[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] GOELL, Milton J.; Hall Johnson, fwd

The Wall That Is My Skin: A Poem

New York: Wendell Malliet and Company, 1945. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm.); original cloth in pale grey dust jacket printed in maroon; 41pp. A fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 at lower front panel); very lightly worn with a short closed tear to top edge of upper panel, spine a shade darkened; Near Fine.

A book-length cycle of "...Poems Inspired by the Negro's Fight for Democratic Rights," authored by a young Jewish-American lawyer/poet. The book is dedicated to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt; the African-American composer Hall Johnson contributes a brief foreword; Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted in a blurb on front jacket panel. Uncommon in dustwrapper, especially in such nice condition.

Price: $200.00

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