Milton Knight Illustrator (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. 44pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Stapled illustrated wraps. "This unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (19011989), known in much later years as the "last great Pan-Africanist." The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of the colonial underclass, Carnival and cricket. He joined the literary avant-garde of the island before leaving for Britain. In the UK, James swiftly became a beloved cricket journalist, playwright for his close friend Paul Robeson, and a pathbreaking scholar of black history with The Black Jacobins (1938), the first history of the Haitian revolt. The artistic skills of Milton Knight, at once acute and provocative, bring out James's unique personality, how it arose, and how he became a world figure." From the Publisher. Knight, Milton (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. pamphlet edition. 48 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock. Knight, Milton (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk 138pp many uncut pages dj shelfworn with rubbing and small closed tears now in a protective sleeve inscription from 1961 on fep and a letter from the author (July 1961) laid in internally an excellent unmarked clean tight text.