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Shakespeare in Harlem; With Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
by Hughes, Langston
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed first edition of Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes.. Octavo, xii, 124pp. Black and yellow cloth, title in purple on front cover and spine. Red topstain. Stated "Third Printing, October 1947" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of sunning to spine, rubbed corners, toning to endpapers. Complete with frontis and 12 full-page illustrations by E.McKnight Kauffer. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, sunning to spine, a few small stains to rear panel, a very good example. (Blockson 6355) Signed by Hughes on the front free endpaper: "For Elizabeth ---, Sincerely, Langston Hughes / June 3, 1949.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15338
- Title
- Shakespeare in Harlem; With Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
- Author
- Hughes, Langston
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- 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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