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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes; Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed first edition of Selected Poems of Langston Hughes.. Octavo, xii, 297pp. Full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration stamped in blind on front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Previous ownership inscription on front endpaper, occasional marginalia throughout, some passages underlined, notes on front endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $5.00 retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear to rear cover, a near fine example. Inscribed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper: "Especially for Roger Nelson - with the sincere regards of Langston Hughes / St. Albans, March 25, 1961.
Synopsis
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. His first poem in a nationally known magazine was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity , the winning poem being "The Weary Blues," which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. As a result of his poetry, Mr. Hughes received a scholarship at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he won his B.A. in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D. by his alma mater; he has also been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (1935), a Rosenwald Fellowship (1940), and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant (1947). From 1926 until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing. He wrote poetry, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays. A cross section of his work was published in 1958 as The Langston Hughes Reader .
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15340
- Title
- Selected Poems of Langston Hughes; Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Illustrator
- Inscribed first edition of Selected Poems of Langston Hughes.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Signed by Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes First Edition, Inscribed book Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks, Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues, A New Song Langston Hughes, Simple Takes A Wife, Shakespeare in Harlem Hughes, 12 Moods for Jazz Ask
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