![ASK Your Mama : 12 Moods for Jazz (first printing) Hughes, Langston [Very Good] [Hardcover]](https://r.kelkoo.com/resize.php?country=ca&merchantId=100567270&categoryId=5101&trackingId=96985762&width=auto&height=auto&image=https%3A%2F%2Fpictures.abebooks.com%2Finventory%2F31744930791.jpg&sign=GaO03OhAqJMhfZnAcMlpce2C_A0.wqupYkH_M1KsRUE-)
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1961. 92 pages. First edition stated, first printing with the 1961 date printed on title page. An original DJ from the third printing (1971) has been married to this first edition, first printing. Book is bright, tight and clean. both inside and out. No writing within. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Illustrated boards are bright. Shelf-wear along edges; small paper loss at tips. Light scuff along front panel edge. Pages and endpapers are clean. DJ is bright and attractive. $4.95 price intact on flap. Rear of DJ has a faint scuff line, and small closed edge tear. As for the title, Ask Your Mama, Langston Hughes said it best: I think one might call the book a single poem because it's divided in twelve sections, its thematic unity holds it together, I believe, written in segments at the Newport Jazz Festival; and dedicated to Louie Armstrong. First edition, first printing in hardcover, housed in a third printing DJ, of Langston Hughes' epic poem hailed as a milestone in its celebration of jazz, blues and the African American spirit. VG/VG+
