ANTHOLOGY

The New Negro Edited by Alain Locke. Book decorations and portraits by Winold Reiss. Large thick 8vo; cloth-backed decorated boards, covers faded, as usual. New York, 1925 FIRST EDITION. One of the high spots of the Harlem Renaissance. In fact, The New Negro was the anthology that really announced the arrival of a renaissance for African-Americans in literature, art and theater. Contains contributions from just about everybody of note of the period, and is illustrated by Covarrubias and Aaron Douglas.