Maud Martha; A Novel

New York: Harper & Brother's, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First edition of Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks, with a laid-in bookplate signed by the author.. Octavo, viii, [2], 180pp, [2]. Yellow hardcover, title in red on green cloth spine. "First Edition" statement with publisher's "I-C" code on copyright page. Solid text block, wear to cloth, faint offsetting to endpapers. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, chipping along edges and corners, a very good example. (Blockson 5845) 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.