first edition
1965 · New York
by Malcolm X; Alex Haley; M. S. Handler [Introduction]
New York: The Grove Press, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities, light soiling to textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, trace evidence of label removal at base, toning and light wear; crease to top corner of front flap. The famous autobiography of Malcolm X published posthumously nine months after his assassination. Co-written by Alex Haley, the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It inspired the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington.
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