Alain Locke, ed. THE NEW NEGRO: AN INTERPRETATION. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1925. First edition; with same date on title page and title verso, and no additional printings listed. Hardcover. In quarter white cloth over blue paper-covered boards, blue lettering and design on spine, pictorial endpapers. 8vo; xviii, 446pp. with bibliography. Book decoration and portraits by Winold Reiss, including (17) color plates, with numerous additional illustrations including drawings by Aaron Douglas. Name/bookplate on paste-downs of previous owners, Dr. W. Edward Farrison and Dr. Perry, both former English professors at North Carolina Central University in Durham.

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8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.

Alain Locke (1885-1954), often considered the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance," was a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, philosopher, and Howard University professor. Perhaps the most famous book of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke's anthology includes contributions from Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, and many others.

Boards sunned and scuffed with edgewear, corners rubbed, spine tanned with light wear at ends, separation from text block at head; front paste-down with residue and partially removed writing, first free endpaper with writing in ink, poorly washed inscription on half-title, pages with light to moderate toning, rare faint mark, offsetting, or underlining/marginal notation in red; taped repair on pgs. 27 and 28, pgs. 160-161 with significant discoloration/offsetting, several leaves with small tear at outer margin; good to very good/lacking jacket.