Banjo: A Story Without a Plot
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929.
First edition, first printing of Claude McKay's second novel. viii, 326 pp. Bound in publisher's orange and blue patterned paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Orange topstain, printed gray endpapers matching covers, laid paper. About Fine with very light wear and soiling to covers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with tanning to spine panel and foldlines and light soiling. An exceptionally bright copy in a scarce jacket with artwork by Aaron Douglas, whose African-influenced Art Deco designs came to define the visuals of the Harlem Renaissance. Item #140947801
Price: $5,800
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