Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); russet cloth, blocked and titled in dark brown and beige on spine; dustjacket; xxxiv,[2]-809,[3]pp, with publisher's errata slip tipped onto front hinge. Some dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, spine ends nudged, upper corners gently bumped (but still sharp), with a faint dampstain to heel; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.00), worn, spine-sunned, with losses to spine ends and corners, numerous tears and attendant creases, with a corresponding dampstain to base of spine panel; Good to Very Good. Sociological profile of the African-American population in Chicago, with particular attention paid to the South Side. With an introduction by Richard Wright. BLOCKSON 2378. 86470.