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First edition, first printing, in the first issue orange cloth binding. This is the first volume of autobiography by the Jamaican-American poet, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, recounting his time in New York, London, and across Europe and Africa. Octavo. Original orange cloth, black and bronze foil labels to spine and front cover, top edge black. With dust jacket, designed by Aaron Douglas. Faint vertical crease to spine; unclipped jacket slightly rubbed, spine lightly sunned, a few tiny marks and nicks: a near-fine copy in near-fine dust jacket. .