The New Negro: An Interpretation

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A hardcover, first edition of The New Negro: An Interpretation, an anthology of essays, fiction, poetry and art on African American culture written and edited by Alain Locke. The volume is jacketless and both front and back covers are dark blue with one small white square at center. The front square is printed with [THE / NEW / NEGRO] and the back cover has a dark blue geometric mask-like design. The sand-colored cloth spine has dark blue print that reads: [THE / NEW / NEGRO / EDITED / BY / ALAIN / LOCKE / ALBERT / AND / CHARLES / BONI]. The interior end pages feature a bright pink tropical print of people, animals, and plants. The front interior cover has a bookplate from the Community Church of New York Library, the opposite page has a handwritten inscription with the date “December, 1925.

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