signed first edition
1991 · New York
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] DEES, Morris with Steve Fiffer
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); tan paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xii],355,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "2/22/96 / To the Rosens / Many thanks for your generous support of my work / Morris Dees." Upper right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $24.95), with light wear, gentle sunning to spine, and a faint wrinkle to upper spine panel; Near Fine. Memoir by noted civil rights lawyer and Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dees, scourge of the KKK and other hate groups, who among his many accomplishments successfully sued and bankrupted the United Klans of America in 1981, after the lynching of Michael Donald in Alabama. 82645. (Inventory #: 82645)