About this title: Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
Description: Acceptable. Cover shows some edge wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Slight corner creasing or wear. A few pages have notes. Binding is broken, but no pages are loose or missing. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Vintage Classics. Audience: General/trade. Book is in excellent condition. Cover has some light edge wear. Pages are clean, binding is tight. We ship daily, Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
Description: As New. 067972818x. Vintage Classics; 0.65 x 8.4 x 5.28 Inches; 320 pages; With the publication of his first book of poems, The Weary Blues, in 1926, Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in black writing in America. Â Â The poems Hughes wrote celebrated the experience of invisible men and women: of slaves who "rushed the boots of Washington"; of musicians on Lenox Avenue; of the poor and the lovesick; of losers in "the raffle of night. "Â Â They conveyed that ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1959
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. Hardcover. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Description: Very Good. First vintage classic edition/great condition/text is unmarked/clean/light smudge on bottom edge/Great book for a great price. Buy risk free and enjoy...will ship promptly in a bubble wrap mailer... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf., New York.
Date Published: 1970
Description: With Dustwrapper jacket. Seventh printing. Octavo green cloth with silver titling to spine. xii, 297pp. Top edge green. Very mild spotty discoloration to boards. Letter H stamped to endpaper. Else a clean copy that is Vg in a dustwrapper that has a tear to the front panel with loss affecting the title. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1990-09-01
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780679728184. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
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Binding: Hardcover; Third Printing
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Fairly light ring on front board. Else binding quite clean, with just a bit of bumping at spine extremities. DJ chipped at corners, 1/2 x 1-1/2" piece missing lower front, and 1" loss at spine head. Stain at top rear of DJ.; B&W Illustrations; 9-1/2 x 5-3/4"; 297 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: E. McKnight Kauffer. Former owner's blind stamp at bottom of title page, else about fine in good to very good dust jacket, featuring the front panel photograph of Hughes by Henri Cartier-Bresson. The dj is slightly tanned, and there are several tiny nicks to edges, plus a one-inch tear to top front spine joint, and hafl-inch creased tear at top of rear panel--both internally mended, but overall a nice presentation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679728184ISBN:067972818X
Description: Good. Used Condition-GOOD can be a well cared for Book that is in great condition to a Book that may show some signs of wear. GOOD Books sometimes are permanently marked; have some spine or page creases; exibit signs of aging or an ExLibrary copy. ** Sometimes grease pencil or permanent marking on cover. May contain limited notes and or highlighting. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed on all purchases. ** SHIPS FROM USA-Domestic Delivery takes 5-14 days ** read more
"Poetry sopped in blues and jazz. It's musical. The 297 pages swell from small pops to lyrical fireworks. Hughes is one of the poets who inspired my own poetry.
Favorites from the collection: The Weary Blues, Strange Hurt, Trumpet Player, Song For a Dark Girl, Juke Box Love Song, Theme For English B, Georgia Dusk, Consider Me"
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