[Rarebooks] FS: Two books and one photograph SIGNED by Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Charles Agvent]

KING, Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]. WHERE DO WE GO FROM 
HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? New York: Harper & Row, (1967). First Edition. 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. 
Howard Lewis Allen/In appreciation of your/great support/Martin Luther 
King Jr." About twenty pages have ink and pencil marks in the margins 
and single words or sentences underlined. Two pages have a few words 
crossed out and replaced in ink. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper. 
(#014869)        $10,000.00

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KING, Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]. TYPED LETTER SIGNED 
(TLS) Quoting from his Book STRENGTH TO LOVE, Matted and Framed. 
Atlanta, 12 August 1963. Superb letter on Southern Christian Leadership 
Conference stationery dated 12 August 1963. "I want to personally thank 
you for the support which you have given to our nonviolent direct action 
movement to eliminate the immoral and shameful practice of racial 
discrimination and segregation from American life. I am particularly 
pleased that as part of your contribution to our work you have acquired 
a copy of my latest book STRENGTH TO LOVE. In the preface of this book I 
said: 'In these turbulent days of uncertainty, the evils of war and of 
economic and racial injustice threaten the very survival of the human 
race.' These words are even more relevant to this current phase of the 
civil rights revolution than it was when the preface was printed. It has 
always been a source of inner strength to me and those of my associates 
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to be able to meet and 
overcome many of the indignities and humiliations of segregation in 
America with unswerving faith in the American dream of freedom for all 
men. I believe it can be said that the Strength To Love in the midst of 
adversities is one of the most significant features of the nonviolent 
direct action movement in our country today." SIGNED "Martin L. King, 
Jr." Matted in deep blue and maroon with a casual photograph of King 
standing at his desk with a photo of Gandhi behind him. In an antique 
carved gilt frame 21-1/2" wide by 17" high. Near Fine and handsomely 
presented. (#014873)        $15,000.00

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KING, Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]. STRENGTH TO LOVE 
Inscribed to a Neighbor and Babysitter for his Children. New York: 
Harper & Row, (1963). First Edition. King's second book and first 
collection of his sermons. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the 
front free endpaper: "To my friend/Rachel Ward/With Best wishes/and warm 
Personal Regards/Martin." Rachel Ward is mentioned by Dexter Scott King, 
son of Martin Luther King, Jr., in his book GROWING UP KING: AN INTIMATE 
MEMOIR when he describes his home life in 1967: "The kitchen is beyond 
the dining room. There my mother or the ladies who helped her, Mrs. 
Dorothy Lockhart or Mrs. Newman or sometimes Mrs. Rachel Ward, caused a 
racket of pots and pans. Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Patricia Cook Latimore 
sometimes looked after us when Mom and Dad had to do important 
business." Dexter was seven years old when his father was killed in 
1968. Genuinely signed books by King are hard to come by; those with 
such a fine association as this are rarely encountered. Very Good in a 
bright, Near Fine dustwrapper with mild wear. (#012978)        $20,000.00

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