New York, Franklin Watts Inc, 1952
An attractive copy of Langston Hughes' second children's book, with charming colour illustrations by Ursula Koering.
A leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was a poet, activist, novelist and playwright, particularly known for his jazz poetry.
First edition, first printing; colour illustrations throughout by Ursula Koering, text clean and bright; publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, pictorial endpapers, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket, jacket extremities slightly worn, otherwise an attractive copy.
A leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was a poet, activist, novelist and playwright, particularly known for his jazz poetry.
First edition, first printing; colour illustrations throughout by Ursula Koering, text clean and bright; publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, pictorial endpapers, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket, jacket extremities slightly worn, otherwise an attractive copy.
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