Hughes describes this epc poem in his introduction -" this poem on cntemporary Harlem, like be-bop, is marked by conflicting changes, sudden nuances, sharp and impudent interjections, broken rhythms, and passages sometimes inthe manner of the jam session, sometimes the popular song, punctuated by the riffs, runs, breaks, and disc-tortions of the music of a community in transition." This copt has a little rubbing at the ends of the spine and a thin crack in the gutter of the half-title, but binding is strong and the book clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages View More...
Book and Slipcase appear to be almost new. Waviness on pages seems to be true of all copies of this edition. This is a beautiful copy. Novel by Hughes originally published in 1930, this special limited edition was published in 1997by Westvaco as a Christmas gift for employees. Kente cloth design on book and slipcase. Full color end papers and frontispiece by Jacob Lawrence from the artist's Migration series. Introduction by Henry Louis Gates , Jr. ; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 326 pages View More...
