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Published by Penguin Classics, 2018
ISBN 10: 0241339464ISBN 13: 9780241339466
Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
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Published by Perfection Learning, 1990
ISBN 10: 1563127849ISBN 13: 9781563127847
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Harpersanfrancisco, 1994
Seller: BYTOWN BOOKERY, Vars, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Two Fine Hardcovers with gilt title to the spine. Nice & clean with tightly bound pages. Cloth spine covering. The DJ's are in Fine condition also, moderate cover wear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 70 pages.
Published by Perfection Learning Corp, Logan, IA, 1990
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: fair. First? Edition. First Thus? Printing. 58, wraps, footnotes, substantial underlining and marginal notations, name inside front cover. A Tale Blazer Book. Page 47 starts some new material: "I. The Essay Matter; II. In Search of Meaning; III. Developing Word Power; IV. Improving Writing Skills; and V. Things to Write or Talk About. Answer Key at end (unpaginated).
Published by A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, New York, 1985
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Pamphlet. 47p., staplebound booklet, 3.75x9 inches, mild handling wear, else very good condition. A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Essay Series #1.
Published by Harpercollins, 1994
ISBN 10: 0062509551ISBN 13: 9780062509550
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by A. J. Muste Memorial Institute, New York, 2000
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Pamphlet. 50p., staplebound upright 9x3.8 inch wraps, later printing, minor creasing else very good condition. A. J. Muste Memorial Institute essay series, no. 1.
Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 0807126551ISBN 13: 9780807126554
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Pflugerville, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by The Perfection Form Company
Condition: Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good copy, some writing and underlining in ink in text. Minor creasing. 58 pages.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, 1963
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sixth Printing, October, 1963 as noted on the rear cover. Published the same year as the First Printing, May, 1963. Clean and tightly bound in stapled wraps with B/W illustrated cover. Fine, unmarked contents. The covers show light shelf wear. A very nice copy.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 2nd printing, May of 1963. Clean and tightly bound in stapled wraps with Black and white illustrated cover. The bottom right hand corner of the front cover has been clipped. No other damage. 16 pages. There is a newsletter from 1963 which is from Bob Forsberg included. Selling quality books for 35 years.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1963
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Later Printing. Slim octavo (22.75cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 15,[1]pp. Modest handling, faint tidemark to lower right margin, with eight tiny green ink marks in the text; Very Good. King's eloquent assertion of the principles of non-violent resistance, which would become one of the key documents of the American civil rights struggle, and one of the most significant 20th century works written by a political prisoner. King's letter was written as a response to "A Call for Unity," an open letter by eight white clergymen in Birmingham (published April 12, 1963) in response to the civil rights demonstrations taking place there at the time. The local ministers were opposed to the events "directed and led in part by outsiders" (a thinly-veiled reference to King) and declaring his activities "unwise and untimely," and while they agreed that racial and social injustices existed, they urged negotiations with the local establishment, and for those battles to be fought in the courts. A copy of the newspaper which printed "A Call for Unity" was smuggled in to King's jail cell and provoked his response, written with all the eloquence of a Pauline epistle. He lays out his case for and the moral responsibility of their campaign of non-violent direct action, and his increasing frustration with white moderates, and his major disappointment with the white church and its leadership. "I have heard numerous southern religious leaders admonish their worshippers to comply with a desegregation decision because it is the law, but I have longed to hear white ministers declare: "Follow this decree because integrations is morally right and because the Negro is your brother." He admonishes them for commending the Birmingham police force for keeping "order" and "preventing violence," and encourages them to be a voice for change. "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair." The pamphlet went into at least six printings of 30,000 to 50,000 copies each within the first year of publication. This later printing supplies a list of "Suggestions For Action," as well as a list of discussion questions on the inner rear wrapper. BLOCKSON 3226.
