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The Dream Keeper; And Other Poems
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1946. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes.. Octavo, [xviii], 77pp. Full teal blue cloth, title in red on cover and spine, red top stain. Stated "Seventh Printing, May, 1946" on copyright page. Solid text block, toning to edges, bumped corners, internally fine. Dust jacket illustrated by Helen Sewell, with numerous black and white drawings throughout. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, black pen inscription on spine. Strip of toning across middle of jacket, chipping to head of spine, touch of soiling to rear panel. Inscribed by the author: "To Elizabeth ---, Sincerely, Langston Hughes / June 3, 1949.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15337
- Title
- The Dream Keeper; And Other Poems
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Signed by Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes First Edition, Inscribed book Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks, Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues, A New Song Langston Hughes, Simple Takes A Wife, Shakespeare in Harlem Hughes, 12 Moods for Jazz Ask
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