Langston Hughes
Paris: (c. 1964). Paperback. 192p. Softcover in original wrapper. 16 cm. Cover soil. Backstrip chipped at bottom and partially reglued. Front cover beginning to split from backstrip at bottom. INSCRIBED in green ink by Hughes to Amy Spingarn ("Ma vie et mes poemes pour Amy Spingarn, Sincerely, Langston, New York, December, 1964"). French text. At head of title: Poetes d'aujourd'hui 114. Amy Spingarn was the white financial benefactor who had enabled Hughes to attend Lincoln University in the 1920s. She and Hughes remained friends until his death in 1967. Amy's husband, Joel Elias Spingarn, was active in the NAACP, serving as its second President, 1930-1939, Good. Item #75933
Price: $600.00