About this title: Poet Langston Hughes met the critic Carl Van Vechten at a party in 1924. Shortly thereafter Van Vechten introduced Hughes's poems to Alfred Knopf, who published THE WEARY BLUES, a favor that was the beginning of a lasting friendship between Hughes and Van Vechten. This volume of letters offers insight about their relationship, and, with reference ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall 0679451137 Used light shelfwear to white jacket. read more
Edition: First edition. Annotated. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Ex lib but very good in plastic cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: New in New dust jacket. New, Unread Copy. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. No wear or creases; no marks or writing. Stated First Edition. Original price on dust jacket flap. Edited by Emily Bernard.; 356 pages. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Good in a near fine dj-a tight copy, but with underlining in the text. Hardcover first edition-Photographs, several appendices, bibliography, index. 356 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Fine Condition in Fine jacket. EAN: 9780679451136. 356 pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Flawless. Definitely an unread copy due to the stiffness of the binding. Dust Jacket is now protected in a New Mylar Cover. These engaging and wonderfully alive letters paint an intimate portrait of two of the most important and influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Carl Van Vechten--older, established, and white--was at first a mentor to the younger, gifted, and black Langston Hughes. But the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: ISBN 0-679-45113-7. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. $30.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. Copy One. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 356. These engaging letters paint an intimate portrait of two of the most important & influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Carl Van Vechten--older, established, & white--was at first a mentor to the younger, gifted, & black Langston Hughes. But the relationship quickly grew into a great friendship--& for nearly four decades the two men wrote to each other constantly. They discussed literature & publishing; exchanged favorite blues lyrics; traded stories about ... read more
Edition: First edition. Annotated. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0679451137. New; New stated first edition hardcover and dust jacket in perfect condition. No marks. Protective mylar cover. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Description: xxxix, 356 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects; African-American Novelists, American--20th century--Correspondence. Music critics & Photographers--United States--Correspondence. Harlem Renaissance. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 356. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Description: xxxix, 356 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects; African-American Novelists, American--20th century--Correspondence. Music critics & Photographers--United States--Correspondence. Harlem Renaissance. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 356. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Description: xxxix, 356 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects; African-American Novelists, American--20th century--Correspondence. Music critics & Photographers--United States--Correspondence. Harlem Renaissance. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Knopf
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Description: xxxix, 356 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects; African-American Novelists, American--20th century--Correspondence. Music critics & Photographers--United States--Correspondence. Harlem Renaissance. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780679451136ISBN:0679451137
Description: Very good. Hardcover. Good Used. Frayed Corners/Missing Dust Jacket. SKU: 9119710 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780679451136. read more
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