The First Book of Africa.
First edition of Langston Hughes' The First Book of Africa; inscribed by him
The First Book of Africa.
HUGHES, Langston.
$2,800.00
Item Number: 129607
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1960.
First edition of Hughes’ concise history of Africa. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Richardsons ~ Sincerely ~ Langston New York, July 24, 1960.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Here, Langston Hughes tells the exciting story of Africa, land of wealth and promise: its ancient and native kingdoms; the explorers and missionaries who opened up its vast stretches of jungle and veldt; the empire-builders; the primitive tribesmen; the governments today and how they are working in various ways for independence.
