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Simon & Schuster, 1950 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 231 pages, blue cloth, deckled fore and lower edges. Lower corner exposed to flame- likely a cigarette burn: heel of the spine and lower rear board has an inch by half inch cloth burnt away exposing the inner workings at the juncture of the board and spine. Dust jacket missing approximately and inch by two inches segment at the same location affecting the first two letters of the author's name. Otherwise, minor wear to the edges and corners, minor loss at the head of the spine. Toning on the paste downs, one page with creasing along the fore edge. Publishers' postcard requesting responses about this book laid-in. Still an attractive copy in protective Brodart..

NEW YORK NY: SIMON AND SCHUSTER. VERY GOOD IN ILLUSTRATED WRAPS. PUB 1950. FIRST EDITION. PAPERBACK. SIMON AND SCHUSTER READERS' EDITION WHICH WAS PUBLISHED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HARDCOVER. . YELLOW AND MAUVE WRAPS WITH TITLES IN GREEN TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER. FRONT EDGE IS LIGHTLY WORN WITH DARKENED SPINE, A COUPLE OF SURFACE ABRASIONS TO THE FRONT SPINE EDGE, AND TEXT BLOCK TANNED AS USUAL WITH THIS CHEAPER EDTIION FORMAT AND LIGHTLY DUSTED ON THE WHITE REAR COVER. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. .

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1950.). First edition -. Very good overall - the usual toning to the pages, some minor wear to the covers. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The first of the 'Simple' books which began as a series of columns in the Chicago Defender during World War II, columns which were,according to Hughes, based on actual conversations Hughes heard or overheard, the ordinary working man of Harlem discussing everything from World War II to love, usually in terms of race -and with the humor embodied in the blues line 'I'm laughing to keep from crying.' This is the Simon and Schuster's Readers Edition, which they describe as an experiment in publishing - it is a new book, issued at just $1 because it has thinner paper, a soft cover binding and a large printing, although they note that the hardcover is available at $3.00. 231 pp. plus 1 pp about the author.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 8vo, 231pp., light blue cloth, covers spotted, rear cover scraped where dj is punctured; dj chipped at tail. Second state of dj with the original price clipped, and a stamped price reduced to $1.95. Simple is like a Black Mr. Dooley. These pieces appeared in The Chicago Defender, but Simple is from Harlem.

1950. HUGHES, Langston. SIMPLE SPEAKS HIS MIND. [New York]: Simon and Schuster, [1950]. First paperback edition. 8vo., printed paper wraps. A very good copy that shows some light soiling at the wraps and rubbing at extremities, slight sunning at the spine. Text leaves are heavily age-browned, as usual.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 231. Cover slightly scuffed and soiled, o/w VG. Dickson 19. A collection of stories by this author of the Harlem Renaissance.

London: Gollancz, 1951. First English edition. 8vo, Pp. 231. A fine copy in torn dj. Dickinson 19a. A series of essays in dialogue.

Simon & Schuster. Illustrated wraps, soft cover. 5 pages lose. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1950.

[New York]:: Simon and Schuster,, [1950].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. A tight, sound copy; better than very good in a jacket with a couple of tiny chips, a tanned spine, and some light rubbing at extremities.. 8vo,.

Simon & Schuster. Unclipped DJ in archival cover chips on head and foot of spin. $3.00 on lower front flap. Chip not affecting text on page before title page. 231 pages . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1950.

Simon & Schuster, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Langston Hughes' short stories of the Harlem everyman Jesse B. Semple, a.k.a. "Simple", were first published in The Chicago Defender which was arguably the most important Black periodical in America at the time. This set includes a vinyl LP read by Ossie Davis. The first three books are first editions; the last two are both 1965 printings. Very good condition overall, some fading to jacket of the first volume

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Overall toning but w/minimal shelf wear, a very nice copy.

Simon & Schuster. Illustrated wraps, soft cover. Signed by author on title page. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1950.

Simple: 231+[1 biography] pages. Octavo (8: x 6") bound in original publisher's green cloth with black lettering to spine and facsimile signature to cover with black label in gilt lettering to spine; deckle edges with green head end pages in original pictorial jacket. Collected Poems: xii+255 pages with bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with silver lettering to spine over beige boards with blind stamped insignia to cover in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. This is sold with the vinyl pressing of Folkways Records with Langston Hughes reads from his book Simple Speaks his Mind and Sterling Brown reads from his Break of Day etal. First edition.Langston Hughes's stories about Jesse B. Semple--first composed for a weekly column in the Chicago Defender and then collected in Simple Speaks His Mind, Simple Takes a Wife, and Simple Stakes a Claim--have been read and loved by hundreds of thousands of readers. Simple might be… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First. hardcover. fine. 8vo, handsomely rebound in full lime morocco, ornately gilt spine with black leather labels. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> The first Simple book.<br/> <br/>

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1950). First edition. Bookplate. Publisher's binding with tape shadow to spine. Very good in a fair illustrated dust jacket with library label to spine and inexpert internal tape mends. First edition of this first collection of the "Simple" short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of publication, to his dentist, another Harlemite: "Inscribed especially for my friends, the Tom Johnsons, with continued good wishes - Sincerely, Langston. New York, April 10, 1950." According to census records, between the 1920s and 1930s, Thomas O. Johnson (b. 1894) and Anna Johnson (b. 1892) lived and worked at 207 West 138th Street. (Hughes had also lived on West 138th Street.) The Johnsons lived with their son, Thomas Jr., and Junior's grandfather, McPherson Johnson, and his great-grandmother, "Sabanah" (likely Savannah) Johnson (b. 1849). Both senior family members migrated north from Georgia. "I live in the heart of Harlem. I have also… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in just about fine dust jacket, housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Inscribed by Hughes with a full-page inscription: "For Helen Buttenweiser, a woman possessed of unusually broad social vision and a real interest in people - this gift from Hubert Delany, Sincerely, Langston Hughes. New York, November, 1951." Helen Buttenweiser was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and later legal counsel to Alger Hiss. Her legal work focused on aiding women and children, and preserving civil liberties. She was active in the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP. The book was apparently a gift to her from Hubert Delany, American Civil Rights pioneer, lawyer, politician, and judge. A handsome and meaningful full-page inscription.