SIMPLE STAKES A CLAIM

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm and the cloth bright. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a touch toned to the spine. Not price-clipped (12/6 net to the lower front flap).

The third of Langston Hughes' novels to feature Jesse B. Semple ('Simple').