Description
Signed first edition, first printing of Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Octavo, xii, 178pp. Black cloth spine, gray boards, title stamped in gilt on spine. First edition statement on copyright page with “D-O” noting a first printing. Solid text block, light rubbing to edges, a near fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.50 price and “0664” code on front flap, no mention of the Nobel Peace Prize on rear panel, faint wear along flap folds, light foxing to verso, a few short closed tears, an attractive example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper “To Orlando Darden Jr. / With Best Wishes / Martin Luther King.” Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell, with title in gilt on spine.
