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Countee Cullen Signed Book

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Countee Cullen Signed Book
<B>Countee Cullen Signed Book:<I>The Ballad of the Brown Girl</B></I></B></I> (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1927), number 199 of a special edition of 500, 12 pages, one double-sided plate, original creme cloth, 8vo (6.5" x 9.75"), title tipped onto spine, signed in full on front free endpaper, "<I>Sincerely, Countee Cullen Detroit</B></I>". Some aging to spine, else very fine condition. The highly educated Cullen (1903-1946) was a leading African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His first collection of poetry, <I>Color,</B></I> was published in 1925. <BR><BR><B>Important notic