The Best of Simple
| Copyright Holder | Langston Hughes |
| Copyright Renewed By | George Houston Bass |
| Compiled by | Langston Hughes |
| Illustrator | Bernhard Nast |
| Publisher | Hill And Wang |
| First Published by | Hill And Wang |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| This Edition Published | 1990 |
| Copyright Renewed | 1989 |
| Copyright | 1961 |
| Pages / Font | 245 pages |
| Barcode | 9780374521332 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-374-52133-2 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-374-52133-6 |
| Price | $15.00 |
| Notes | This compilation by the author contains 71 stories about Jesse B. Semple – first composed for a weekly column in the Chicago Defender and then collected in Simple Speaks His Mind, Simple Takes A Wife, and Simple Stakes A Claim. Contains a foreword by the author dated New York City, August 1961. Printed in the United States of America |
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