The First Book of Africa.

HUGHES, Langston.

$3,000.00

Item Number: 132469

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, “To Allison, Stephen, and Alan- with the sincere regards of- Langston Hughes New York, PEN Club, October 17, 1960.” Near fine 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.