Description
First edition of The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks, with a laid-in bookplate signed by the author.
Octavo, 71pp, [1]. Full red cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page, with publisher’s code “C-K”. Solid text block, a near fine example with light wear along edges. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, short closed tear to top edge. Small point of restoration to top edge of spine, reinforced with tape on verso. (Blockson 4752)
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.
