Accession number
PML 195844
Published
New York : Albert and Charles Boni, 1925.
Credit line
Purchased on the Carter Burden Fund, 2012.
Notes
Some of the contributions and illustrations originally appeared in a special issue of The Survey Graphic (Mar 1925), entitled Harlem: the Mecca of the new Negro, edited by Alain Locke.
Includes music for 'Father Abraham, Tell it' and 'Listen to de Lambs' (pp. 211-13).
Illustrations: 17 plates, comprising reproductions of portraits of African American men and women (orig. pastel on board) and 'African Phantasy: Awakening' (orig. ink on paper) by Winold Reiss ; 'Six Decorative Designs' by Aaron Douglas: pp. [56], [112], [128], 138, 216, [268] ; 3 vignettes by Miguel Covarrubias: pp. [225], 227.
Colored endpapers, head- and tail-pieces, cover, dust jacket, and overall book design by Winold Reiss.
Includes music for 'Father Abraham, Tell it' and 'Listen to de Lambs' (pp. 211-13).
Illustrations: 17 plates, comprising reproductions of portraits of African American men and women (orig. pastel on board) and 'African Phantasy: Awakening' (orig. ink on paper) by Winold Reiss ; 'Six Decorative Designs' by Aaron Douglas: pp. [56], [112], [128], 138, 216, [268] ; 3 vignettes by Miguel Covarrubias: pp. [225], 227.
Colored endpapers, head- and tail-pieces, cover, dust jacket, and overall book design by Winold Reiss.
Description
xviii, 446 p., 17 plates (incl. frontis.) : ill., facsims., music, ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink on half-title: For Donald Davidson, one of the "New South," with appreciation, Alain Locke, March 8, 1928.
Provenance
Presentation copy, inscribed by editor and contributor, Alain Locke, to the poet Donald Davidson.
Binding
Quarter linen, blue paper-covered boards with designs on front and back by Winold Reiss.
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