Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Towards an Autobiography of a Race Concept
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940).
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Hardcover. First edition. Light spotting on the foredge, and endpapers slightly toned, near fine in a near very good dustwrapper with some chipping, the largest removing about 2" at the crown. Signed by Du Bois in the year of publication: "Very sincerely yours, W. E. B. Du Bois. 7 Nov '40". A very uncommon book, especially both signed and in jacket.
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
birth name: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
born: 2/23/1868
died: 8/27/1963
Biography
American sociologist, the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He helped create the National ASsociation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and edited The Crisis, its magazine, from 1910 to 1934. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore