Books

"The Fire the Next Time" by James Baldwin and with photographs by S. Schapiro. Ed. N. Wiener. Cologne, Taschen, 2019, 270,(2)p., num. (tipped-in) (col.) (photogr.) plates, mainly by S. SCHAPIRO, printed in 2213 numb. copies (1963), orig. dec. boards, in orig. dec. board slipcase, folio. - Mint copy. = One of 1963 copies signed by the photographer Steve Schapiro.

A classic of the civil rights movement, 'The Fire Next Time' is a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice which consists of two essays: 'My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,' and 'Down At The Cross — Letter from a Region of My Mind.'