Color Blind SIGNED by Margaret Halsey 1946 White Woman Looks at the Negro

Description: Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the Negroby Margaret Halsey New York: Simon & SchusterFirst edition, 1946 SIGNED and inscribed by Halsey on the front page: "For Virginia Powell, with best wishes, Margaret Halsey" Condition: Hardcover; no dust jacket. Very minor apparent outer wear. Interior is unmarked, and binding is firm. wiki: "Margaret Halsey (February 13, 1910 – February 4, 1997) was an American writer who lived in the United Kingdom for a short time. Her first book With Malice Toward Some (1938) grew out of her experiences there. It was a witty and humorous bestseller, selling 600,000 copies. It won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1938, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. / According to her obituary in The New York Times, she was "a witty writer with an acute social concern, [and] was compared to Dorothy Parker and H. L. Mencken". / Several of her books were controversial or took on controversial subjects. She wrote two books inspired by her experiences volunteering as a hostess at the racially-integrated Stage Door Canteen in Times Square: a novel, Some of My Best Friends Are Soldiers, and Color Blind: A White Woman Looks at the Negro. The latter was banned in Georgia and favorably reviewed by Margaret Mead." Priority mail shipping available as an option at checkout. Check out the photos to get a better idea of what you'll be getting. Let us know if you have any questions!

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