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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,[2],3-240,[2]pp. Spine ends slightly nudged, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with a hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12/6 net), moderately shelfworn, spine-sunned, and dust-soiled, with a few tiny nicks and small tears, a 1.5" split to lower rear flap fold, and 2" split and small horizontal tear to lower rear joint; Very Good. The second volume of stories centered around Hughes's character Jesse B. Simple. "This is the story of Simple's courtship of Joyce, a respectable, hard-working, churchgoing girl whose morals have not affected her good times. Unfortunately nobody can afford the three payments necessary to obtain Simple's divorce from Isabel, who also wants her freedom. Finally, Isabel pays two thirds, and Simple painfully accumulates the other third, and hangs…
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Simple Takes A Wife
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Simple takes a wife by Langston Hughes
by Hughes, Langston
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition in pictorial boardspaper lighly browned. ix, 240 p. ; 21 cm
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SIMPLE TAKES A WIFE
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NY: Simon Schuster, 1953. First edition. 8vo,Pp.240. Glazed boards, leaves lifghtly browned. A novel of the Harlem "Rooming-House Set
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The Simple Stories, set of 5 volumes + record. [Simple Speaks His Mind, Takes a Wife, Stakes of Claim, Best of, Uncle Sam,
by Hughes, Langston
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Simon & Schuster, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Langston Hughes' short stories of the Harlem everyman Jesse B. Semple, a.k.a. "Simple", were first published in The Chicago Defender which was arguably the most important Black periodical in America at the time. This set includes a vinyl LP read by Ossie Davis. The first three books are first editions; the last two are both 1965 printings. Very good condition overall, some fading to jacket of the first volume
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Simple Takes A Wife
by Hughes, Langston
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Simon and Schuster . Stated First Printing. Uniform age toning. No DJ as issued. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1953.
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Simple Takes a Wife
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London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1954. First British Edition. Near Fine. Advance uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Bound in publisher's drab wraps with typed paper title label adhered to upper wrap with "uncorrected" rubber-stamped to front wrap and title page. Larry McMurtry's copy with his bookplate to the verso of the front cover. Near Fine with lean to binding, light toning and wear. Pages tanned and several hinges exposed throughout. Hughes' breakthrough second work in his popular series, rare in this format.
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