“I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
“And laid them away in a box of gold…”
Uncommon early compilation of children’s poetry from leading voices in African American literature with 22 drawings from Henrietta Sharon.
Author: Arna Bontemps
Title: Golden Slippers
Edition: Early printing
Published: New York et al: Harper & Row, 1962 (estimate)
Description: Hardcover; Small Octavo; 220p
Condition: Ex-Library with the following indicators: sticker on spine and spine panel of dust jacket, adhesive residue on boards and end-papers, marking on half-title page, and sleeve on back free end-paper. Very good condition dust jacket with light edge wear—in new dust jacket cover. Boards and spine clean with bumping to corners and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages toned.
Comments: Scarce copy
