In 1943 he created the beloved comic character Jesse B. "Following an invitation to the writers' colony Yaddo… contacted the Chicago Defender about being a columnist and was hired. Semple, a lovely presentation copy with a warm inscription by Hughes in his characteristic green ink, "Inscribed for the Abbotts-on a cold day in a warm house-Sincerely, Langston Hughes, Linwood, January 10, 1958."
Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of the third book starring Hughes' "funny, sharp and indignant" hero, Jesse B. New York and Toronto: Rinehart & Company, (1957). "IT SWINGS, LIKE A GOOD JAZZ TUNE": FIRST EDITION OF SIMPLE STAKES A CLAIM, INSCRIBED BY LANGSTON HUGHES
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