Introduction Dick Gregory (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair / Good, This is a Reading. 5th Edition By This Publisher. 125 pages. Loaded with B&W photo pages. "A 1960s reprint of the comedian's reflections on segregation." >>This is a reading copy. Creasing to covers; store stamp to front end page; minor staining to last few pages, story is not effected. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. PHOTO Cover (illustrator). Book. …

First Thus. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Corners bumped and rubbed. Wraps lightly scuffed and dulled. Binding tight, without loose pages. Lightly toned. A very good copy. Softcover, 160 pages, yellow edge stain.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Paperback. First book by this acclaimed African-American comedian & satirist of the 1960s, recalling his experiences as a black man in a white world. Orig. published in hardcover in 1962, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition, First printing, from Avon (#S129) from 1963 (not noted in book). In 125 pages, lavishly illustrated with real-life black & white photographs by Jerry Yulsman throughout. Introduction by Playboy's Hugh Hefner, edited by Bob Orben. Condition is VG+: extremely clean, bright, & tightly bound--feels never opened! Pages moderately tanned (heavier around edges), commensurate with age, but completely unmarked. Very mild rubbing to extremities, a shallow crease to lower-outer corner of back cover, & a hint of a dampstain to top-outer corner of some pages in front matter. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bagr Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Yulsman, Jerry (Phographer) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 272 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.05 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Avon Books 1962 Good/ S-129. Lightly creased, lightly rubbed, age toned cover, Pos penned inside cover, tight tanned photo illustrated pages.

Second Printing. Octavo (22cm); illustrated wrappers, titled in white and yellow on cover, black on the spine; 125pp.; minor rubbing, Near Fine copy. "Dick Gregory is a comedian, social satirist, negro pioneer. In a little more than a year he climbed from $10 a day car washer to $5,000 a week headliner, doing what some said he shouldn't do, most said he couldn't do, but what Gregory knows he must do- tell the truth about segregation so that it brings smiles instead of hurt and insight even to the insensetive. His method: Once I get them laughing, I can say anything" (from the introduction).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Updated Edition. This large paperback has corner bumping - light chipping and edge wear. Covers are rubbed and there is wear at the head and foot of the spine. Some creasing. No ownership or other markings. Text is clean and tight in it's binding. Well illustrated with drawings, black and white photographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Max, Peter {cover} (illustrator).…

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 68pp. Inscribed on inside cover by Wilmer for fellow Carcanet poet Peter Jones in 1976. Light bump at head fore corner. Scarce publication constituting their first book appearance whilst studying under Tanner's supervision at King's College, Cambridge. Covers & headpiece vignette's by Carter. Errata slip laid in. Sebastian Carter (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine plus, if not fine wraps/paperback. Front cover has a 1.5 inch diagonal hairline crease and 1/4 inch closed tear to lower fore-edge corner. Trivial wear to the lower fore-edge corners of first 10 leaves. Handwritten "#94" (3/4 inch by 1/2 inch) inside front and rear covers. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.…

Hillman Books, New York. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Illustrated in black and white only- lacks the full-page colour pin-up illustration. Covers are a little creased and rubbed. Fore-edge slightly bumped. Ownership inscription to inside cover and ownership signature to title page, and the pages are browned.…