Autobiography Of The Harlem Renaissance Great

ALONG THIS WAY

By James Weldon Johnson

1933

First edition of this autobiography by the Harlem Renaissance leader, detailing his personal life, political career, and his involvement in the New York bohemian scene.

Very good plus in very good dust jacket.

Price: $300.00

ALONG THIS WAY

"Show no sign of fear; if you do you are lost."

ALONG THIS WAY was written "in part to remove all doubt that [THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN] was indeed a work of fiction," notes the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (40). As a rebuttal to his own work of fiction about "a light-skinned mulatto man who ultimately decides to forsake his black heritage," James Weldon Johnson's autobiography reveals details of his family's heritage and his eventful career (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, 39).

Read more: Daniel Donaghy, "Johnson, James Weldon," Encyclopedia of African American History; Blockson Collection, item 4660.

The Object

New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Full Title: Along This Way: The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson. 9.5'' x 6.25''. Original red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Original unclipped ($3.50) red and black pictorial dust jacket. Red topstain. Black-and-white frontispiece of Johnson with 15 black-and-white plates. 418 pages, including index. Jacket with light edgewear, some toning to spine; several long closed tears expertly repaired to verso. Binding with some edgewear, mild bumping to spine ends; mild wear to some leaf margins. Bright.

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