Lot 397
Hughes (Langston) The Langston Hughes Reader, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to Thurgood Marshall, New York, 1958.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Hughes (Langston) The Langston Hughes Reader, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to Thurgood Marshall, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with several defects and creases, 8vo, New York, 1958.
⁂ A superb association copy. The inscription reads: "Especially for His Honour Judge Thurgood Marshall - Well Done! - You did it!! Sincerely, Langston. Harlem, October, 1961." Marshall himself has also signed the book on the half-title.
Thurgood Marshall (1908-93) was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. He was a prominent Civil Rights lawyer who argued (and won) many cases relating to racial segregation in schools, most notably the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. Hughes and Marshall met while students at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, living for some time in the same dormitory together.
This book would presumably have been given to Marshall when President Kennedy appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in October 1961.
Description
Hughes (Langston) The Langston Hughes Reader, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to Thurgood Marshall, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket with several defects and creases, 8vo, New York, 1958.
⁂ A superb association copy. The inscription reads: "Especially for His Honour Judge Thurgood Marshall - Well Done! - You did it!! Sincerely, Langston. Harlem, October, 1961." Marshall himself has also signed the book on the half-title.
Thurgood Marshall (1908-93) was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. He was a prominent Civil Rights lawyer who argued (and won) many cases relating to racial segregation in schools, most notably the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. Hughes and Marshall met while students at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, living for some time in the same dormitory together.
This book would presumably have been given to Marshall when President Kennedy appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in October 1961.
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