Description
First edition of In the Mecca by Gwendolyn Brooks, with a laid-in bookplate signed by the author.
Octavo, vii, [1], 54pp, [2]. Red cloth, title in black on spine. “First Edition” statement with publisher’s “G-S” code on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to cloth, near fine condition. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear along edges, a near fine example. (Blockson 5535)
Includes a bookplate signed by Gwendolyn Brooks affixed to the front free endpaper.
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), a renowned author, was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. Her book of poetry, Annie Allen, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950.
