Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
"THE GIFT OF SPIRIT" DU BOIS, W. E. B. The Gift of Black Folk. The Negroes in the Making of America. Thick 8vo, original blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine slightly faded but still quite legible. A very nice copy of a classic title. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1924

Additional Details

first edition. A collection of essays on the achievements of Blacks in America, including chapters on Black explorers, soldiers, and labor leaders. With additional material on women, music and politics. The last chapter is titled "The Gift of Spirit."