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Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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DU BOIS, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963). The Souls of Black Folk. London: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 1905.
8vo. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth (some finish damage to covers from damp, rubbed). Provenance: John Price Sheldon, Buxton, M.P. (signature and inscription on half-title).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. First published in the United States in 1903, the book contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in The Atlantic Monthly magazine. To develop this groundbreaking work, Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African-American in American society.