For Malcolm X

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A hardcover, second edition of the book For Malcom X with paper dustcover. The book is bound with black, heavily textured full cloth covers with gold lettering along its spine. The paper dustcover is white with a large “X” depicted as paint strokes at center with [FOR MALCOLM] across the top. Along the bottom is small black text that reads, [Poems On The Life And The Death Of Malcom X / Edited by Dudley Randall and Margaret G. Burroughs / BROADSIDE PRESS: Detroit]. The title is repeated vertically along the spine of the jacket, with a bold green letter “B” (for the publisher) at the bottom. On the reverse of the jacket is a synopsis from the publisher and praise from an external editor, printed in small, centered black text, above the publisher’s address [BROADSIDE PRESS / 12651 Old Mill Place / Detroit, Michigan 48238].

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