Notes on
Anthology of American Negro Literature

The first edition of this title has a first and second state printing. In the first state the blues lyrics that appear on pages 223-227 are not atttributed. In the second state the pages are reprinted with names and copyright permissions.

The second edition had a different editor and different content than the first.

First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Edition

First binding style:     5

First inverse DJ number:     169

Dates in print:     1929 - 1944 (Calverton intro.)
                             1944 - 1957 (Frederick into.)

Toledano number:    163.1 (Calverton intro.)
                                    163.2 (Frederick intro.)

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?      no

Intro author:     V.F. Calverton (1929 edition)
                            John T. Frederick (1944 edition)

Genre:    Literary Anthology 

Original language:      English

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano Sharon Biederman Gordon Neavill

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