[Amherst]: University of Massachusetts Press, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 82pp. Light shelf wear to boards and jacket extremities, shallow crease to rear flap, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title: "For Cristoph / 'Open my face' / Ishmael Reed." First full-length poetry collection (following three novels) by the founder of the Umbra Workshop, a significant influence on the Black Arts Movement. Includes Reed's major long poem "Catechism of d neoamerican hoodoo church," which was first published as a chapbook by the British publisher Paul Breman.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 37643
Title: Conjure [Inscribed & Signed]
Author: REED, Ishmael
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Place of Publication: [Amherst]
Date Published: [1972]
Keywords: umbra
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Poetry; African-Americana; Black Arts Movement;

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