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Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Dust jacket worn and chipped, with a large tear on the front.

NY: Alfred Knopf, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 115. A very good copy in rubbed and worn price clipped dj. Dickinson 16. Issued in an edition of 2500 copies only.

NY: Alfred Knopf, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 115. A fine copy in little nicked dj. Dickinson 16. Issued in an edition of 2500 copies only.

NY: Alfred Knopf, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 115. A fine copy in little nicked dj. Dickinson 16. Issued in an edition of 2500 copies only.

Alferd A. Knopf, NY, 1947, 1st ed. 8vo in light green cloth. Slightly faded. EPs a little darkened, Jacket heavily smudged, rubbed. VG- book in a G jacket.. F. Hardcover.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Stated. Bold inscription of front endpaper to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Elmer Rice and his wife, actress, Betty Rice. "For Elmer and Betty, wonderland friends, Sincerely, Langston - Atlanta University, March 4, 1947". Edges of green cloth boards and spine are faded and tanned. Interior is clean and complete with no marks..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. Signed first edition of Fields of Wonder by Langston Hughes, with an inscription from Hughes to artist Suzal Weil.. Octavo, xiii, 115pp. Full green cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, some toning to top and bottom edges. Faint offsetting to endpapers, occasional toning throughout, a very good example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, archival tape reinforcement to top edge of spine, with worn edges and sunned spine. (Bruccoli & Clark 161) (Blockson 5248) Housed in a custom blue clamshell, title in gilt on curved morocco spine. Inscribed by Langston Hughes on the front free endpaper: "To Suzal Weil - with the regard - of Langston Hughes. Black Mountain College, 2/8/49." An excellent association copy between two notable artists of the early 20th century. This copy was given to notable female abstract expressionist… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1947 First printing of the first edition, original publisher’s teal cloth, yellow top edge; in original dust jacket; written while Hughes was a visiting writer in residence at Atlanta University, containing over 70 poems including “Border Line” that was submitted by Hughes for the 1962 anthology Poet’s Choice. A presentation copy from Langston Hughes to Marius Flothius: “Especially for / Marius Flothius / with my thanks for your excellent / musical settings / of my poems, / Sincerely / Langston Hughes / New York, November 1, 1955.” Additionally, loosely laid-in is a brochure for Hughes’ “The Rhythms of the World” and a single page carbon copy of Hughes’ short poem “Cross.”
Marius Flothuis (1914–2000) was a Dutch composer who set six of Hughes’ poems to music.
Shallow crimping to cloth spine ends, the very tip of the bottom back corner slightly softened, and light toning to… Read More