The Walls of Jericho

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A first edition copy of Rudolph Fisher's novel The Walls of Jericho with a dust jacket illustration by Aaron Douglas, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The dust jacket cover illustration features a black silhouetted figure of a large man, with another silhuoette figure of a smaller woman standing beside him. In the background is an urban scene of tall buildings and a truck on the streets. The black illustrations are highlighted in red and set against a yellowish tan background. Under the jacket, the book has a plain grey cover. There are no illustrations inside the book.

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