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Sale 2683 - Lot 256

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Thurman, Wallace (1902-1934)
The Blacker the Berry. A Novel of Negro Life.

New York: Macaulay, 1929.

First edition of Thurman's first book, octavo; bound in the publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black (lacking the rare dust jacket; minor spotting at gutter; corners just bumped, block cracked in a few places); 7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.

"One of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, and the first novel to openly address prejudice among black Americans, The Blacker the Berry is a book of undiminished power about the invidious role of skin color in American society." (Allyson Hobbs, Stanford University).
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