DUEY'S TALE. by Bailey, Pearl - (1975.)

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1975.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - . Near fine in very good dust jacket (some crinkling to front endpaper, short closed tears to dj, creasing on front flap.). First printing. African American singer, actress and entertainer's first children's book, a charming allegory of a maple seedling that falls from his mother tree, befriends a discarded bottle and a log while searching for his own place in life. Boldly INSCRIBED but NOT signed by Bailey on the half title page with the notation "Pre release copy" and "To P-- and family, You are a 'Duey.' " Illustrated with photographs by Arnold Skolnick & Gary Azon. Square format. 59 pp.