Verlag: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1987
ISBN 10: 0062504908 ISBN 13: 9780062504906
Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Verlag: Beacon Press (edition Edition Unstated), 2010
ISBN 10: 0807000698 ISBN 13: 9780807000694
Anbieter: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Edition Unstated. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Verlag: Souvenir Press Ltd, 2011
ISBN 10: 0285639013 ISBN 13: 9780285639010
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Souvenir., 2021
ISBN 10: 1788167864 ISBN 13: 9781788167864
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2021. Paperback. Very Good.
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Verlag: PERENNIAL LIBRARY
Zustand: Good. Good condition. (Sociology, History, Race Relations) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (African Americans, Civil Rights, Montgomery Bus Boycott) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: PERENNIAL LIBRARY
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. (Sociology, History, montgomery alabama) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: Beacon Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0807000736 ISBN 13: 9780807000731
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Harper and Brothers
Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Aesthetic fraying at the top of the spine, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.1.
Verlag: Harper & Row Publishers, 1958
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue & black cloth with gilt lettering. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Noticeable brown staining.
Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Zustand: Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good copy with clean pages. First perrenial library edition. 12mo. Published in New York, 1964. 208 pages.
Zustand: Good. Good condition. 1st thus. (African Americans, civil rights, Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First UK. A very good early UK edition in a very good dust jacket, possibly an ex-lib edition. Uncommon in dust jacket.
Verlag: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1959
Anbieter: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irland
Zustand: Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.From The Library of the House of Commons with printed label and blindstamp. . . . .
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. 230pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with blue paper over boards. Subtle damp staining to the lower extremities of the spine. Endpapers darkened in areas. Present, albeit worn, is the price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket's spine is torn, with the most prominent tear being a loss from the top 1/4 of the jacket's spine at the head and the surrounding area of the front panel. The front panel has an abraded patch, obscuring a portion of the author's name. The lower extremities of the spine and rear panel are lightly moisture stained. A first edition of Martin Luther King's first book. "H-H" code on copyright page. King's classic and very personal account of what began as a bus strike, sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks, and ended in a Supreme Court decision and the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance to an American situation. From Stanford University, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute- "In 'Stride Toward Freedom,' King delineates racial conditions in Montgomery before, during, and after the bus boycott. He discuses the origin and significance of the boycott, the roles that residents, civic leaders, and community organizations played in organizing and sustaining the movement, and the reactions of white Montgomery officials and residents. According to King, before the boycott African Americans in Montgomery were victims of segregation and poverty, but after the boycott, when bus desegregation was achieved, they evidenced a new level of self-respect (King, 'Stride Toward Freedom,' p. 28, p. 187). King points out that most African Americans in Montgomery accepted a nonviolent approach because they trusted their leaders when they told them that nonviolence was the essence of active Christianity. "In the chapter 'Pilgrimage to Nonviolence,' King delves into the intellectual influences that lead him to nonviolent philosophy. He discusses the impact made upon his thinking by the works of Thoreau, Marx, Aristotle, Rauschenbusch, and Gandhi. King also outlines his understanding of nonviolence, which seeks to win an opponent to friendship, rather than to humiliate or defeat him (King, 'Stride Toward Freedom,' p. 102)." A moving and culturally significant memoir.
Zustand: Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. 1st edition, code H-H. 8vo hardcover. Blue cloth with black spine and silver spine lettering in pictorial dust jacket. 230pp. B/W plates. Near Very Good book. Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has heavy wear, a faded spine, and numerous tears. Boards have minor edgewear. Page edges toned. In polypropylene bag. (African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Segregation) Inquire if you need further information.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Library of Congress surplus copy with label and "duplicate" stamp, and owner name of Octavia Vivian signed at a later date, all on the front pastedown; as well as a small owner stamp ("Louis S. Allen") on the half-title. Faint sticker mark on spine, a bit of rubbing, a nice, sound very good copy in very good dust jacket with rubbing at the spine. The Author's first book, the story of the Montgomery Bus Strike and the ensuing action surrounding it, written when he was 29 years old. In 1951 King began his work on his doctoral studies in systematic theology at the Boston University School of Theology. This is almost certainly one of the two copies submitted by the publisher to secure copyright (The Library of Congress required two copies, but routinely discarded the second copy). From the personal collection of Rev. C. T. Vivian, King's close friend and associate, and the author of the 1970 *Black Power and the American Myth*, the first book on Civil Rights written by someone who was actually on Dr, King's staff. Vivian was an instrumental leader of King's staff in the South during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Barack Obama, speaking at the 2007 anniversary of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, referred to Vivian in words of Dr. King Jr. as "the greatest preacher to ever live." Obama also awarded Vivian the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A nice association copy of Dr. King's first book.