Published by ALFRED A. KNOPF, NY, 1948
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
HARDBACK YELLOW. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: VG+. LAWRENCE, JACOB (illustrator). 1ST. DJ covered in mylar, not price clipped (price says $2.75), small bookshop plate on inside of front board, ink stamp on front free endpaper (Kurt Hellmer author's representantive 52 Vanderbilt Avenue New York 17, N.Y. Telephone: M U - 6 - 2222) , states first edition, 6 woodblock print, general shelf wear. DATE PUBLISHED: 1948 EDITION: 1ST 136.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's quarter navy cloth over canary yellow paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine, blindstamping to front cover. 136 pp. Near Fine with light edgewear to boards and light toning throughout, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light soiling, toning and edgewear, tape reinforcement to jacket verso at head of spine and front fold end.One-Way Ticket is a chronicle of the Great Migration combining poems by Langston Hughes with brush and ink drawings by the social realist artist Jacob Lawrence. Elegantly designed by Marshall Lee and printed by H. Wolff. Uncommon with a dust jacket in this condition.