Home to Harlem
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928.
First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original patterned paper-covered boards over black spine cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with rubbing to covers heaviest at edges, wear to spine cloth with fraying at ends, slight loss at tips. Pages toned and sporadically soiled. Clipping from dust jacket tipped in at front paste down with small check mark, and book plate mostly removed from rear paste down. Short tear to edge of title page and hinge there is slightly over-opened. Home to Harlem was among the first books published during the Harlem Renaissance and was a watershed contribution to its fiction. Item #140944941
Price: $2,200