Tales
New York: Grove Press [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10[, 132, [2] pp. Bound in brown cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $4.50 on front jacket flap. ANB, Komozi Woodard, "Baraka, Amiriun". LeRoi Jones was founder of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960's and had a long and controversial career as a playwright and writer of essays and fiction. Jones embraced black nationalism and adopted the name Amiri Baraka after the assassination of Malcolm X . The present work is his first collection of short fiction. A sharp copy of this early work by an extraordinarily influential African American writer. Fine / very near Fine. Item #000012031
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