HAMILTON, Charles V.

The Black Preacher in America

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21.5cm); gray paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in white and gray on spine; dustjacket; [x],246pp. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, with mild tanning to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, else a Very Good+ example.

First full-length work every published on the subject. "This book is about a figure who has been, and remains, one of the most praised and most condemned persons in American society: the black preacher" (from front flap). Touches on subjects little and widely-known, from Nat Turner to Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Somewhat uncommon in the cloth issue.

Price: $75.00

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