The Poetry of the Negro 1746-1949. An Anthology.
by HUGHES, Langston and BONTEMPS, Arna (eds.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good or better in a jacket lacking 1/2" at the top of the spine and 2-1/2" at the bottom of the spine. There is
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company,, 1949.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Very good or better in a jacket lacking 1/2" at the top of the spine and 2-1/2" at the bottom of the spine. There is also a 1 x 3/4" chip at the left bottom corner of the back panel. . 8vo,. Inscribed by Langston Hughes, "With my very great gratitude for your work on this volume," and by Arna Bontemps "with more of same" on the front free endpaper. The recipient, Nathaniel White, whose full name and address in pencil appears on the pastedown, is one of a number of people thanked by the editors in the printed Acknowledgements. Inscriptions by Hughes are relatively common; those by Bontemps are not.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48862
- Title
- The Poetry of the Negro 1746-1949. An Anthology.
- Author
- HUGHES, Langston and BONTEMPS, Arna (eds.)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good or better in a jacket lacking 1/2" at the top of the spine and 2-1/2" at the bottom of the spine. There is
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company,
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York:
- Date Published
- 1949.
- Pages
- xviii, 429 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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