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Anchorage, Alaska: Aurora Borealis Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 110pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with one black-and-white plate by Richard Jarrett. Due to a binder's error, one leaf of text is bound, in place, but upside-down (the text is complete). Very near fine. Inscribed by Ellis in the year of publication: "4-11-66 To Mr. Willie Carrol. My best regards and I sincerely hope you will help strengthen 'The Weak Link' From William T. Ellis". African-American author was born and educated in Newton, Mississippi. "So much has been written about Negroes and 'the new revolution' caused by rising demands on the part of Negroes for full recognition as 'first class citizens' that the public is confused... I have likened the 20 million Negroes, in America, to a weak link in a chain. The white people of the nation comprise the strong links of the whole chain... The purpose of this book is to help white people realize that proper humanitarianism and compassionate… Read More

Aurora Borealis Book Company, 1966T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 1966, 110 pages, hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep. Later signature from 1993. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Corners are mildly bumped. Boards are stiff. Dust jacket is present but has significant loss around the edges, tattered, slightly faded on spine but still readable. Dust Jacket is now protected by mylar cover.

Anchorage, Alaska: Aurora Borealis Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. Octavo. 110, [2]pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with one black-and-white plate by Richard Jarrett. Near fine in a chipped and worn fair only dust jacket, with the word "Negroes" on the front panel underlined. This African-American author was born and educated in Newton, Mississippi. "So much has been written about Negroes and 'the new revolution' caused by rising demands on the part of Negroes for full recognition as 'first class citizens' that the public is confused... I have likened the 20 million Negroes, in America, to a weak link in a chain. The white people of the nation comprise the strong links of the whole chain... The purpose of this book is to help white people realize that proper humanitarianism and compassionate action on their part will prevent the 'weak link' from snapping apart" (from the author's foreword). Scarce.

Anchorage, Alaska: Aurora Borealis Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 110, [2]pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with one black and white plate by Richard Jarrett. Fine in modestly spine-sunned else near fine dust jacket. Author's nearly full-page Inscription on the front fly. The African-American author was born and educated in Newton, Mississippi. "So much has been written about Negroes and 'the new revolution' caused by rising demands on the part of Negroes for full recognition as 'first class citizens' that the public is confused... I have likened the 20 million Negroes, in America, to a weak link in a chain. The white people of the nation comprise the strong links of the whole chain... The purpose of this book is to help white people realize that proper humanitarianism and compassionate action on their part will prevent the 'weak link' from snapping apart" (from the author's foreword). Scarce.