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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.
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Hardcover. First edition. Slight foxing on the papercovered boards else very near fine in spine-toned, else near fine dustwrapper with a faint stain near the foot. Inscribed by Hughes: "Inscribed especially for Julia Rosenwald, this first copy signed on publication day - Sincerely, Langston Hughes. New York, January 10, 1949." Julia was the daughter of Julius Rosenwald (who had died in 1932), one of the owners of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and who established the Rosenwald Fund, which supported the education of African-American children in the rural South. In 1941 Hughes received a Rosenwald Fellowship for talented black scholars. A notable copy.
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