From the Back of the Bus

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A softcover, first edition copy of From the Back of the Bus, written by Dick Gregory, with a forward by Hugh Hefner. The front cover features a sepia toned image photograph of Dick Gregory sitting in the center seat of the backseat of a bus. In front of him are two seat back rests on opposite sides of the bus aisle. He is wearing a black suit and tie with a white dress shirt. Gregory is depicted smoking, with a cigarette held up to his lips with his proper right hand. Behind him is the bus’s blackened back window and a stenciled sign above that reads [NO SMOKING]. The author’s name and book title are printed inside the window in white and yellow text that reads [DICK GREGORY / From the / Back of the Bus]. In the top left corner is the logo for Avon publishers, [AVON] printed inside a large letter [A].

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