"This volume is reprinted from the unabridged text of The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois as first published by A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1903."
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"This volume is reprinted from the unabridged text of The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois as first published by A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago, 1903."
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Near Fine. Seventeenth edition. Signed by W.E.B. Du Bois on the front free endpaper, below a tipped in illustration which is perhaps obscuring evidence of a former bookplate removal. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with spine faded, lightly worn at ends, and cloth showing several faint scratches. Pages lightly tanned, small tear to bottom of front free endpaper. A seminal work in the history of sociology and a cornerstone of African American literature, in which Du Bois discusses "double consciousness"--the idea that African Americans have two fields of vision, one how they see themselves, and the other how others view them.
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Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a large but faint stain to the front cover visible in raking light, light fading to spine and light wear to cloth. Hinges at the half-title page and endsheets are exposed leaving binding a little tender. Former owner name to front pastedown and effaced marking to front free endpaper. Faint stain to bottom textblock edge slightly intruding into the margins. A lovely copy, housed in a custom chemise case. In an effort to portray the genius and humanity of the black race, Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of 14 essays. James Weldon Johnson said the book's effect on African Americans was comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The introduction famously proclaimed that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line". Each chapter begins with two epigraphs-one from a white poet, and one from a black spiritual-to demonstrate intellectual and cultural parity between black and white cultures. A major theme of the work was the double consciousness faced by African Americans: being both American and black. This was a unique identity which, according to Du Bois, had been a handicap in the past, but could be a strength in the future: "Henceforth, the destiny of the race could be conceived as leading neither to assimilation nor separatism but to proud, enduring hyphenation."
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First edition, first printing. x, 265 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Fine, with bright gilt and well-defined blind stamping; clean and bright contents. Evidence of bookplate removal to paste down, subtle bowing to front board. A superb copy of a cornerstone of African American literature. In an effort to portray the genius and humanity of the black race, Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of 14 essays. James Weldon Johnson said the book's effect on African Americans was comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The introduction famously proclaimed that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line". Each chapter begins with two epigraphs-one from a white poet, and one from a black spiritual-to demonstrate intellectual and cultural parity between black and white cultures. A major theme of the work was the double consciousness faced by African Americans: being both American and black. This was a unique identity which, according to Du Bois, had been a handicap in the past, but could be a strength in the future: "Henceforth, the destiny of the race could be conceived as leading neither to assimilation nor separatism but to proud, enduring hyphenation."
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