Beschreibung:

Eight titles, including two by W. E. B. Dubois.
The Negro. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 12mo (171 x 121 mm). 4 maps. Publisher’s yellow cloth, cover and spine stamped in blind. Condition: pencil markings and some discoloration; covers worn, spine faded. first edition of this important exploration of african history and culture . [And:] The College-Bred Negro: Report of a Social Study Made Under the Direction of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Fifth Conference for The Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, May 29-30, 1900. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press, 1900. Octavo (222 x 152 mm). 115 pp. Charts and tables. etc. Blue wrappers printed in black. Condition: light spotting; covers lightly worn. first printing. [ With six others, including :] HAWKINS, Rev. William G. Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North Carolina ; LEWIS, Charles Bertrand. Brother Gardner’s Lime-Kiln Club. Being the Regular Proceedings of the Regular Club for the Last Three Years. With Some Philosophy, Considerable Music, a Few Lectures, and a Heap of Advice Worth Reading. first edition ; PAYNTER, Jno. H. Joining the Navy, or Abroad with Uncle Sam; MERRIWEATHER, Claybron W. The Pleasures of Life: Lyrics of the Lowly, Essays, and Other Poems. rare ; How You Get T.B. National Tuberculosis Foundation. a rare public-health brochure by a well-known Harlem Renaissance writer ; The Brown Thrush: Anthology of Verse by Negro Students; Condition: upon request. Provenance: some with bookplate of Joseph J. McGuigan.