[Rarebooks] FS: W. E. B. Du Bois INSCRIBED to Van Wyck Brooks, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:   Was  $750,    Now  $600

DU BOIS, W. E. B. IN BATTLE FOR PEACE. THE STORY OF MY 83RD BIRTHDAY 
Inscribed to Van Wyck Brooks. (New York): Masses & Mainstream, 1952. 
First Edition. Pictorial wraps, also published in hardcover. . 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. (#003709)        $600.00

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