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Baldwin, James (1924-1987) Blues for Mister Charlie.
New York: Dial Press, 1964.
First edition, octavo, signed by Baldwin in blue ink on front free flyleaf; original black publisher's cloth; original pictorial dust-jacket in fine condition; light rubbing to extremities, a few small closed tears to spine ends, price snipped; 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.
Baldwin's second play loosely based on the 1955 murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till and dedicated to the memory of Medgar Evers and his family. "A play with fires of fury in its belly, tears of anguish in its eyes, a roar of protest in its throat." (The New York Times)
Property from the Estate of Michael Feingold (1945-2022).
