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KING, JR., MARTIN LUTHER.
Strength to Love.
Signed and Inscribed, “Best
Wishes / Martin Luther King,” on the front free endpaper. 8vo, publisher’s
1
/
4
cloth; dust-
jacket very lightly worn.
FIRST EDITION
.
New York: Harper & Row, (1963); inscription: [June 1963]
[3,000/4,000]
WITH
two printed items: a flyer, with the heading, “Annual Men’s Week Celebration,” from
the Friendship Baptist Church on 144 West 131st Street, New York City, listing the week’s
events, including a sermon by Dr. King on June 16, 1963 * Weekly newsletter,
New
Testament Messenger
, from the New Testament Baptist Church on 1452 Fifth Avenue
dated June 16, 1963: “Read me before you throw me away. You will find something in me
that will help you through life.”