FOR MY PEOPLE; (poems)
signed
1943 · New Haven CT
by WALKER, Margaret
New Haven CT: Yale, 1943. Fourth printing. 8vo, pp. 58. Foreword by Stephen Vincent Benet. Author's presentation on half-title: "Very best wishes to all the | Jones because they are | friends of my people and | such swell people | themselves -- | Sincerely | Margaret Walker | January 28, 1944 | Thanks for a good night's | hospitality!" Yellow cloth. Cover little soiled at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in some worn dj. The African-American poet's first book. (Inventory #: 53215)