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(ISLAM—MALCOLM X.) HAGGNS, ROBERT LEE; PHOTOGRAPHER.
Group
of 4 press photographs of Malcolm X.
Four 8 x 10 glossy photographs with the photogra-
pher’s stamps and jottings on the reverse.
NewYork, 1962-1963
[600/800]
Malcolm X, who frequently gave his talks on the streets of Harlem, is seen here walking along Lenox
Avenue and at rallies in front of Harlem’s landmark Teresa Hotel, and Young’s Book Exchange. Haggins
was unofficially known as Malcolm’s personal photographer.
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(ISLAM—MUHAMMAD, ELIJAH.)
Portrait of the noted religious leader.
Oil on
canvas, 20 x 20 inches on the original wooden stretcher. Unsigned.
Np, circa 1960’s
[600/900]
INSCRIBED BY ALEX HALEY
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(ISLAM—MALCOLM X.) HALEY, ALEX.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Illustrated from photographs. 462 pages. Large, thick 8vo, original cloth in a dust jacket with a
short closed tear to the bottom of the front panel,
BEARING A LONG INSCRIPTION TO OSSIE DAVIS
AND RUBY DEE FROM HALEY
.
London: Hutchinson, 1965
[750/1,000]
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
,
INSCRIBED
: “
TO OSSIE AND RUBY DAVIS
.
SO MANY TIMES MALCOLM X
EXPRESSED TO ME HIS RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL TEAM
OF YOU
;
AS MANY TIMES
I’
D TELL HIM THAT
I
SHARED THIS
.
MY VERY BEST
,
ALEX HALEY
.”
Still the first
and definitive history of one of the most important black voices of the twentieth century.