The Poetry Of The Negro 1746 - 1949 by HUGHES, Langston; BONTEMPS, Arna - 1949

Garden City: Doubleday, ( 1949 ). Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo; xviii, 429 pages, green cloth, inked name on endpaper "The common thread, of course, is the Negro's experience in the Western world. ... Poems by others are included only when they touch the subject directly, except in the case of the Caribbean countries, where a departure from this principle seemed necessary in a few areas in order to make representative selections." - Preface.

doubleday NY 1970. Leinen, 645 Seiten, dies ist ein regulär ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar aus einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek, keine Markierungen, kleine weiße Fleckchen von entfernter Signatur auf dem Einband, das Buch ist akzeptabel erhalten --- Linen, 645 pages, Lib. Ex, no marks, a few littlewhite dotson cover from deletedlabel, the book is in an acceptable condition

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1949. Liberty Book Club edition. Hardback in tan cloth boards; no jacket.. VeryGood unmarked; wear to spine ends.. Extensive selections of Negro poetry from around the world and tributary poetry by non-Negroes. Solid tight clean copy of HB 1st. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4, 429 pp, indexes, biographical notes.

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1949. Liberty Book Club edition. 8vo, pp. xviii, 429. Biographical notes, indices. Tan cloth. Edges of cover slightly scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and little soiled dj.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. Unclipped dust jacket.. Later Printing. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Doubleday, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. This is a New Revised Edition from 1970, originally published in 1949 by Doubleday. My guess is that this is the first edition of the 1970 ed., but it is not stated. Owner name. But for some moderate to heavy foxing to top edge, a nice copy.

Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1949. 8vo, pp. xviii, 429. Biographical notes, indices. Pale green cloth. Front hinge beginning tender, o/w VG in price-clipped and scuffed dj.

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Good Plus/None. Octavo. Greyish-green cloth-covered board, ruled in red, with silver lettering. Some light spotting/staining to boards, and two, small, black magic-marker crossouts to title page and verso. A good solid reading copy of this important, fairly early anthology. Includes poems on "the Negro's experience in the Western world, Negro countries around the Caribbean...selections of representative poems without respect either to racial implications in the verses or to the identify of the poets. Interestingly, the editors included a section entitled: "Tributary Poems by Non-Negroes"

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949. Liberty Book club edition. 8vo, pp. 429. Includes indexes. VG in worn dj.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949 Ex-library book with markings, hinges reinforced by previous owner, cover is worn and soiled. Soiling on pages shows with book closed. Text is clean and complete in this scarce book. Very good reading copy that is worth restoring.