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Annie Allen
de BROOKS, Gwendolyn
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- A fine copy, a few letters on spine rubbed; jacket with 1/4-inch and smaller nicks/chips along edges
- Librería
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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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- Librería
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 410216
- Título
- Annie Allen
- Autor
- BROOKS, Gwendolyn
- Estado del libro
- Usado - A fine copy, a few letters on spine rubbed; jacket with 1/4-inch and smaller nicks/chips along edges
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Poetry;
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Ardsley, New York
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