MALCOLM X AS IDEOLOGY by Baraka, Amiri [aka LeRoi Jones] - 2008

Apollo Editions, 1964. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. The cover has light wear. Clean pages with no underlining or highlights.

Madison, MN: The Sixties Press, 1966. Paperback. 80p., texts in Norwegian & English, poetry, criticism, essays, parodies, letters to the editor, contributors, very good paperback literary journal in pictorial wraps. The excerpt from Jones/Baraka's statement about being beaten and arrested by White cops is sadly still relevant.

New York:: I. Reed Books,, (1979.). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy.). First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A rather strange political play by this African-American poet and playwright - Sidney Poet is "a strong black dude" who came from the West Indies to make it as actor. 106 pp. Cover by C, K. Conridge.

San Francisco: The Trystero Company, 1968. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, articles, photos, events, actions, comix, psychedelia, evenly toned, front wrap stained with one stain bleeding through to next few pages, small section torn out of one edge with no loss of text, else good on newsprint. The Express Times was S.F.'s main political underground paper. Became San Francisco Good Times and later Good Times. Garson was a member of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley and was jailed in December because of his involvement with the Democratic national Convention protests. Cover headline seems tongue-in-cheek as the accompanying report on Draft Week demonstrations is extremely jaundiced and dismissive of aborted efforts to stir up the crowd. Main feature article in the issue is a transcript of a joint press conference held in Newark, NJ by Leroi Jones (soon to be Amari Baraka), Charles Kinney, a Newark police detective, and Anthony Imperiale, a local player in the… Read More

New York: Avant-Garde Media, 1968. Magazine. 72p., 10.75x11.25 inches, illustrated with photos and artworks, essays, articles, reviews, poetry, fiction, light wear to covers, toning else a very good magazine in pictorial wraps. Tooker portfolio. Kraft photographs Theatre of the Ridiculous. Miller pleads "Please Don't Kill Anything". Profile of Amiri Baraka (known as LeRoi Jones at the time).

Faber & Faber 1964. FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Grove Press 1964 . Octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

RARE 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, in pristine condition.Dust Jacket: Mylar-covered and protected dust jacket (photo). The DJ still has its original new sheen. Flap unclipped with original retail price (photo). Some shelf wear but it's limited to the protective mylar covering.Book: Moderate uniform toning on pages and edges, otherwise, the book is in Fine + condition. The spine and boards are firm and sturdy, the book lies plum and square (photo).LeRoi Jones was a controversial civil rights activist who expressed his views through numerous published poems, essays, and plays. This book was his second published book of poetry.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1965. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm). Black paper over boards, in cream dust jacket; [i]-xvi [17]-351,[1]pp; publisher's ads to rear jacket panel. Tapped at head and tail, bumped at lower front edge, internally fresh: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced 30s), patchily but faintly discolored, with minor creases at head and tail and slight dustsoil to base of spine: Very Good. Includes contributions from Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Diane Di Prima, et al.