Published by Jewish Currents, New York, 1963
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. Light wear and handling, tiny stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Near Fine. Contents include UN correspondent David Matis's lengthy article "Birmingham Diary: A Reporter's Observations," which contained on-the-ground coverage of the SCLC's Birmingham Campaign. Couched within the article is a full-page excerpt of "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," Martin Luther King's eloquent assertion of the principles of non-violent resistance, which would become one of the key documents of the American civil rights struggle, and one of the most significant 20th century works written by a political prisoner. The text appears on p.12, under the title "The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. To His Fellow Ministers." This appearance is not mentioned in Pyatt's MLK bibliography, but chronologically ranks among its earliest periodical apperances.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, 1963
First Edition
Saddle-stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Third Printing dated June 1963. 16pp., in printed saddle stapled wraps. Light spotting to the wrappers, a 1/8 closed tear along the fore-edge of the front wrapper (but does not affect the text), small coffee ring to the front, else a Very Good copy. // An important text for thecivil rights movementin the United States. The letter has been described as 'one of the most important historical documents penned by a modernpolitical prisoner'.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1963
Third printing. The third printing of this seminal text of the civil rights movement: an open letter penned by Martin Luther King, Jr. to a group of white clergymen from solitary confinement in a Birmingham, Alabama jail. King was arrested on Good Friday, 1963 for his participation in a campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience against Alabama's segregationist policies. Contrary to popular belief, King did not write the published letter , but continued to edit and revise it along with other SCLC staffers after his release. The SCLC hoped to have it published in the New York Times, but following leaked excerpts appearing elsewhere, the Times decided against publishing it. The American Friends Service Committee received permission from the SCLC to publish it as a pamphlet and 50,000 copies were published in May, 1963. This third printing was published the following month in an edition of 30,000 copies, with two more printings to follow. Stapled wrappers (9" x 6"), 16 p. A fine copy.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, 1963
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No markings. Fourth printing (July 1963). Staple binding. Pamphlet.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1963
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere." First Edition Third Printing of the First Separate Edition of MLK's Famous "Letter From Birmingham City Jail" KING, Martin Luther King Jr. "Letter From Birmingham City Jail." Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. The first separate printing, third issue of King's famous letter written during his time in the Birmingham City jail. In original printed paper wrappers. Octavo (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 153 mm). 16 pp including wrappers. Printed on glossy paper. Staple bound. The lightest bit of toning to edges on back wrapper. Still an about fine copy. "On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and nearly 50 other protestors and civil rights leaders were arrested after leading a Good Friday demonstration as part of the Birmingham Campaign, designed to bring national attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered by blacks in one of the most segregated cities in America- Birmingham, Alabama. For King, this arrest- his 13th- would become one of the most important of his career. Thrown into solitary confinement, King was initially denied access to his lawyers or allowed to contact his wife, until President John F. Kennedy was urged to intervene on his behalf. As previously agreed upon, King was not immediately bailed out of jail by his supporters, having instead agreed to a longer stay in jail to draw additional attention to the plight of black Americans. Shortly after King's arrest, a friend smuggled in a copy of an April 12 Birmingham newspaper which included an open letter, written by eight local Christian and Jewish religious leaders, which criticized both the demonstrations and King himself, whom they considered an outside agitator. Isolated in his cell, King began working on a response. Without notes or research materials, King drafted an impassioned defense of his use of nonviolent, but direct, actions. Over the course of the letter's 7,000 words, he turned the criticism back upon both the nation's religious leaders and more moderate-minded white Americans, castigating them for sitting passively on the sidelines while King and others risked everything agitating for change. King drew inspiration for his words from a long line of religious and political philosophers, quoting everyone from St. Augustine and Socrates to Thomas Jefferson and then-Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren, who had overseen the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. For those, including the Birmingham religious leaders, who urged caution and remained convinced that time would solve the country's racial issues, King reminded them of Warren's own words on the need for desegregation, "justice too long delayed is justice denied." And for those who thought the Atlanta-based King had no right to interfere with issues in Alabama, King argued, in one of his most famous phrases, that he could not sit 'idly by in Atlanta' because 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' Without writing papers, King initially began by jotting down notes in the margin of the newspaper itself, before writing out portions of the work on scraps of paper he gave his attorneys- allowing a King ally, Wyatt Walker, to begin compiling the letter, which eventually ran to 21 double-spaced, typed pages. Curiously, King never sent a copy to any of the eight Birmingham clergy to whom he had 'responded,' leaving many to believe that he had intended it to have a much broader, national, audience all along." (Behind Martin Luther King's Searing 'Letter from Birmingham Jail', Barbara Maranzani). "Throughout the modern civil rights movement, the similarity of the social ideals of Martin Luther King and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) led them to work on the same side of racial issues. In 1917 a group of Quakers formed the AFSC to give conscientious objectors a non-military public service alternative during World War I. The organization began its anti-racism work in the 1920s and, in 1933, began sponsoring a yearly summer institute on race relations at Swarthmore College that lasted until 1941.The AFSC gained permission from King to publish and distribute 50,000 copies of 'Letter from Birmingham City Jail.' [Although we don't know how many were first editions, but probably much fewer.] That same year, the AFSC nominated King for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor the international Friends organization had received in 1947." (Stanford-The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.) "Following the initial circulation of King's letter in Birmingham as a mimeographed copy, it was published in a variety of formats: as a pamphlet distributed by the American Friends Service Committee and as an article in periodicals such as Christian Century, Christianity and Crisis, the New York Post, and Ebony magazine. The first half of the letter was introduced into testimony before Congress by Representative William Fitts Ryan (D-NY) and published in the Congressional Record. One year later, King revised the letter and presented it as a chapter in his 1964 memoir of the Birmingham Campaign, Why We Can't Wait, a book modeled after the basic themes set out in 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'" (Stanford-The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.) HBS 68664. $1,250.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 2007
