Montage Of a Dream Deferred

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1951. First edition of Hughes' classic jazz poem suite. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Marion ~ good wishes ever, Sincerely ~ Langston New York January 30, 1951." The recipient, Marion Palfi, was a German-born social-documentary photographer who fled… Read more about this item

stated First Edition, price-clipped dustjacket edgeworn, chipped and some discolouration/light soiling, black cloth covers slightly scuffed, pastedowns and endpapers light discolouration otherwise unmarked.