Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition stated. Black and white illustrations throughout by E. McKnight Kauffer. Octavo (24.4cm). Pictorial dust jacket with price clipped. Blue publisher's cloth binding. Faded light green topstain. 297 pp.
Dust jacket heavily worn with chips along top edge and loss of text, foot of spine chipped. Tape repair on verso of DJ to tear on front panel. Back flap torn along fold. Boards have some minor edge wear. Corners bumped. Slight lean to spine. Binding sound. Endpapers foxed. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Book is in very good condition with dust jacket in very good minus condition.
Langston Hughes personally selected the work that appeared in this publication, some appearing in print for the first time anywhere.
Dust jacket heavily worn with chips along top edge and loss of text, foot of spine chipped. Tape repair on verso of DJ to tear on front panel. Back flap torn along fold. Boards have some minor edge wear. Corners bumped. Slight lean to spine. Binding sound. Endpapers foxed. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Book is in very good condition with dust jacket in very good minus condition.
Langston Hughes personally selected the work that appeared in this publication, some appearing in print for the first time anywhere.