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These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Dr Sam Halliday.

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The book's initial public reception was poor. It was republished in 1927, with some minor wording changes, by Alfred A. Knopf, an influential firm that published many Harlem Renaissance writers, and Johnson was credited as the author.

This seminal work, celebrated for its historical significance and literary brilliance, has captivated readers and scholars alike.

The Book of American Negro Poetry : Chosen and Edited, With an Essay on the Negro'S Creative Genius by James Weldon Johnson, first published in 1922, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world.

First published anonymously in 1912, this resolutely unsentimental novel gave many white readers their first glimpse of the double standard -- and double consciousness -- that ruled the lives of black people in modern America.