Lot 242
Hughes (Langston) The First Book of Negroes, first edition, first printing, New York, Franklin Watts, [1952]; and another (2)
Hammer Price: £160
Description
Hughes (Langston) The First Book of Negroes, illustrations by Ursula Koering, jacket with light toning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to lower joint, but generally excellent, [1952]; The First Book of Jazz, Pictures by Cliff Roberts, Music Selected by David Martin, ink gift inscription to half-title, jacket price-clipped with "$1.95" ink stamp to front flap, toning to spine and panel margins, chipping to head and foot, chip to centre of spine, splitting to fore-edges, [1955], first editions, first printings, original cloth, dust-jackets, New York, Franklin Watts, 8vo (2)
Description
Hughes (Langston) The First Book of Negroes, illustrations by Ursula Koering, jacket with light toning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to lower joint, but generally excellent, [1952]; The First Book of Jazz, Pictures by Cliff Roberts, Music Selected by David Martin, ink gift inscription to half-title, jacket price-clipped with "$1.95" ink stamp to front flap, toning to spine and panel margins, chipping to head and foot, chip to centre of spine, splitting to fore-edges, [1955], first editions, first printings, original cloth, dust-jackets, New York, Franklin Watts, 8vo (2)