Papers on Inter-Racial Problems Communicated to the First Universal Races Congress Held at the University of London July 26–29, 1911
Boston: P. S. King & Son, The World's Peace Foundation, 1911. First edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Quarto. xlvi, 485 (3)pp. Rebacked with black cloth over original green boards with black lettering and publisher's device on cover, white handwritten lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. Edited for the Congress Executive. "The object of the Congress is "to discuss, in the light of science and the modern conscience, the general relations subsisting between the peoples of the West and those of the East, between the so-called white and so-called coloured peoples..." (Preface). Includes circulars issued by the Congress Executive, list of officers, executive, Hon. vice-presidents, and Hon. General Committee, and papers of all eight session, including Felix Adler, Israel Zangwill, Alfred Caldecott, W. E. B. DuBois, Edwin D. Mead, and many others. Appendix, bibliography, and index at rear. Two pages with advertisement of related books by the publisher at rear. Binding with light wear along edges, small chips and very light fraying. Usual library markings, barcode, sticker, library index card and stamps. John Crerar Library plate on inside front cover. Gutters reinforced with light gray library tape. Front free endpaper missing. Binding in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #47017
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