Banjo: A Story without a Plot

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1929.

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Hardcover. First edition. Rubbing and a few small holes in the gutters, thus near very good in very good fine Aaron Douglas-designed dustwrapper with shallow chipping at the crown just touching the top of the letter "B" and a faint stain near the bottom of the front panel. Important novel by McKay that was the basis for the 1937 J. Elder Wills musical film *Big Fella* starring Paul Robeson helping police locate a missing boy (while also singing five songs), and which also featured Elisabeth Welch and Margaret Rutherford. A presentable jacketed copy.

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Item #463939 Banjo: A Story without a Plot. Claude McKAY.

Claude McKay
birth name: Claude McKay
born: 9/15/1890
died: 5/22/1948

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Biography

Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by an American black to that time. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Many of McKay's books are often distinguished by the vivid dustjacket art work, much of it designed by Aaron Douglas, including his books Banjo (1929), Home to Harlem (1928), A Long Way from Home (1937), and Banana Bottom (1933). However, his first book, Songs from Jamaica (1912), published in London in wrappers is harder to find.more