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JOHNSON, James Weldon (1871-1938). The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., [1927].
8vo. Original black cloth; original dust jacket (spine sunned with some losses at ends). FIRST EDITION of the re-issue (first to use his name). Originally published anonymously in 1912 for fear that the novel would be controversial enough to affect his life and career. This edition is the first to bear his name as well as his story.
[With:] JOHNSON. Along This Way. The Autobiography of… New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Tall 8vo. Original gilt-lettered cloth; original unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.