THE POETRY OF THE NEGRO 1746-1949: An Anthology
by HUGHES, Langston and Arna BONTEMPS
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Garden City: Doubleday, ( 1949 ). Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo; xviii, 429 pages, green cloth, inked name on endpaper
"The common thread, of course, is the Negro's experience in the Western world. ... Poems by others are included only when they touch the subject directly, except in the case of the Caribbean countries, where a departure from this principle seemed necessary in a few areas in order to make representative selections." - Preface.
"The common thread, of course, is the Negro's experience in the Western world. ... Poems by others are included only when they touch the subject directly, except in the case of the Caribbean countries, where a departure from this principle seemed necessary in a few areas in order to make representative selections." - Preface.
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230228
- Title
- THE POETRY OF THE NEGRO 1746-1949
- Author
- HUGHES, Langston and Arna BONTEMPS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- ( 1949 )
- Keywords
- black studies, negro poetry, african american poetry, langston hughes, arna bontemps,
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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