"I WISH FOR YOU HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT": FIRST EDITION OF MY LIFE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., INSCRIBED BY CORETTA SCOTT KING

KING, Coretta Scott. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969). Octavo, original cream cloth, original dust jacket. $1250.

First edition of these memoirs about the private and public lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family, inscribed by the author: "For Stephen R. Koschal, I wish for you happiness and fulfillment… Coretta Scott King."

"The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement," Coretta Scott King here chronicles a life in which she "overcame tragedy, held her family together and became an inspirational presence around the world" (New York Times). Stated first edition, illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographic images. Blockson 3420. Brignano 147. With a laid-in typed letter on Mrs. King's letterhead, signed by her staff assistant Sand E. Brim, noting the return of this book with King's autograph as requested.

Mild toning to cloth. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, front panel with vertical ridge. An extremely good copy.