336
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(ISLAM.) MALCOLM X.
If
You’re Afraid of Black Nationalism,
You’re Afraid of Revolution. If you
Love Revolution, You Love Black
Nationalism . . .
Black and white poster,
17 x 14 inches depicting Malcolm X
seated in a chair with a copy of James
Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” on the coffee
table in front of him.
[Np, circa 1970s]
[500/750]
336
334
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(ISLAM.) GIBBON, EDWARD.
The Life of Mahomet. With Sketches of
the reigns of Abubeker, Omar, Othman and Ali.
171 pages; printer’s flaw at pages
167-170 sheets short close to bottom, not affecting the text. 12mo, contemporary full tree
calf with red morocco spine label, and three gilt rules. A very handsome copy.
Leominster: by Samuel Wood for John Whiting of Lancaster, 1805
[400/600]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET MOHAMED
extracted
from Edward Gibbon’s massive “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” While not common
to the plantation, there were a number of known instances of Islam among slaves in the deep
South. See Allan D. Austin’s African Muslims in Ante-Bellum America (Routledge, 1997).
335
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MALCOLM X.
Malcolm X, Full Sheet Poster,
41 x 26 inches; creases where
folded; a fine example with the stamp on the reverse “Malcolm X 1 sh. 72/220”
Los Angeles, 1972
[2,500/3,500]
A SCARCE POSTER FOR THE FIRST MALCOLM X FILM
.
Written and directed by Arnold
Pearl with the assistance of Alex Haley who wrote the “Autobiography”. James Earl Jones,
Ossie Davis and a host of cameos who were actually a part of Malcolm’s life could not save this
film from almost instant obscurity. Mostly a string of episodes bolstered by documentary footage.
ISLAM
LOTS 334-338
