The Negro in Art First Edition
For a first edition, first printing of The Negro in Art by Alain Locke (Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1940), the first point to check: Copyright page: “Library Edition / First Printing, December, 1940”.
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Negro in Art.
✓ Copyright page: “Library Edition / First Printing, December, 1940”
✓ Publisher: “Copyright, 1940 by The Associates in Negro Folk Education, Inc.”, Washington, D.C.
✓ Binding: green cloth, title lettered in gilt in an arch on the front board
✓ Plates: colour frontispiece “Mother and Child” by Sargent Johnson; 4-page colour insert “The Amistad Murals” tipped in facing p. 124
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Common questions
- How do I know if my copy of The Negro in Art is a first edition, first printing?
- ✓ Copyright page: “Library Edition / First Printing, December, 1940” ✓ Publisher: “Copyright, 1940 by The Associates in Negro Folk Education, Inc.”, Washington, D.C. ✓ Binding: green cloth, title lettered in gilt in an arch on the front board ✓ Plates: colour frontispiece “Mother and Child” by Sargent Johnson; 4-page colour insert “The Amistad Murals” tipped in facing p. 124 The identification points above show each one.
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