NY: William Morrow and Company, 1987. First edition. 332pp; b&w illus. Gray boards backed with blue cloth; dust jacket. Mild sunning to edges of boards, faint soiling to textblock edges, slight bump to front bottom fore-corner; near fine in an unclipped jacket with light rubbing, and toning to flaps. Signed and inscribed by Amiri Baraka at half-title.
Writings on jazz and blues by American writer Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) and his second wife, Amina Baraka (b. 1942). With sections of poems by both writers, along with music essays and a jazz musical, "Primitive World" by Amiri. Signed, inscribed, and dated ("1989") by Amiri in felt-tip marker.
