The Beautiful Struggle [Signed in the Month of Publication]

New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2008. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); white and sage green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xii],227,[1]pp. Signed on the title page in the month of publication, dated 5/27/08." While not explicitly marked as such, this copy comes from the library of Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, who has highlighted passages on 30 pages. Base of spine gently nudged; Very Good+ in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $22.95). The National Book Award-winning author's first book, a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore, and the influence of his father (a former Black Panther) on he and his older brother.