Between the Covers

Softcover. First paperback edition. With a Note by the Author. Critical Commentary by George Schuyler of the "Pittsburgh Courier." Lamination starting to peel a little on the rear wrap, else a bright and fresh, near fine copy. A novel about a young couple in Harlem, set amid the cabarets and soirees of the Harlem Renaissance, which has been controversial since it was published because of its title. However, Van Vechten, who was white, was tireless in his support of African-American artists and writers even after the glamour of the Renaissance, which had drawn so many white intellectuals to Harlem, had waned. One of the more sought after mass market paperbacks.

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