The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems

Chicago: The David Company, (1986) 1987. Small Octavo. 31 pages. Second printing. Faint soiling to publisher's stiff wrappers; near fine. A collection of 15 poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category.  Brooks used the sizable influence of her writings and stature to aid in the fight against anti-Black racism. This… Read more about this item

Chicago: The David Company, 1987 2nd printing, Signed inscription to Canadian literary impresario Greg Gatenby host of Toronto's festival of authors, also signed by Gatenby, dated 1989.

Chicago:: Third World Press,, (1991). First edition -. Near fine in stapled illustrated wrappers (a bit of rubbing to the covers) . First thus (originally published by David Press in 1986 ) A collection of fourteen poems by the first African American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize. A slim chapbook. 32 pp. Cover painting by… Read more about this item

Excellent condition! Tight, clean wraps. Light signs of aging. 31 pages.

Chicago:: David Company,. Very Good. 1989. Paperback. Third printing (paperback). Light foxing to edges and endpages, else very good in stapled printed wraps. ; 31 pages .

Chicago: Third World Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. 1st Printing. Paperback. 0883780550 .

Third World Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Chicago: The David Company, nd (1986). Original wrappers (paperback), rustica, broche. Writing in pencil on title page and in text, light water soil, else clean tight copy: Good+. 8vo.

Third World Press, 1991-11-01. Paperback. Good.