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My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
by King, Coretta Scott
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Coretta Scott King, inscribed to previous owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original cream cloth stamped in gilt with spine titles blocked in black. Near Fine with light toning and foxing to cloth and top of textblock edge. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with some light surface scuffs, light edge wear, creases at the spine joints and a vertical ridge to the spine panel. Signed by the author and wife of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941286
- Title
- My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Author
- King, Coretta Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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