Seller: Four Rivers Books, LLC, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: As new. Ringgold, Faith (illustrator). A beautiful edition of King's stirring letter in the most moving of the recent books of the Limited Editions Club. Introduction and eight color serigraphs by Faith Ringgold. In her Introduction, Ringgold explained that she was inspired by the contents of King's letter to produce these eight images. With an extensive Afterword titled "Martin Luther King, Jr.: 21st Century Man" by Dr. C. T. Vivian. Designed, set in Monotype Garamond and printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Curlee Raven Holton printed the eight serigraphs. Hand-made paper. Hand-bound by Jovonis Bookbindery in red linen witih a black morocco title label set into the front cover, and the solander box is covered in the same red linen with a black morocco shelf label with King's name in gold. One of 420 copies signed by the artist Faith Ringgold. As new. The History LEC pp. 239-40. Please note: this book is very large and heavy. Extra charges will apply for the cost of shipping materials and postage above what is normal for a book. Thank you for your understanding! Red linen with a black morocco title label set into the front cover, and the solander box is covered in the same red linen.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 2008
Seller: The Limited Editions Club, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Letter from Birmingham City Jail, honors the hero who made our nation and our world vastly better. From the dank confines of a hell-on-earth Southern jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote one of the most eloquent and important documents in American history. Faith Ringgold has written a brilliant introduction and created eight magnificent serigraphs for the book and print portfolios. Dr. C. T. Vivian, one of Dr. King's dearest friends, marched and endured beside him the beatings and tragedies. He worked along with him to achieve the triumphs. Now as he dedicates his life to carrying forward Dr. King's dream, he gives us his touching and inspired Afterword. Eight Serigraph Prints by Faith Ringgold. Edition limited to 425 numbered copies. Each signed by Faith Ringgold. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. The prints were editioned by Curlee Holton at his studio in Easton, Pennsylvania. The book is hand bound in red linen, with the same fabric covering its hinged and lined case. One volume, 14-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches. Print portfolios are also available. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS). Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 2007
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Illustrated by Faith Ringgold with eight color serigraph prints. Limited to 420 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This is number 77 of 420. Beautifully printed on thick, textured paper. [54] pp. Bound in full red linen with leather title label. In a cloth covered clamshell box with similar cloth and label. Introduction by Ringgold and an afterword by Dr. C. T. Vivian, a friend and colleague of King. An outstanding production. Fine condition in fine clam-shell case. Monthly LEC Newsletter is missing. Full refund if not satisfied. Signed by the artist.
Published by New York, N.Y., 1963
No binding. Condition: Very Good. "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in Liberation: An Independent Monthly, June 1963, New York. 32 pp. This issue of Liberation magazine includes the full text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," written on April 16, 1963, when King was jailed for disobeying a judge's blanket injunction against "parading, demonstrating, boycotting, trespassing and picketing." King and other civil rights protestors were arrested on April 12.A supporter smuggled a copy of an April 12 newspaper to him, which included an open letter entitled "A Call for Unity." Written by eight white Birmingham clergymen, representing Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish congregations, the letter opposed events "directed and led in part by outsiders" and urged local African Americans to negotiate and use the courts if they were denied their rights, rather than protest. These clergymen agreed that social injustices existed but insisted that the battle against racial segregation should take place in the courts and not in the streets.Provoked by the letter from fellow clergymen, King began to write a response in the margins of the newspaper itself. He continued the letter on scraps of paper supplied by a supportive African American fellow inmate who served as a trustee and finished the nearly 6,000-word letter on a pad provided by his attorneys. Walter Reuther, the president of the United Auto Workers, arranged to pay $160,000 to bail out King and other jailed protestors. Excerpts"While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities 'unwise and untimely.' Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. But since I feel that you are men of genuine goodwill and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms." (p10/c1)"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly." (p10/c2)"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts." (p11/c1)"So, the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. We, therefore, concur with you in your call for negotiation. Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in the tragic attempt to live in monologue rather than dialogue." (p11/c2)"My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily." (p11/c2)"We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that 'justice too long delayed is justice denied.' We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights." (p12/c1)"I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say 'Wait.' But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year old daughter why she can't go to the public . (See website for full description). Magazine.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, 1963
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
softcover. Condition: near fine. Second printing, June 1963. This letter was written on April 16, 1963, and published for the first time May 1963. In near fine condition.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1963
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing dated May, 1963. Bound in publisher's original printed stapled wraps, 16 pp., including wrappers. Near Fine with light wrinkling toward bottom, light creasing and light wear. King was imprisoned for participating in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. From his jail cell in Birmingham, while the situation intensified outside on the city streets, he composed a letter in response to the city's local religious leaders' criticism of the campaign. Mimeographed copies of the letter were originally circulated, and papers such as the New York Times declined to print it. However, within days, several papers ran excerpts of the letter without King's consent, and shorty after the American Friends Service Committee received permission from King to publish this here first separate edition.
Published by American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1963
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Printing dated May, 1963. 15pp. Just slightly rubbed and tanned with a light, tiny crease to the edge of the rear, else a near fine copy in publisher's stapled wraps, Written by King while he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama, the letter responds to a statement made by eight white clergymen who had criticized the civil rights protests and called for patience and calm. King argued that the protests were necessary for the civil rights movement, and that the clergymen's call for patience was actually a call for inaction in the face of injustice. He also argued that the segregation laws in Birmingham were unjust and violated the principles of Christianity.