Johnson James Weldon Vechten Carl (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Good. A ggod, ex-library copy, with tape repair to the spine seam, and some library stamps/writing to the covers. One poem has a slight skip.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good (No Jacket). First Printing Thus. First edition to be published under the author's name. 8vo, 211 pp. Covers a bit dull, rubbed at head and heel of spine, page edges dusty, light scuffs at top and bottom edges, previous owner name and address, pages tanned.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Carl Van Vechten Miguel Covarrubias (illustrator). Early Reprint. Large 8vo. Pp. 418. Frontis. photo port. by Carl Van Vechten. Illustrated throughout with black and white photography and a caricature of Johnson by Miguel Covarrubias. Index. Bound in full black cloth with Johnson's signature stamped in gilt on front cover, gilt lettering stamped on spine. A few pages were roughly opened, leaving jagged edges to a few leaves. Only one affects text, and barely so, on an index page. In the pictorial dust jacket,age-toned and price-clipped, that has a few old tape repairs on the verso, and with chips at head and tail of spine. The poignant reminiscences of the eminent scholar and statesman, which provide a rich, comprehensive assessment of the state of African-American life in his era, 1871-1938. Includes details on the effort to wrest legislative control of lynching from Southern states by enacting Federal laws outlawing the practice. Johnson notes that during his tenure at the NAACP, beginning 1919, lynchings were not as numerous as in previous years, but that the increasing barbarous manner was that of inhuman savagery. An attractive copy. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.

HARD BACK BRICK. Condition: FAIR. JACKET: WORN DJ. 1ST ALBLABOOK. Bow to front cover, racking, bookplates, previous owner markings FEP and title page, bow to text block, foxing, yellowing Top fore edge brick red DATE PUBLISHED: 1937, DEC EDITION: 1ST ALBLABOOK 211.