Brown cloth with green and gold rectangle containing title in contrasting colors, similar device on spine. Book is square and binding is secure. Light edge and corner wear. ; B&W Charts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 767 pages; Well-known book by African-American scholar Frazier. Not to be confused with his more common , The Negro Family in the United States. This copy has the same date, 1949, on the front and back of the title page. MacMillan usually put First Edition, but since I have a stated Second Printing of this book, I am confidant that this is the First. Blockson 3534.