Description
The first edition of The Book of Negro Humor, selected and edited by Langston Hughes.
Octavo, xiv, 265pp. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Previous owner’s small bookplate on front pastedown. In the publisher’s very good dust jacket, $5.00 retail price on front flap, shallow chips at head of the spine, a few closed tears, bright illustrations.
A collection of African American humor selected by Hughes, with sections devoted to contemporary comedy, jokes and jive, pulpit humor, Southern tales, biography and autobiography, blues, jazz, Harlem party cards, poetry, and Hughes’ Simple stories.
