February 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, February 28th, 5pm Pacific
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Scarce signed copy of ''Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story'' by Martin Luther King, Jr., Harper & Brothers: New York: 1958. Boldly signed ''Martin L. King, Jr.'' on front free endpaper. This was Dr. King's first book, published when he was only 29 years old, three years after he led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. The book documents significant events of the burgeoning Civil Rights movement and is illustrated with a dozen black and white photographs, including one of Dr. King wearing a prison booking number around his neck, and an iconic photograph of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted. Runs 230pp. Bound in blue cloth boards and black cloth spine with silver lettering. Measures 5.75'' x 8.25''. Toning to endpapers, cocking to spine, scratching to front pastedown and wear to exterior corners and edges, with two small stains to front board, else near fine. Overall, a well-preserved piece of history signed in very good condition.
Martin Luther King Signed First Edition of ''Stride Toward Freedom''
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