Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(BLACK PANTHERS.) The Black Panther: Black Community News Service. 22 issues (incomplete run); horizontal folds, generally minor wear, 3 issues incomplete. San Francisco, 1969-72

Additional Details

Liberally illustrated with revolutionary art by Emory Douglas, and including the 17 February 1970 "Happy Birthday Huey" issue with the seated portrait of Huey Newton on the cover. Includes 4 issues from 1969 (31 May; 14 June; 15 November; 20 December); 14 issues from 1970 (3, 10, 31 January; 17, 21 February; 7, 21 March; 6, 18 April; 6, 20 June; 21 November; 5, 14 December); 3 issues from 1971 (30 January; 13, 20 February); and 10 June 1972. The 18 April 1970, 6 June 1970, and 20 February 1971 issues are missing pages. with--an 8-page production by the New Haven Panther Defense Committee titled "The State of Connecticut vs. New Haven 9." Includes a centerfold spread titled "To be a Revolutionary is to be an Enemy of the State," and an advertisement for a "weekend gathering" protest in New Haven, 1 May [1970] and a Danish publication, "Befri Angela Davis og Bobby Seale," 4 pages on one sheet. No copies traced in OCLC. Copenhagen, circa late 1970.