Play Ebony Play Ivory

New York: Random House, 1974. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this powerful collection of poetry, posthumously published after Dumas was murdered by a police officer in 1968. At age 32, Henry Dumas was a professor at Southern Illinois University and a rising star in the Black Arts Movement. Dumas's life was cut short… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. First edition, wrappered issue. xxiii, [i], 135 pp. Publisher's wraps. Near Fine, lightly rubbed along edges, shelf worn. The best-known collection of poetry by the late African American poet and short story writer, posthumously published. He was killed in 1968 on a subway platform by a cop under mysterious circumstances often… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition in wraps. VG+ (soiling and light wear each with a touch of rubbing.). A posthumously-published book of poetry edited by Eugene B. Redmond, Dumas’s colleague at Southern Illinois University. Dumas “identified with the black power movement during his lifetime [and] was also active in the civil rights movement. At the age of… Read more about this item

rare first edition paperback // miniscule knicks on cover // minor dust specking on top of closed pages // red marker line (1") on bottom pages near spine