down line collected writings (5 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. 1 vol., original pictorial wrappers, signed by Bayard on the half-title, additional gift inscription to hal-title not by Bayard. Internally clean and bright, mild toning to edges of pages, mild general handling, overall VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quadrangle Books, Chicago. 1971. 355 pages. First edition, first printing. Gray paper boards quarter-bound with red cloth binding; titles stamped in red on front cover; titles stamped in silver on backstrip. Burgundy endpapers. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Charcoal topstain. A nice, tight copy of Rustin's classic that is nearly impossible to find in hardcover without a library past. Pages lay tight in seemingly unread condition. Page edges are clean. Endpapers are clean. Panels and binding are clean. The only flaw on the book is two small spots of minor, faint color transfer from the red cloth binding to the bordering edge of the gray paper-covered front board (minor.) Original DJ with $10.00 price intact on flap. Attractive DJ shows two tiny, shallow edge chips, light rub line on rear, with faint cloud along top edge of DJ; with same minor red hue transfer. All flaws stated. A most desirable and difficult title from the man that organized the March on Washington in the 1940s, freedom rides throughout the South in 1961, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, and an entire life spent fighting for equality and justice. In 2013, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom; the highest ranking honor for an American civilian. A rare hardcover first edition, first printing of Rustin's classic. VG+/VG with flaws noted.

Boards. Condizione: Very Good +. First Edition. A solid copy of the uncommon 1971 1st edition in hardback. Tight and VG to VG+ (very light soiling along the spine crown) in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with mild soiling to the rear panel and upper spine. Octavo, Introduction by the pre-eminent historian C. Vann Woodward.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First Editiob. 355pp. Red spine, tan boards. Silver titles on spine, red titles on front board. Bottom edge of back board bumped, wear to corners as well. Text block clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows mild wear to extremities, and splits at upper end of spine where jacket panels meet spine, but original $10.00 price is intact on front jacket flap. Foxing to inside of jacket, not evident externally. Dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Introduction by C. Vann Woodward. Collected writings of activist Rustin, whose greatest influence was wielded behind the scenes due to the fact his sexuality subjected him to additional scrutiny and criticism. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, during the Obama administrations first term. A biopic drawn from events in Rustins life, entitled Rustin, appeared in 2023. Uncommon title in hardcover. Book.

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); sandy grey paper-covered boards and brick red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine and in maroon on front cover; dustjacket; xviii,[4],5-355,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Sandy and Ed, In respect to Kirine and Emily who have help like few others "to let my people go" / Love / Bayard Rustin." Some foxing and dust-soil to backstrip and covers, though clean internally; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $10.00), lightly edgeworn, with a 2.75" closed tear to upper front flap fold, faint evidence of a sticker removed at lower spine, and a hint of sunning to the red titling at upper spine; Very Good+. Substantial collection of writings by Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), a leading strategist of the Civil Rights Movement, an avowed pacifist, and member of the War Resisters League - the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States. The contents span from the early 1940s through 1971, touching on nonviolence, Jim Crow, his experiences on a chain gang, his Montgomery diary, the Civil Rights Movement, various letters, essays, and pamphlets, and his thoughts on prominent figures like Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Inscriptions by Rustin are uncommon, with no examples of this title traced at auction. BLOCKSON 2737. Signed.