May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 302

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(LITERATURE.) Walker, Margaret. Pair of fine printings by the noted poet. Various sizes; minimal wear. Detroit, MI, 1966 and 1996

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"The Ballad of the Free." Broadside poem, 11 x 7 inches; minimal foxing; signed in pencil by Walker. Verses are dedicated to Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and John Brown. Designed by Cledie Taylor. Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, October 1966 "Setting the Record Straight: Address Given on May 12, 1988 at Wayne State University." Illustrated with a photograph of the sculpture "Homage to Black Women Poets" by Elizabeth Catlett. [3], 12, [1] pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minimal wear; one of 250 copies on Mohawk Superfine Paper, signed by Catlett facing her illustration, and by Walker on the final leaf. "Dedicated to young, Black women poets." Detroit, MI: Brookes Printing Company, 1996.