The Near-Johannesburg Boy

Chicago: The David Company, (1986). First edition. Scarce first printing INSCRIBED BY BROOKS to Puerto Rican editor and translator Roberto Marquez on title page, "For Roberto./ From/ Gwendolyn Brooks/ January 29,/ 1987" -- not long after the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's tenure as the first Black author to be appointed Poet Laureate. 8vo stapled tan paperwraps printed in black; 31… Read more about this item

Chicago IL: Third World, 1991. First printing. 8vo, pp. 31. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed, o/w a nice copy.

Chicago, IL: The David Company, 1987. Second Printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Second Printing. Original Wraps. This copy has embossed seal of Lawrence Clark Powell Library on title page. Tight, bright, and unmarred in original brown wraps. Staplebound, 8 vo, 31 pages.

Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. The David Company, Chicago, IL 1989. 3rd Printing. 31 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1. Poetry::1975-Present 6336

The David Company, January 1987. Trade . Good. Good+ Softcover. Light to moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including bending. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Softcover. As new. 1986 stapled softcover poetry chapbook by the Pulitzer Prize winning Gwendolyn Brooks. No marks or writing in book. A very clean copy with only a scant trace of rubbing/ faint shelfwear.