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Sale 2697 - Lot 272

Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(LITERATURE.) Run of the quarterly Black Books Bulletin, including the first issue. 10 different issues plus a duplicate. Octavo, 10 x 7 inches, original color wrappers; minor wear, subscriber's name written on title page of issue 7:2. Chicago: Institute of Positive Education, 1971-1981
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This periodical offered "critical reviews of current and future writings by and about Black People as well as social and political commentary by some of the most gifted minds among us. . . . A must for book dealers, collectors, librarians, educators, students, workers, all who need to know about the immediate literary, political and social issues of the Black World." Contributing authors in these issues include Sam Greenlee, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Henrik Clarke and Manning Marable; plus an interview with Dick Gregory. Summer 1975 is a special issue on "Health and Black Survival." The editor was Don L. Lee / Haki R. Madhubuti, also known as founder of Third World Press. Includes issues 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 3:2, 3:3 (misnumbered), 3:4, 4:4 (plus a duplicate), 5:2, 7:2, and 7:3.

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