first edition Hardcover
1940 · New York
by Writers' Program. Virginia
New York: Hastings House, 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. photos, illustrations, photos, map on endpapers, index, xii, 380p. Original blue cloth.dj. 21cm. Jacket rather worn and also missing a couple of small chips and having its edges are nibbled in places. The preface is written by *Roscoe E. Lewis, identified as Supervisor of Negro Workers (in Virginia). The Du Bois papers at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) include a letter from Lewis in which he tells Du Bois that the wrote the manuscript for this book.
(Inventory #: 95512)