Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 375

Price Realized: $ 10,000
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(RECONSTRUCTION.) W.E. Burghardt Du Bois. Black Reconstruction. [10], 746 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minimal wear; signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Very truly, W.E.B. Du Bois, Oct. 1, 1935." In original dust jacket with moderate wear and light soiling on backstrip; inked "$4.50" publisher's price stamp on inner flap. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1935]

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Stated first edition. "A landmark in American historiography . . . combining both literary charm and integrity"--Blockson Hundred and One 72. Partington, Du Bois 2352.