[Rarebooks] FS: James Weldon Johnson memorial--Presentation copy from Carl Van Vechten to his longtime partner

[Bob Petrilla]

  Spingarn, Arthur D., Carl Van Vechten, and Sterling A. Brown . JAMES
WELDON JOHNSON, 1871-1938: A Biographical Sketch. An Appreciation of James
Weldon Johnson by Arthur D. Spingarn. My Friend: James Weldon Johnson by
Carl Van Vechten. The Negro in American Literature by Sterling A. Brown.
Nashville: Fisk University, 1938. First Edition. 33pp; two b&w plates from
photographs tipped in. Deckled edges. Stiff white wraps bumped at corners;
contents fine. 9.75" x 6.75" Very Good. Original Wraps.
Presentation copy from Carl Van Vechten to his longtime companion, Mark
Lutz, inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "For Mark / with love from /
Carl / September 29, 1939 / New York." Also includes one word change in Van
Vechten's hand near the end of his essay.        $450.00

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