Autumn 2020 Catalogue

52 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 Scarce Association First Edition Of Charles Fager’s Selma , 1965, Inscribed By Congressman John Lewis 53. (LEWIS, John) FAGER, Charles E. Selma, 1965. New York, 1974. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket. $2500. Click for more info First edition of Quaker activist Charles Fager’s on-the-ground history of Selma—“the march that chanced the South”—an exceptional association copy inscribed: “Best Wishes, John Lewis.” Selma , 1965 is “a fascinating portrait of the most significant campaign of the civil rights movement.” Fager, a Quaker activist and author, also served as field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference andwas a bodyguard for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This distinctive association copy, inscribed by Congressman John Lewis, documents the day he and other marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. With 16 pages of illustrations. A fine copy. Congressman John Lewis’ Powerful Memoir, Walking With The Wind , Boldly Inscribed In The Year Of Publication By Him 52. LEWIS, John. Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement. New York, 1998. Octavo, original gray paper boards, dust jacket. $2600. Click for more info First edition of Congressman Lewis’ pivotal account of the Civil Rights movement that transformed America, inscribed by him in the year of publication: “To S—, Keep the faith, Best Wishes, John Lewis 7-11-98.” In Walking with the Wind , Congressman John Lewis “evokes, with simplicity and passion, how the 1960s transformed the United States… In this powerful memoir (written with Michael D’Orso), Lewis provides a compelling account… rooted in his own history” ( New York Times ). “The brutal beatings he took at the Selma bridge, the Montgomery bus terminal and dozens of historic conflicts are vividly captured in Walking with the Wind ” (Morris Dees, Southern Poverty Law Center). Mere trace of edge-wear to handsome dust jacket. A fine inscribed copy.