Annie Allen Gwendolyn Brooks

The talents and knowledge of the following antiquarian book authorities were invaluable in assembling this extraordinary collection:
Allen Ahearn, Patricia Ahearn, and Beth Fisher of Quill & Brush (Dickerson, Md.); the staff of Between the Covers Rare Books (Gloucester City, N.J.); Kevin Johnson of Royal Books (Baltimore, Md.); Salvador Cortes of Modern Rare (Chicago, Ill.); Bill Stevens of Books of Choice (Bloomington, Minn.); Dan Adams of Waverly Books (Santa Monica, Calif.); Michael Manz of Yesterday’s Gallery & Babylon Revisited (East Woodstock, Conn.); James Jaffe and Tom Wood of James Jaffe Rare Books (New York, N.Y.); Ron Randall and Pia Oliver of Randall House Rare Books (Santa Barbara, Calif.); Donald Stine of Antic Hay (Asbury Park, N.J.); Eric Davidson (Medford, N.J.); Roman Abramovsky (Palisades Park, N.J.); Peter Stern (Boston, Mass.); Stephen Pepple of Buddenbrooks, Inc. (Boston, Mass.); Ken Lopez (Hadley, Mass.); Ed Smith (Rollingbay, Wash.); Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos of Sylvester & Orthanos (Hollywood, Calif.); George Houle (Los Angeles, Calif.); James Pepper (Santa Barbara, Calif.); James Cahill (Aliso Viejo, Calif.); Robert Dagg (San Francisco, Calif.); Thomas A. Goldwasser (San Francisco, Calif.); Mark Post (San Francisco, Calif.); Charles Agvent (Mertztown, Penn.); Jeff Bergman (Fort Lee, N.J.); Emma Salazar of E.B. Books (Vancouver, B.C.); James Cummins (New York, N.Y.); Tim Kendall-Carpenter of timkcbooks (Manchester, U.K.); Peter Harrington of Peter Harrington Books (London, U.K.); Alexander Buchlis of Ernestoic Books (Williamsville, N.Y.); John Lutschak (Burlington, Wis.); Douglas Clausen of Clausen Books (Colorado Springs, C.O.); Stephen Johnson of Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC (Winston-Salem, N.C.); John W. Knott, Jr. (Laurel, M.D.); Dan Pope of Dan Pope Books (West Hartford, C.T.); and Heather O'Donnell of Honey & Wax Booksellers (Brooklyn, N.Y.).