Malcolm Assistance Alex Haley (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. STATED FIRST PRINTING, BOTTOM EDGE DATE, NICE COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club edition, with no statement of printing, and no BCE debossed mark on rear board. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Some foxing/soiling to top edge of textblock. Jacket has a few small chips and short tears (longest tear being one-half-inch). Touch of sunning to jacket spine. A sound and solid early copy. 455 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Book Club Edition. Gilt lettered black boards. Light edgewear and bumping. DJ in archival plastic protector has BCE statement clipped from lower front flap corner. No price to flap. DJ with light edgewear, creasing, soiling and browning. A few small tears and chips. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 455 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. First Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket (A solid sturdy copy with light foxing to page edges; slight bumping to upper corners; yellowing/minor soiling to white dust jacket; tiny jacket tear at base of spine). Jacket cover has photo of Malcolm X pointing into the air.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd printing stated. Some staining to boards; binding tight; pages clean with faint speckling to top of text block. Unclipped ($7.50) dust jacket shows some spine fading and light overall staining. Not a book club edition: no BCE statement at bottom of front flap. 2.1 pounds. 455 pages + photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Publisher's Book Club with Tenth Printing stated on the copyright page. Clean and solidly bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The front dust jacket flap has the publisher's price of $7.50 in the upper right hand corner and Book Club Edition in the lower right; a few minor chips to the upper spine folds of the jacket, else near fine; presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket of this powerful and important work. 455pp.

Hardcover. 8vo; First edition, second printing [Stated], from same year as 1st printing. Not Book Club. Original publiher's cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, 455 pages. "In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of ten 'required reading' nonfiction books.The Autobiography of Malcolm X has influenced generations of readers In 1990, Charles Solomon writes in the Los Angeles Times, 'Unlike many '60s icons, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with its double message of anger and love, remains an inspiring document.'[81] Cultural historian Howard Bruce Franklin describes it as 'one of the most influential books in late-twentieth-century American culture', and the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature credits Haley with shaping 'what has undoubtedly become the most influential twentieth-century African American autobiography'.The Autobiography of Malcolm X was published in 1965, the result of a collaboration between civil and human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X's 1965 assassination. The Autobiography is a spiritual conversion narrative that outlines Malcolm X's philosophy of black pride, black nationalism, and pan-Africanism. After the leader was killed, Haley wrote the book's epilogue.He described their collaborative process and the events at the end of Malcolm X's life.While Malcolm X and scholars contemporary to the book's publication regarded Haley as the book's ghostwriter, modern scholars tend to regard him as an essential collaborator who intentionally muted his authorial voice to create the effect of Malcolm X speaking directly to readers. Haley influenced some of Malcolm X's literary choices. For example, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam during the period when he was working on the book with Haley. Rather than rewriting earlier chapters as a polemic against the Nation which Malcolm X had rejected, Haley persuaded him to favor a style of 'suspense and drama'. According to Manning Marable, 'Haley was particularly worried about what he viewed as Malcolm X's anti-Semitism' and he rewrote material to eliminate it.When the Autobiography was published, The New York Times reviewer described it as a 'brilliant, painful, important book'. In 1967, historian John William Ward wrote that it would become a classic American autobiography. In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X as one of ten 'required reading' nonfiction books. James Baldwin and Arnold Perl adapted the book as a film; their screenplay provided the source material for Spike Lee's 1992 film Malcolm X.Eliot Fremont-Smith, reviewing The Autobiography of Malcolm X for The New York Times in 1965, described it as 'extraordinary' and said it is a 'brilliant, painful, important book'.[73] Two years later, historian John William Ward wrote that the book 'will surely become one of the classics in American autobiography'.Considering the literary impact of Malcolm X's Autobiography, we may note the tremendous influence of the book, as well as its subject generally, on the development of the Black Arts Movement. Indeed, it was the day after Malcolm's assassination that the poet and playwright, Amiri Baraka, established the Black Arts Repertory Theater, which would serve to catalyze the aesthetic progression of the movement. Writers and thinkers associated with the Black Arts movement found in the Autobiography an aesthetic embodiment of his profoundly influential qualities, namely, 'the vibrancy of his public voice, the clarity of his analyses of oppression's hidden history and inner logic, the fearlessness of his opposition to white supremacy, and the unconstrained ardor of his advocacy for revolution 'by any means necessary.''bell hooks writes 'When I was a young college student in the early seventies, the book I read which revolutionized my thinking about race and politics was The Autobiography of Malcolm X. David Bradley adds:She [hooks] is not alone. Ask any middle-aged socially conscious intellectual to list the books that influenced his or her youthful thinking, and