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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Third Printing. Hardcover. Moderate toning along front joint; leading corners bumped, rubbed with wear through on the tips; ownership name on top outside corner of front pastedown; tanning along either side of front and rear hinges up to one inch. Interior is clean, binding tight. ; Yellow cloth spine lettered in red over black cloth covers lettered in purple. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .
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Shakespeare in Harlem
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(Handbill): Karamu Theatre. Proscenium: Street Scene. Kurt Weill's Music - Lyrics by Langston Hughes ... Arena: ... Shakespeare in Harlem
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Cleveland: Karamu Theatre, 1961. Unbound. Fine. Oblong handbill. Printed on thin orange cardstock. Fine. Hughes was represented in two of the three plays advertised. *OCLC* locates no copies.
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SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM
by Hughes, Langston
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Los Altos Hills, California, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good in somewhat scuffed two-toned cloth; missing the dust jacket; corners, top and bottom of spine bumped; dampstaining to botton inch and a half of spine; a few words written on rear pastedown; foxed . 8.5 x 6 x .65 inches. First Edition, First Printing Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper: âTo Yvettte--- with the regards of--- Langston Hughesâ with âNew York, July 31, 1942â written in his hand at the bottom of the page; drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
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Shakespeare in Harlem; With Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
by Hughes, Langston
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed first edition of Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes.. Octavo, xii, 124pp. Black and yellow cloth, title in purple on front cover and spine. Red topstain. Stated "Third Printing, October 1947" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of sunning to spine, rubbed corners, toning to endpapers. Complete with frontis and 12 full-page illustrations by E.McKnight Kauffer. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, sunning to spine, a few small stains to rear panel, a very good example. (Blockson 6355) Signed by Hughes on the front free endpaper: "For Elizabeth ---, Sincerely, Langston Hughes / June 3, 1949.
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Shakespeare in Harlem
by HUGHES, Langston
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. With drawings by E. McNight Kauffer. Octavo. 124pp. Near fine with light toning at the spine and corner of front fly clipped probably to remove an owner name in about good dust jacket split at the front spine fold, toning and moderate edgewear, including chips and creases.
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Signed and Inscribed First Edition Shakespeare in Harlem Langston Hughes
by Hughes, Langston
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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[African American] Hughes, Langston. Shakespeare in Harlem. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Signed First edition, third printing. Octavo. Black cloth boards and yellow spine. 125 pages total. Original illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Beautifully, boldly signed and inscribed "Inscribed especially for Lucky Millendes with admistration for his happy music--- Sincerely-- Langston Hughes New York July 20th, 1948 " on front free endpaper. This copy is full of drawings by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Hughes first collection of poetry after settling permanently in Harlem, where he would become known as "Harlem's Poet Laureate". Shakespeare in Harlem is a garland of verses about the "dream deferred" to which Lorraine Hansberry refers in Raisin in the Sun. Various characters weave in and out of his verses, as Hughes ponders the life that pours through the streets, bars and tenements around him. Dustjacket's spine missing 1/4 inches on top margin. In very good condition.
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SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM
by Hughes, Langston (poems); Kauffer, E. McKnight
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. An attractive copy of Hughes's fourth full collection of poetry, a collaborative work with artist and graphic designer E. McKnight Kauffer. In his introduction, Hughes describes the collection as "a book of light verse. Afro-Americana in the blues mood. Poems syncopated and variegated in the colors of Harlem, Beale Street, West Dallas, and Chicago's South Side. Blues, ballads, and reels to be read aloud, crooned, shouted, recited, and sung. Some with gestures, some not - as you like. None with a far-away voice" (p.[ix]). Dickinson 12; Blockson 6355. First Printing, one of 3,300 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); black and orange cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and in pink on front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],124,[6]pp, with frontispiece and 12 illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Contemporary owner's ink name to front endpaper, else a fresh, Fine copy, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced…
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Shakespeare in Harlem.
by HUGHES, Langston.
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Rochester, New York, United States
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1942.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards (lacking dust jacket).. Spine chipped at the crown; some general wear to binding; good to very good. A major association copy.. 8vo,. Inscribed by Hughes to critic/novelist Nat Hentoff in 1945.
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Shakespeare in Harlem
by HUGHES, Langston
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 124pp. Near fine with sunning along the spine and two miniscule marks on the front board in about good or better dust jacket with chipping on the spine and front flap, tear to the rear flap and some general edgwear. Inscribed in Hughes' wonderful hand just two months after publication: "Inscribed especially for Dorothy Elvidge, with the sincere regards of - Langston Hughes Chicago, April 27, 1942." Elvidge was the comptroller of the Rosenwald Fund, which granted fellowships to numerous African-American writers, artists and intellectuals from the late 1920s to the late 1940s, including Hughes. He later wrote the story "Simple and the Rosenwald Fund," which lamented its demise. A interesting association.
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Shakespeare in Harlem
by HUGHES, Langston
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 124pp. Near fine with hint of toning and bumping at the spine ends in near fine dust jacket with small close tear to bottom of front panel and light edgewear. Inscribed by Hughes in his wonderful hand just two weeks after publication: "Inscribed especially for Mrs. R.A. Meyer with the sincere regards of - Langston Hughes Chicago, February 27, 1942." A handsome copy.
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Shakespeare in Harlem; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers
by Hughes, Langston
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
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New York: Knopf, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. Two signed items. Stated first edition of book which is inscribed by Hughes on the front free endpaper "To Edwin R. Embree, with the sincere regards of Langston Hughes. Chicago, February 24, 1942." Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Book has black and orange cloth boards. Slight fading of orange at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket, with price intact, has a long 1/8" shallow chip across top front, edgewear and small corner chips. ALSO laid in is a 5x8" one-page poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Hughes. Signed and dated 1941 by Hughes on the front. On the verso he has writen "Twenty Years Writing and Publishing -- June 1921-June 1941". This is the first separate publication of the poem and it is printed on orange card stock with illustration at top by Aaron Douglas. It is one of 250 copies Hughes had printed in 1941 and sent to friends and is now rare. Not available for international shipping. Stated first edition.
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