signed first edition
1994 · New York
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] BEALS, Melba Pattillo
New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); beige paper-covered boards and burgundy cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxiv,312pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "6/94 / To: Robert / Your energy + determination are a reflection of the Holy Spirit / Best wishes / Melba Beals." Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $22.00), with some sunning to spine. Memoir by one of the "Little Rock Nine," published around the 40th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. "Beals commemorates the milestone decision in this first-person (truncated)