Description
Signed first edition of The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, in the second state dust jacket illustrated by Jose Miguel Covarrubias.
Octavo, 109pp. Full green cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine, yellow topstain. Stated “Fifth Printing, January, 1929” on copyright page. Solid text block, small bumps to corners, a near fine example. In the publisher’s second state dust jacket, $2.00 retail price, a few chips to top edge, losses to head and tail to spine. Splitting to edge of front flap, still solid. No retouching to dust jacket.
Signed on the front free endpaper: “Langston Hughes / Cleveland, January 29, 1931.”
This is the first published poetry collection from Langston Hughes. Featuring works like “The Weary Blues,” “Dream Variation,” “A Black Pierrot,” and “Water-Front Streets.”
