If a Bridge is to Cross by Wilson, Beth P - 1985

Oakland: Pierre-Wilson Publishing Company, 1985. Paperback. 75 pg. paperback, 8.5" x 5.25". Top fore-edge has been heavily stained, with light staining on the front and rear covers and free endpapers. "BPW" has been initialed on front free endpaper. Poems for Booker T. Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Wilson was born in Tacoma and became the second Black teacher hired by the Oakland Public School System in 1939 and worked there for 20 years before becoming an author.

Oakland: Pierre-Wilson Publishing Company, 1985. Paperback. 75 pg. paperback, 8.5" x 5.25". Crease in front cover, previous owner's sticker on inside back cover. "BPW" has been initialed on front free end paper. Poems for Booker T. Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Wilson was born in Tacoma and became the second Black teacher hired by the Oakland Public School System in 1939 and worked there for 20 years before becoming an author.

Oakland, CA: Pierre-Wilson Pub. Co, 1985. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, two faint reading creases to spine, very gently rubbed wear-mark to front cover, extremely gently rubbed corners, light soiling to covers, bright pages, tight binding, else Very Good.. Blue octavo, blue spine, 75 pages ; 22 cm. Signed in initials by author. Scarce || Poetry, American.

Oakland, CA: Pierre-Wilson Publishing Company, (1985). Very Good+. 8-3/8" x 5-1/4". [6], 75, [3] pp. Blue-grey and white photographically illustrated wrappers printed in white and blue. Light wear and minor soiling to wrappers; owner's initial's to front endpaper; gift inscription from the author's daughter on verso of front endpaper. Interior otherwise clean and sound. Possibly the author's own copy.