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London: Michael Joseph, 1972. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in red leather, gilt ruled on both boards, gilt edges, and five raised bands, gilt title and ornamentation on the spine. Some offsetting on the endpapers from the turn-ins, else fine. Prepared in this gift binding for Baldwin from his English publishers. Baldwin’s own copy, from the auction of his personal library in France by Rometti et Associés in 2014.

An autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley, chronicling his life, philosophy, and the civil rights struggles of American blacks.