The Langston Hughes Reader.

HUGHES, Langston.

Item Number: 130947

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1958.

First edition of this compilation of the selected writings of Langston Hughes. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with some dampstaining. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin. Rare and desirable signed.

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.