The Langston Hughes Reader.

HUGHES, Langston.

Item Number: 129708

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1958.

First edition of this compilation of the selected writings of Langston Hughes. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with his short poem ‘Little Lyric’ on the front free endpaper, “For Helen Sherman, Little Lyric (of great importance) I wish the rent Was heaven sent! Sincerely, Langston Hughes April 11, 1959.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

This compilation of the writings of Langston Hughes is drawn from every category of his prodigious literary production. It combines the highlights of the novels, stories, plays, poems, songs, and essays that have made him famous with many new writings that have never before been published in book form including the complete libretto of his popular musical comedy Simply Heavenly and many other stories, poems, and children's lyrics.