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Text engl. - Hughes’ text tells the fictious story of life in Harlem, New York City, in the 1950ies, a poignant look in words and photos. Uncommon in either first edition form. First ed. 1955 published as hb. and pb. ed. „Quite a lovely little book with wonderfully spry dialogue between photos and words.“ (Antiq. Second Story Books, Rockville, Maryland, 08.2012). - A high spot of African American photography and literature, the classic celebration of Harlem in the 50's, with lovely gravure reproductions of Roy De Carava's luminous b&w portraits, accompanied by Langston Hughes warm fictional vignette. The book amply fulfils the author's aim "to have (a book) showing how good (life) is". Sited in Roth's The Book of 101 books: Seminal Photographs Of The 20th Century as "one of the most successful collaborations between a great writer and a great photographer ever published". The first African American to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, in 1952, De Carava (1919-2009) used the grant to create a photo portrait of his native Harlem from which the photographs for this book were selected. (JazzFirst Books, Millbrook, ON, 10.2012). - Other editions: New York: Hill & Wang 1967; Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press 1984; 1986. German edition 1956. - Illustrated with reproductions of DeCarava's lyrical, rich and poignant photographs of Harlem. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2006.

Text engl. - Other edition: First edition: New York: Hill & Wang 1955. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 08.1996.

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Text engl. - Other edition: First edition: New York: Simon & Schuster 1955. German ed. 1956. Several reprints.