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First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Former Library book. 1st U.K. edition. (religious poetry, sermons)

First edition, first printing. Good in cloth boards with much of backstrip missing. Foxing. Lacks dustjacket.

1st ed. Fair copy, front board detached, spine strip missing, ink name to ffep, text block intact with only light foxing

First English edition (the American edition was first published in 1927). Octavo. 61pp. Paper-covered boards with publisher's printed label on front cover and spine. Small owner's name dated 1930 on front flyleaf, endpapers have faint red stain at fore-edge, text moderately foxed, fading on fore-edge of both boards, spine has started to split at one edge, not quite very good. The American edition is sub-titled "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse" and is illustrated by Aaron Douglas. This English edition is not illustrated. It is however, very scarce.

1929. First UK edition. 59pp. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) was an American writer, civil rights activist, and a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. In this book, one of his most celebrated works, inspirational sermons of African American preachers are reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of the spirituals. This classic collection includes "Listen Lord (A Prayer)," "The Creation," "The Prodigal Son," "Go Down Death (A Funeral Sermon)," "Noah Built the Ark," "The Crucifixion," "Let My People Go," and "The Judgment Day." The book is bound in the original purple paper covered boards with black titling on paper labels on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling on the boards. The spine is faded and there is lighter fading near the spine edge of the front board and to a larger part of the rear board. The paper covering the corner tips is worn and the spine ends are bumped with a little damage at the top of the spine and loss of about 1/4" at the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean although there is moderate foxing scattered throughout. The foxing is mostly light with some of the early pages being more heavily affecteed. There is a brief inscription dated 1934 on the front free endpaper.

First English edition (the American edition was first published in 1927). Octavo. 61pp. Paper-covered boards with publisher's printed label on front cover and spine. Small owner's name dated 1930 on front flyleaf, endpapers have faint red stain at fore-edge, text moderately foxed, fading on fore-edge of both boards, spine has started to split at one edge, not quite very good. The American edition is sub-titled "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse" and is illustrated by Aaron Douglas. This English edition is not illustrated. It is however, very scarce.