he or she will most likely mention The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Some will do more than mention it. Some will say that . they picked it upâ "by accident, or maybe by assignment, or because a friend pressed it on themâ "and that they approached the reading of it without great expectations, but somehow that book . took hold of them. Got inside them. Altered their vision, their outlook, their insight. Changed their lives.Max Elbaum concurs, writing that 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X was without question the single most widely read and influential book among young people of all racial backgrounds who went to their first demonstration sometime between 1965 and 1968.'At the end of his tenure as the first African-American U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder selected The Autobiography of Malcolm X when asked what book he would recommend to a young person coming to Washington, D.C." (Wikipedia). Very light shelf wear,staining, and toning to paper, binding remains very good. In edgeworn and rubbed original jacket (price: $7.50), showing a bit of staining to base of the spine panel, still attractive. Overall a nice copy of the second printing of this exceedinly important work.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 4th Edition. "Fourth Printing" stated. Near fine, if not near fine plus or fine TRADE EDITION hardback in near fine, if not near fine plus or fine price-clipped dust jacket. No blind-stamp. Dust jacket has a 5/8 inch closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine and barely noticeable age-toning to a 3/4 inch band along top edge. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Fourth printing. Bookplate to front paste down, very slight press to upper board edges, still near fine in near fine, very faintly toned and offset dust jacket ($7.50 jacket price intact), in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Condition: Near Fine, first edition, fouth printing black cloth hardcover, titled in yellow lettering on spine, minor bumping, spine intact, former owner name and date of ff end page. All other pages clean and crisp with slight toning to page edges. 32 photos, 455 pgs includes Epilogue by Haley. Dust Jacket: Fine, beautiful condition, bright, not clipped minute chip at spine. Archival protected "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was published in 1965, the result of a collaboration between civil and human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Haley co-authored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X's 1965 assassination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X still resonates because it is a story of a man's self-discovery and determination. It's not just a historical denunciation of "white supremacy". His writings and appearances sought to encourage the Black man to activate his senses and become empowered. Released eight months after his assassination, this book was integral to Malcolm X s legacy. A convert to Islam in his 20s, Malcolm X forged a relationship with the Nation of Islam through the 1950s, and he became a leading public voice of the controversial group. His speeches and writings focusing on Black empowerment and the need for Black independence were largely considered more radical than that of the nonviolent approach of the civil rights movement. Distrust surrounded him from all sides and persisted after his death. Immediately following his assassination at age 39 in February 1965, he was written about as an "agitator" and "troublemaker." While other Black Power groups were promoting equality via non-violent means, Malcolm advocate segregation to achieve Black independence. But, the 60's brought much empathy to the racial equality movement. There were several Black empowerment groups that had formed and were making their voices heard. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were enacted in this time frame. Public sentiment was swinging like a pendulem-when marches and speeches for racial equality became too popular, there was pushback. Partly as a result, the overall public mood toward Malcolm X began to shift after the book s release, which had sold more than 6 million copies by 1977, the year Haley died. The book invites a full assessment of Malcolm s life, it offers a reassessment of what people thought of him adding that the book s publication also came at a time where the Civil Rights movement itself was growing. Malcolm X s strong denunciation of 'white supremacy' and his moving telling of how he went from being a troubled youth in the foster care system to becoming one of the most influential civil rights leaders of the 20th century is one reason this autobiography endures over half a century after publication. Activists, lawmakers and advocates credit "The Autobiography." with being instrumental in their decision to fight for Civil Rights. More than just an historical book, it s a hero s journey of struggle and determination. CHOSEN BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE TEN MOST IMORTANT NON-FICTION BOOKS OF THE CENTURY. ***At the end of his tenure as the first African-American U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder selected The Autobiography of Malcolm X when asked what book he would recommend to a young person coming to Washington, D.C." (Wikipedia).****.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Book Club Edition, Grove Press 1964. $7.50 jacket priced. 455-page Glossy Black cloth hardcover. Title in gold lettering along spine. Sewn binding. Clean text. Sound. 20-pages of black and white photographs and text in centerfold of book. Book co-authored by Malcolm X and Alex Haley with foreword by Ossie Davis. A piece of history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Second Printing. TEXT UNMARKED, DJ WITH CHIPS AND TEARS.

Paperback edition of one of Time's ten most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Mark, a pleasure to know you! Alex Haley." In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Introduction by M.S. Handler. Rare signed and inscribed. In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America.