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Cullen, Countee (1903-1946) The Black Christ & Other Poems, signed limited edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishing, 1929.
Stated first edition, limited issue, octavo; number 107of 128 copies numbered and signed by the author in ink on the limitation; illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Charles Cullen; unopened in publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed silver spine label (spine lightly sunned, label rubbed with some losses); housed in the original black paper slipcase, partially preserved; 7 5/8 x 5 in.
Published at the height of his career, Countee Cullen's greatest collection of Harlem Renaissance poetry draws poignant connections between Christ crucified and the violence perpetrated against Black men in America.