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Owner stamp of D. Lamar Jacks of the Boston University School of Theology on front fly, slightest foxing on front fly, easily fine in very near fine dust jacket with tiny nicks at the spine ends. The Author's first book, the story of the Montgomery Bus Strike and the ensuing action surrounding it, written when he was 29 years old. In 1951 King began his work on his doctoral studies in systematic theology at the Boston University School of Theology. Jacks was a white historian and scholar from Tennessee who earned a Masters of Sacred Theology at the Boston University School of Theology. A much nicer than usual copy of Dr. King's first book.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition, early printing of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes Martin Luther King, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition, early printing of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes Martin Luther King, Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare and desirable signed. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing, name to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Victor Gollancz, London, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe
First British edition of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Trevor Huddleston. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition of Dr. Martin Luther Kingâs first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the front free endpaper. Review copy, with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some fading to the spine and light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First printings are uncommon signed. Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1958
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. 5-3/4" x 7. Bound in publisher's stiff blue and white wraps with plastic comb-binding. Very Good. Half-title page with publisher's review slip glued to the top edge is detached from the binding. Rusty paperclip to top of one page, sporadic marking (mostly underlining and marginal brackets) throughout. MLK's first book, recounting his nonviolent, successful organizing of the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1968
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
Zustand: Very Good. An archive of fourteen documents of various sizes, mostly pertaining to the publication of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Stride Toward Fredom which was published September 17, 1958, several documents regarding the State of Alabama's audit of King, and one document pertaining to "Strength to Love". Very Good overall. One document (Remittance Advice, December 23, 1953) with a 1"x3 area of loss from the publisher's letterhead. Stride Toward Freedom is King's historic account of the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott. The book describes the conditions of African Americans living in Alabama during the era, and chronicles the events and participants' planning and thoughts about the boycott and its aftermath. The boycott sparked Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white rider, and catapulted King to the prominent leadership position of the civil rights movement. Shortly after the end of the boycott, King hired two literary agents, Marie F. Rodell and Joan Daves of the first Marie Rodell and Joan Daves, Inc. Rodell and Daves would soon sign a contract with Harper & Brothers for King to write his memoir or the Montgomery Bus Boycott, with a working title of A Moment in History. The book would be published under the title Stride Toward Freedom. The archive contains:-A carbon copy of the 'Remittance Advice' from Harper Brothers to Rodell and Daves in the amount of $2,000 payable on signing. This was an advance against all monies accruing under the terms of the contract signed October, 17, 1957 forA Moment in History; this is dated December 23, 1957. -A typed letter signed by Eugene Exman of Harper & Harper and Brothers to Marie Rodell dated May 21, 1958 regarding the first carbon of the "edited" first chapter. -A typed letter signed by Frank Elliot of Harper & Brothers to Joan Daves dated May 21, 1958 in regarding the selection and clearance of photographs to be used in Stride Toward Freedom. Elliot concludes the letter by stating that Daves should be receiving galley proofs of the book next Monday. Elliot was an editor for the Religious Books Department at Harper & Brothers. -A Photostat copy of a contract dated May 22, 1958 from Frank Elliot at Harper & Brothers to Jay Leviton for the rights to use one of Leviton's photographs in the publication of Stride Toward Freedom. Leviton was paid $50 for use of his image. -A typed letter, unsigned, dated June 9, 1958 from Frank Elliot to Joan Daves reguarding the final revision of the last chapter and when page proofs could be expected. The letter includes several manuscript notes in an unknown hand. -A small handwritten note from Rodell and Daves used to write text for a congratulatory text to King on the publication of the book, care of the Statler Hotel. "Congratulations on your publication day & yours marathon radio & TV performances We'll have to see you tomorrow or Friday Joan & Marie" followed by "Sent 9/17/58 3:10 pm". Three days following this, King was stabbed with a letter opener at a book signing; it was then from his hospital bed he confirmed his belief in the "redemptive power of nonviolence." -A typed unsigned letter dated June 19, 1959 from the Editorial Dept. at Samuel French to Marie Rodell rejecting the dramatization rights for Stride Toward Freedom as they feared there would not be much of a market for it among the amateur producing groups. -A two-page-typed contract dated August 14, 1965 for the Japanese rights to Stride Toward Freedom. with Kinseido, Ltd. Signed by the publisher only, likely Joan Daves' retained copy. Staple no longer holding at top corner. -A carbon copy of a typed unsigned letter sent to Martin Luther King dated April 13, 1960 from Dolores Gentile of Marie Rodell and Joan Daves, Inc. This was the cover letter for a carbon copy of the Marie Rodell and Joan Daves, Inc.'s report of King's 1958 earnings for Stride Toward Freedom to the State of Alabama. -A photostat on State of Alabama letterhead dated January 4, 1960 with signatures from Martin Luther Kin.