Annie Allen

Object Details

Description: A first edition hardcover copy of Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks, with printed dust jacket; it is 60 pages in length. The book details different aspects of Annie's (a young African American girl) interior and exterior life as she matures into womanhood. The dust jacket is a dark russet shade with a large salmon-colored central rectangle on the front cover. Within the rectangle are eight lines of white and russet text of varying sizes [Annie /Allen / POEMS BY / Gwendolyn Brooks / Author of A STREET IN BRONZEVILLE / "She is mature in her craft . . . She is / distinctive as an artist." / -Rackham Holt]. Along the bottom in the center of the russet border is additional text in white [HARPER & BROTHERS]. On the back of the dust jacket is an illustration of the author. The author is seen in profile with her proper left side facing the viewer; she is depicted from the neck up.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1949

Restrictions & Rights: © 1949, 1977 Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Books and Published Materials
Exhibition: Cultural Expressions
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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