first edition Hardcover
1975 · Detroit
by BROOKS, Keziah
Detroit: Harlo, 1975. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks. 142pp., many photographs. As new, without dustwrapper, as issued. A curious volume, a collection of mostly autobiographical stories by the mother of Gwendolyn Brooks, with an extensive archive of photographs of Brooks' family, with interesting genealogical information. Gwendolyn Brooks was active in critiquing her mother's creative writing and helped shepherd and paid for this book. Scarce. (Inventory #: 33252)