New York & Toronto: RINEHART & Company, Ltd., January 1957. First Edition. Cloth . Very Good/Good. Octavo. First US edition in edgeworn jacket with especially heavy wear top & bottom of spine. Also heavy chipping to top edge of rear panel. Front flap is not clipped. DJ verso has tanned spine. Beige textured paper covered boards with green & black lettering along spine. Slightly darkened spine and darkened board edges. Mild tanning to end pages front and back. Tanned by sun & dust stained textblock top & bottom edges and deckled fore-edge. Interior pages are likewise tanned at margins. [191 pages]

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Bookseller: A Cappella Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 289121
Title: Simple Stakes a Claim
Author: Langston. Hughes
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9997406044
ISBN 13: 9789997406040
Publisher: RINEHART & Company, Ltd.
Place of Publication: New York & Toronto
Date Published: January 1957

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