HUGHES, LANGSTON. Two items, each Signed and Inscribed: Laughing to Keep from Crying * Typed invitation to his musical Jerico-Jim Crow. The book, "Especially for / Leo Sauvage-- / these round-the- / world stories," on the front free endpaper. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards, slight toning to spine, rubbing to spine ends; faint toning at all edges throughout; dust jacket with minor chipping to edges, faint toning to spine panel and along edges. First edition. The invitation, "Come see my show / Langston," in green ink, advertising $3 performances of the New York production on the weekend beginning December 26 [1964], as well as noting the availability of the original cast recording on Folkway Records. Inscribed at upper and lower edges. 3 1/2x5 1/2 inches; faint toning to edges. New York: Henry Holt, (1952); inscriptions: New York, 22 June 1954; Np, circa December [1964]