Item #87663 Fine Clothes to the Jew. Langston Hughes.
Fine Clothes to the Jew
Fine Clothes to the Jew
Fine Clothes to the Jew

Fine Clothes to the Jew

NY: Knopf, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. 89p. Original light pastel striped boards backed in black cloth. No jacket. 19cm. Covers scuffing and light fading. Extremities rubbed. Lettering on backstrip now faint but still readable. Unusual bookplate. No jacket. The striping on the binding is one of about three variants, with no established priority of which we are aware. This was Hughes' second book, The title was controversial and the mood in many of the poems ranged from depressing to hopeless. Very Good. Item #87663

Price: $375.00