Annie Allen
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010020
- Title
- Annie Allen
- Author
- Brooks, Gwendolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brother Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Women Authors;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Any book is returnable for any reason within 10 days for a complete refund, as long as it is returned in the same condition as when received. Please notify in advance of return. I accept checks, money orders, Mastercard, Visa, and bank wire transfer.
About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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