[Rarebooks] FS: W.E.B. Du Bois IN BATTLE FOR PEACE, Inscribed to Van Wyck Brooks

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DU BOIS, W. E. B IN BATTLE FOR PEACE. THE STORY OF MY 83RD BIRTHDAY
Masses & Mainstream (New York) 1952 First Edition Pictorial wraps. 
INSCRIBED on the half-title page"For Van Wyck Brooks" and SIGNED by the 
author and subject, W. E. B. Du Bois. Brooks's description of the author 
as, among other things, "an artist and a prophet" in THE CONFIDENT YEARS 
is cited by Shirley Graham in one of her comments on page 11 of the 
present book. A rare presentation copy by Du Bois of some importance. 
Light soiling to rear cover. Some separation of text block from wraps. 
Very Good                        $1000.00
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