Ways White Folks, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Ex-library copy with faint call number on spine, stamps on endpapers, otherwise in nice shape.

238p. paperback, first French edition, pages toned but largely unopened else good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover, bound in orange cloth. Foxing to endpapers. Some general soiling to black and orange illustrated boards. First edition stated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Orange and black boards are slightly worn, some bumping at the head and tail of spine and corners. End papers show some foxing as does the interior. The spine is very slightly cocked. Overall a book in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969. First ed., sixth printing. Very good plus/ near fine condition. Cover in very good condition: light edge wear; now protected in clear, removable mylar cover. (BP - Case).

1 vols. 8vo. First edition, fourth printing, stated. First edition, fourth printing, stated. 1 vols. 8vo. Langston Hughes's scarce fifth book, his first collection of short stories, inscribed on the ffep to Kay Boyle: "For Kay Boyle my first short stories, Sincerely, Langson Hughes / New York, April 12, 1957". Hughes has also circled the last story, "Father and Son" on the Contents page, and written: "from the play 'Mulatto' (written first) that later became the opera, 'The Barrier.' All from the poem 'Cross.'" Kay Boyle's friendship with Langston Hughes was longstanding, and she had long been engaged in the fight against racism, publishing the story "Black Boy" in the New Yorker (May 14, 1932), and the poem "A Communication to Nancy Cunard" in the New Republic (June 9, 1937), interrogating the Scottsboro trial, which Cunard had addressed in an essay published in her collection Negro: An Anthology (1934), which heavily featured the work of Hughes. When Boyle moved to Austria, she solicited short stories for a publishing experiment that would have one story per day of the year, entitled Short Stories 1934 (published as 365 Days in 1936); Hughes contributed the story "Racket," published on June 19. He later contributed an essay to a tribute for Cunard that Boyle co-edited. In 1961, Boyle successfully fought for Hughes to be inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letters. A fine association between two longtime friends. Original orange cloth printed in black. Covers a little soiled and faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition Stated; First Printing. First published collection of short stories by Hughes, written while he was living in Carmel, California. Considered one of his major works. The book is signed in green ink on the half title page. Orange and black cloth over boards with titles in black. The book has certainly been read, but is still solid. There is some edge and corner wear to the boards and the spine is a little faded. The front gutter is slightly loose but the binding is tight and the interior is clean. The dust jacket has wear laong the edges and folds and some small closed tears, but the colors are still bright. There is an interesting notice on the front flap that a cheaper edition will not be issued before the Spring of 1935 and only after that if this edition sells widely. I do not know if this was common practice. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 248 pages; ; Signed by Author.

First Edition in second issue dustjacket with some textual differences from the first. Collection of short stories "of the relationships between white and colored people describe from the Negro point of view," one of the most well known works by famed American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The collection is "marked by pessimism about race relations, as well as a sardonic realism." Near Fine bright copy, previous owner signature dated 1936 at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, red at spine mostly faded, small blue dot sticker at mid spine, some nicks and rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Knopf, New York, 1934. Hardcover, 248 pp. 1st edition (stated). The author's first collection of short stories, mostly involving the humorous and often tragic interactions between blacks and whites in America. Book is very good with rubbed corners, light fraying at head of spine. Dust jacket has sunning at spine, several vertical creases, wrinkles and edge wear. Previously reinforced on the underside of jacket with postal tape. Jacket is in a mylar sleeeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. No marks or signatures to book. Dust jacket has minor signs where tape expertly removed tape to verso; slight touch up to vertical crease on front panel. Red of the spine is a bit faded, but much better than usually seen, as the red is prone to extreme fading. An nice example of a scarce jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's orange cloth decorated in black; top edge stained orange. Near Fine with dust soiling to top edge. Foxing throughout contents with several corner creases. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with tattering at edges with partial split at rear flap fold. Soiling and slight fading to spine panel. A collection of fourteen short stories written by the author during his year long stay at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Hughes wrote for twelve hours a day in Ennesfree cottage provided his patron Noel Sullivan.