Home To Harlem

by McKay, Claude

Home to Harlem was the first best-seller by an African-American. First printed by Harper and Brothers in 19278, the novel quickly went to subsequent printings. Jack Brown, a black soldier who deserts the Great War in France and returns to Home to Harlem in the novel. The city’s nightlife is full of temptation for Brown after the horrors of the Great War. The grit and grime and hardness of the industrial city are pitted against the idealism of rural life, while characters live the frustration of intellectual potential and aspiration limited by prejudiced circumstances.McKay was criticized for depicting stereotypes of lower-class blacks in the novel, while others celebrated what they considered realistic views of Harlem in the 1920s.

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The first printing of Home to Harlem by Claude McKay was published by Harper and Brothers in 1928. The novel quickly went to subsequent printings. "First edition" stated on copyright page with code "A-C" indicating publication in January 1928.

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by Claude McKay

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1987-11
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Home to Harlem

by McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

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1928
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 7th printing. Hardcover. Good. 340p. Original marbled paper backed in black cloth with tiny mataching black cloth corners. 19 cm. Modest fraying along top of backstrip which also has now dulled pink lettering. Extremities rubbed (modest loss of cloth on corner tips. Publisher's reddish stain on top edge mostly gone. No Jacket.… Read more about this item
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by Claude McKay

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November 1987
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by McKay, Claude

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First Edition
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1928
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original patterned paper-covered boards over black spine cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with rubbing to covers heaviest at edges, wear to spine cloth with fraying at ends, slight loss at tips. Pages toned and sporadically soiled. Clipping from dust… Read more about this item
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HOME TO HARLEM

by Claude McKay

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First, thus
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1965
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This is a well preserved copy of McKay's first novel. Someone has redundantly reminded us of of the original year of publication on the front end paper. But call this one the best deal on the paperback marketplace at this price, which is the first Pocket Books edition, 1965.
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Home to Harlem

by McKAY, Claude

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1928
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint. Topstain a touch rubbed, fraying at the spine ends and moderate wear at the corners, mostly notably the bottom right corner of the front board, an about very good copy with pages fresh. A novel about a soldier returning to the temptation of Harlem night life after… Read more about this item
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TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS

by GUMMERSON, TONY

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1ST
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1992
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Home to Harlem

by McKay, Claude

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Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Random House UK | | Mass Market Paperback | 224 p. | This book is brand new. | Series: HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern… Read more about this item
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Home To Harlem (New England Library Of Black Literature)

by Claude McKay

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New edition
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Home to Harlem

by Claude McKay

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Seventh Printing
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1928
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Hardcover
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Harper and Brothers, 1928. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 340 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. There is part of the DJ glued onto the first end paper as well as a sticker remnant. There are… Read more about this item
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Home to Harlem

by McKay, Claude

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1987
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Northwestern University Press, 1987. Trade paperback, later printing, xxvi + 340 pages; spine lightly creased and ever so slightly slanted, otherwise very gently used, covers flat/uncreased, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. . Soft Cover. Very Good ++.
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HOME TO HARLEM

by McKay, Claude

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First Paperback Printing
Published
1951
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Paperback
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New York: Avon Books, 1951. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 157 pp. Avon Book 376. Edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine and some rubbing on the front cover; no interior markings..
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Home to Harlem

by Claude McKay

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Home to Harlem

by McKay, Claude

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1973-01-01
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by McKay, Claude

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1951
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Home To Harlem (New England Library Of Black Literature)

by Claude McKay

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Home To Harlem (Black Classics Series)

Home To Harlem (Black Classics Series)

by McKay, Claude

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Home To Harlem (New England Library of Black Literature)

by McKay, Claude

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Home to Harlem

by Claude McKay

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HOME TO HARLEM.

by McKay, Claude.

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(1968)
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First edition -
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New York:: Pocket Books,, (1968). First edition -. Just about fine in illustrated wrappers - appears unread.. First paperback printing. Pocket Cardinal Edition 50184. A vintage paperback edition of McKay's best known work, originally published in 1928. 180 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
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