry, essays, folk literature and more. Each section is accompanied by a critical introduction contextualizing the pieces in their wider genres and in Black history. THE NEGRO CARAVAN represents a major early effort at defining a canon of Black literature; this is an unusually nice copy. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth boards with gilt and black lettering. No dust jacket. xviii, 1082 pages, including index. Owner name in pencil to front flyleaf, "Tyler Long."… Read More

New York: Arno/the New York Times , 1970. Clean and tight. No creases to the spine. Appears unread. Light shelfwear. . Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Literature.