DRIVING WHILE BLACK: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

New York: Liveright, 2020. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this illuminating exploration of "how the automobile fundamentally reshaped African American life" — signed to Yvette Le Roy, librarian and owner of Harlem bookshop, Liberty House. Basis for a major PBS documentary of the same name. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($28.95) color pictorial jacket by Steve Attardo. Illustrated in black and white. xviii, 332 pages. Inscribed by Sorin to title page: "For Yvette LaRoy / With Best Wishes / Gretchen Sorin / 1/2020". Jacket with scattered foxing, a few of tiny spots of dampstain. Book with a bit of rubbing, edges of text block lightly foxed. Crisp and tight. (Inventory #: 52782)