The Passion of Claude McKay; Selected Poetry and Prose, 1912-1948
New York: Schocken Books [1973], 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [6], 2-363, [1] pp. Brown cloth with brown lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Ernest Crichlow, jacket design by Edith Dreikurs. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs from McKay's life. With a review slip pasted onto the free front endpaper. Edited with an introduction and notes by Wayne Cooper. This anthology includes both previously unpublished and published work of McKay. Of especial interest are the letters he wrote to W.E.B. Du Bois and Max Eastman. McKay was a prominent Harlem renaissance figure, and his writings reflect on the experiences of the Black diaspora during the early twentieth century. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000012976
A spot of offsetting to the half-title page from the review slip; jacket with a crease on its front flap.
Price: $125.00