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Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Later printing, with no date on title page and DJ price of $2.50. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, under brown & orange DJ, frontispiece by Ernest Alexander. Book itself quite nice, but the DJ has a 2.5" diagonal chip out of the front panel, plus rubbing and some wear. A good placeholder of this Pulitzer Prize winning book.
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Annie Allen: Poems
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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Annie Allen
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1949. Fine, prior owner name in ink front end page, in Very Good dust jacket, 1/1/2" x 1" triangular chip at top edge front cover, light rubbing at edges. x, 56 pages. The 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, which made Brooks the first African-American to win that award. This copy lacking the First Edition F-Y statement so a 2nd Printing, with same price of $2.50 and rear flap with "The Critics and Annie Allen" rather than "The Critics and A Street in Bronzeville" . SCARCE in any 1949 printing, an attractive dust jacketed copy of this important poetry collection. . Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Annie Allen
by BROOKS, Gwendolyn
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. A fine copy, a few letters on spine rubbed; jacket with 1/4-inch and smaller nicks/chips along edges. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 60 pages. Original black cloth; printed dust jacket, with $2.50 price intact. First edition, first printing (F-Y on copyright page) of the author's second book. Signed "Sincerely Gwendolyn Brooks" on a sticker applied to the front free endpaper. Inspired by the epic poetry of Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid, 'Annie Allen' tells the story of a Black Chicago girl who grows into womanhood and motherhood. In 1950, 'Annie Allen' won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, making Brooks the first African American to win a Pulitzer in any category.
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Annie Allen
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. x, 60 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with slight leaning to binding, former owner name on front free endpaper with ghost tape mark at center. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a closed tear at top edge of front panel; slight tanning to spine with chipped crown. A book of poetry that received the Pulitzer Prize in 1950, making Brooks the first African American author ever to win one in any category.
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Annie Allen: Poems
by Gwendolyn Brooks
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Moraga, California, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. First edition (stated); "F-Y" on copyright page. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 5 3/8 x 7 1/2. Frontispiece drawing of Brooks by Ernest Alexander. 2F. Full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. A nice copy of this important book. Good binding with intact hinges and just a hint of separation at the bottom of the first few pages. No marks. Spine very sightly off square. Light smudging to cloth. Mild bump top edge near front corner. A little wear to cloth bottom edge and spine-ends. Binder's glue shadowing through endpapers at hinges. Mild toning to the paper. Dustjacket has unclipped price ($2.50) but bottom corner front flap is clipped; some wear, tear, chipping and creasing to the edges, including a large chip at the top of the front panel. Still quite attractive in its Brodart protector.
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Annie Allen
by BROOKS, Gwendolyn
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Touch of wear at the crown, else fine in about near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some light edgewear, two small tears at the crown, along with remnant of internal tape reinforcement. Laid in is the rare original belly band with tear and missing rear flap. Inscribed by the author: "For Frank Sutherland with appreciation for your interest in 'Annie Allen.' Sincerely Gwendolyn Brooks." Author's increasingly uncommon second book, and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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Annie Allen
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949. First edition. First edition. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. x, 60 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, else Fine in a Fine unclipped, unsunned dust jacket. A beautiful copy. In 1950 Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for this book, making her the very first African American person to win the award.
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