The Weary Blues by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 - 1926

New York: Knopf. 1926. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Fair. 109p. dj. 19cm. Jacket supplied from a World War II printing (Buy War Bonds on rear flap), has light edge-wear and slight fading. Patterned cover boards faded and quite edge-worn. Blue cloth backstrip dulled but cover lettering still legible. Contents sound and clean. INSCRIBED ("Sincerely, Langston Hughes To: ... Indianapolis, April 19, 1926.") . His first book. A difficult book to find with an early inscription by Hughes. While Hughes' signature in this copy is smaller and less fluid than his later signatures, this inscription, dating only three months after the book was first published in January, is one of the earliest we've seen. The first printing consisted of only 1500 copies.