Signed copy of Bailey's second autobiographical volume, after The Raw Pearl. Inscribed on title page. “To Marie, God is All, Pearl”. Bailey was an award-wining American actress who began her career in Black night clubs, before moving on to vaudeville and then Broadway, receiving a Tony Award in 1968 for the title role in an all-Black production of Hello Dolly! Charmingly told.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. Hardcover in purple cloth boards, slight age toning. Later printing. 232 pages. 22 x 15cm. Bright dust jacket, creasing to inside flap corner, 1 small intact tear. With laid in receipt from Bloomingdale’s. Book and jacket in very good condition.