The Second Book of Negro Spirituals
New York: The Viking Press, 1926.
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Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. 189pp. Decorated blue cloth. Modest overall wear, some slight age-toning, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to a noted author and scholar: "For Mark Van Doren, Sincerely, James Weldon Johnson."
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James Weldon Johnson
birth name: James Weldon Johnson
born: 6/17/1871
died: 6/26/1938
Biography
Poet, diplomat, and anthologist of African-American culture. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore