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ANNIE ALLEN by BROOKS, Gwendolyn - (1949)

by BROOKS, Gwendolyn

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ANNIE ALLEN by BROOKS, Gwendolyn - (1949)

ANNIE ALLEN

by BROOKS, Gwendolyn

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  • Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Row, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful Review Copy in dustwrapper with slip laid in. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Author's second book and the first book by an African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in 1994 to a noted bookseller and all-around great guy.
  • Seller Charles Agvent US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Beautiful Review Copy in dustwrapper with slip laid in. Fine in Fine dustwrapper
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Harper & Row
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published (1949)
  • Keywords Signed; First Book; Inscribed; Gwendolyn Brooks; Women's Literature; Modern Firsts; Modern Poetry

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Annie Allen

by Brooks, Gwendolyn

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
Second Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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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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Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
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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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Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First edition (stated); "F-Y" on copyright page
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Hardcover
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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. June 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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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
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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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Used
Edition
First edition
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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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