Description
First edition of The Montgomery Story: The Unhappy Effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Uriah J. Fields. Includes a laid-in bookplate signed by Uriah J. Fields.
Octavo, 87pp. Full green cloth, title in black on front cover and spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to top edge, near fine. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on front flap, a few closed tears, light wear to spine. A very good example.
Signed on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, inscribed by the author: “Be Yourself / Uriah J. Fields.” A scarce work.
Uriah J. Fields was a prominent civil rights activist, co-founding the Montgomery Improvement Association alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which played a crucial role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
