[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Martin Luther King, Jr. WHY WE CAN'T WAIT

Charles Agvent charles at charlesagvent.com
Thu Jun 4 13:20:47 EDT 2020


Currently highlighted in the ABAA Virtual Book Fair, now open to the public.

KING, Martin Luther, Jr. [Martin Luther King, Jr.]. WHY WE CAN'T WAIT. 
New York: Harper & Row, (1964). First Edition. Later Printing with code 
"G-O" on the copyright page. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the 
front free endpaper: "To Norman Peniston III/With Best Wishes/for a 
wonderful future/Martin Luther King." Illustrated with photographs. 
King's reflections on his 1963 Birmingham campaign, including the text 
of his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." From the dustwrapper flap: "When 
the man who is the symbol around the world for moderation in the 
struggle for Negro equality writes a book called WHY WE CAN'T WAIT, 
thousands upon thousands will recognize it as a book they have to read." 
Owner name and address dated "September 1964" on the bottom of the front 
endpaper and the place where the book was signed in ink at the top of 
the front endpaper dated "April 24, 1966," neither affecting King's 
inscription. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with light wear. 
(#019996)        $10,000

https://www.abaa.org/book/1326755033?vbf=1

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