[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] JONES, LeRoi (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka)

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London: MacGibbon & Kee Limited, 1968. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, one of 1,500 copies, bound from American sheets. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-252,[4]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 30s net), with light wear to extremities, and some toning and faint foxing to edges on verso; Near Fine.

Sharp copy of Jones's "ideological biography," comprised of two dozen essays written during a five-year span, with contents touching on the Cuban Revolution, the Birmingham bombings, the Harlem riots, and the assassination of Malcolm X. DACE A8.c; BLOCKSON 3049 (for the American edition). 89881.

Price: $100.00

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