A Raisin in the Sun
New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition, first printing. [xii], 142 pp. Bound in publisher's tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Near Fine with minor rubbing to spine ends, former owner's name in blue ink on the front free endpaper, light smudge to margin of half title page. In a Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with toning to spine panel but not the usual fading, minor rubbing to covers with tape repair to crown at verso. A great copy of the classic play inspired by Langston Hughes' poem with the lines, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?" set in the South Side of Chicago. Item #140946801
Price: $800