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Lot 121

Langston Hughes First Edition [One Way Ticket]

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949, original half blue cloth and dust jacket, first edition of Hughes' twelfth book of poetry inscribed by him in the month following publication to "George Hughes, Sincerely Langston Hughes, 2-11-49", scarce in original dust jacket, 8-1/2 x 5-7/8 in.. Condition: . Provenance: Bauman Rare Books, New York; Property from a Southern Corporate Collection