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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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Shakespeare in Harlem
by Langston Hughes
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition. A Good, black cloth boards and orange cloth spine with purple lettering on front board and black lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, discoloration/sunning to spine, age toning to pages, top text block edge stained orange, bit of crimping to spine edges, scattered foxing to text block edges and pastedowns/endpapers, previous owner handwritten name in ink front free endpaper else unmarked, mild musty odor, without Dust Wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 124pp., drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM
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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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Signed and Inscribed First Edition Shakespeare in Harlem Langston Hughes
by Hughes, Langston
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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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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First edition of Hughes classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Patricia Gibson- Sincerely- Langston Hughes." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Shakespeare in Harlem is a garland of verses about the "dream deferred" to which Lorraine Hansberry refers in "Raisin in the Sun." An old man, sitting on a curbstone, ponders the problem of migration to Harlem from the South and the West Indies.
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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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