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Lot 256
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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BROOKS, Gwendolyn (1917-2000). Annie Allen. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
8vo. Original black cloth gilt; publisher's printed dust jacket (small tear, lightly sunned). Provenance: Kenan Heise (b. 1933), bookseller, author, journalist at the Chicago Tribune (inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BROOKS: "For Kenan Heise. Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks, February 24, 1996." Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for this collection of poetry, the first African American recipient of the award.