1st edition, Doubleday. Unclipped DJ with some creasing to front cover, rubbing, general shelf wear to edges; black cloth boards clean with gilt stamped title at spine & facsimile signature to front bright; some toning to page edges with prior owner stamp at back pastedown, text without markings. A rare, remarkable volume from one of the unsung Black poets of the last century, difficult to find in any of its initial iterations, particularly in hardcover.
