Edited and with an introduction by Eugene B. Redmond. NY: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1989. First edition. Xv, 155pp. 8vo. Black boards backed with orange cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Foxing, lightly colored, to textblock edges. Else near fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with mild damp stain to interior head of spine.
A selection of poetry by the Black American writer Henry Dumas (1934-1968). Editor Redmond befriended Dumas the year before his tragic death—Dumas was shot to death by a policeman in a New York City subway station—and subsequently became his literary executor.
