Letter from Birmingham City Jail Eight serigraph prints by Faith Ringgold. Afterword by Dr. C.T. Vivian.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 2008. RINGGOLD, Faith; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. RINGGOLD, Faith, [artist]. Letter from Birmingham City Jail. Eight serigraph prints by Faith Ringgold. Afterword by Dr. C.T. Vivian. New York: Limited Editions Club, 2008.

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KING, Martin Luther, Jr.. [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. RINGGOLD, Faith, [artist]. Letter from Birmingham City Jail. Eight serigraph prints by Faith Ringgold. Afterword by Dr. C.T. Vivian. New York: Limited Editions Club, [2008].

Limited to 420 copies, signed by the artist Faith Ringgold on limitation page. This being number 166. Quarto (truncated) (14 1/4 x 12 inches; 360 x 305 mm). Eight serigraph prints by Faith Ringgold. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. The prints were editioned by Curlee Raven Holton at his studio in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Bound in publisher's red linen. Black morocco label on front board, lettered in gilt. Bottom edge uncut. Housed in a red linen velvet-lined clamshell. Clamshell with black morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. A fine copy.

"Letter from Birmingham City Jail, honors the hero who made our nation and our world vastly better. From the dank confines of a hell-on-earth Southern jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote one of the most eloquent and important documents in American history. Faith Ringgold has written a brilliant introduction and created eight magnificent serigraphs for the book and print portfolios. Dr. C. T. Vivian, one of Dr. King’s dearest friends, marched and endured beside him the beatings and tragedies. He worked along with him to achieve the triumphs. Now as he dedicates his life to carrying forward Dr. King’s dream, he gives us his touching and inspired Afterword." (From the publisher).

LEC Bibliography.

HBS 69348.

$2,750. (Inventory #: 69348)