Description
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.”
