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Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1961. Copyright 1961 . Mass Market Paperback. Poor. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 192 pp. Still a very acceptable reading/work/study/research copy! Solidly bound copy with heavy internal and external wear. Pages crisp and clean. Water stain on first few pages. Front cover missing. Previous owner's initials inscribed. Heavy browning.

University of Massachusetts Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

[New York]: The Library of America, (1986). 1334pp. Publisher's cloth, boards, ribbon page marker. Very good with mild foxing in a fine dust jacket. In publisher's slipcase with mild staining. With an Introduction by Nathan Huggins, a collection of standard classics authored by W.E.B. Du Bois.

Washington, D.C.: The Library of America, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. Stated first printing. First book publication of many essays and articles by Du Bois. A pristine copy in the original cream-colored slipcase.

The Library of America , pp. 1334 . Hardback. New.

Independently published, 2019-08-20. Paperback. Very Good. 1.0630 8.4252 5.5118. Book has shelf wear. Pages are clean.

New York: The Blue Heron Press, 1953. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. One of an unstated number of copies signed by the author on a decorative plate tipped onto the front pastedown, this being copy no.497. Octavo (21cm); publisher's mauve and white patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; publisher's original glassine overlay; xviii,264,[6]pp. Trivial wear to lower corners, tiny tear with attendant crease to right margin of half-title page, else very Near Fine in a glassine with numerous tears, creases, and small losses. Handsome edition of this cornerstone sociological work by Du Bois, first published by A.C. McClurg in 1903. "Souls Of Black Folk was written beautifully in a style which Du Bois labored to perfect. It is one of the noteworthy books not merely of the period but of the epoch. The monumental work was the opening salvo in the struggle that has dominated the century for black and white Americans: the quest for dignity,… Read More

Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1903. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. Printed on August 1, 1903, less than four months after the first printing. Accurately, this is the third printing of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine, front cover and top edge stamped in gilt. Front cover ruled in blind. Light wear to extremities. Slight foxing to front endpapers. Chapters introduced with excerpts of poems and bars of music. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 264 pages. Images available on request.

New York: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1903. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a large but faint stain to the front cover visible in raking light, light fading to spine and light wear to cloth. Hinges at the half-title page and endsheets are exposed leaving binding a little tender. Former owner name to front pastedown and effaced marking to front free endpaper. Faint stain to bottom textblock edge slightly intruding into the margins. A lovely copy, housed in a custom chemise case.In an effort to portray the genius and humanity of the black race, Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of 14 essays. James Weldon Johnson said the book's effect on African Americans was comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The introduction famously proclaimed that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line". Each chapter begins with two epigraphs - one from a white… Read More

New York: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1903. First Edition. First edition, first printing. x, 265 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Fine, with bright gilt and well-defined blind stamping; clean and bright contents. Evidence of bookplate removal to paste down, subtle bowing to front board. A superb copy of a cornerstone of African American literature.In an effort to portray the genius and humanity of the black race, Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of 14 essays. James Weldon Johnson said the book's effect on African Americans was comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The introduction famously proclaimed that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line". Each chapter begins with two epigraphs - one from a white poet, and one from a black spiritual - to demonstrate intellectual and cultural parity between black and white cultures. A major theme of the work was the double consciousness faced by African Americans:… Read More