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God's trombones : seven negro sermons in verse

1927
Not on view
Watson Library copy is inscribed by author.

"Fourth Printing, January, 1929"

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: God's trombones : seven negro sermons in verse
  • Author: James Weldon Johnson (American, Jacksonville, Florida 1871-1938 Wiscasset, Maine)
  • Artist: Aaron Douglas (American, Topeka, Kansas 1899–1979 Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Artist: Charles B. Falls (born 1874)
  • Publisher: Viking Press
  • Date: 1927
  • Geography: New York, N.Y.
  • Dimensions: 8 unnumbered pages, 56 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; Height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
  • Object Number: PS3519.O2625 G6 1927
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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