Jones, LeRoi [Amiri Baraka] (1934-2014)

The Dead Lecturer: Poems

New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1964). First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 79 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with maroon-stamped spine titles, maroon endpapers. Jacket shows a touch of browning and very slight wear along edges.

First edition poetry volume by one the defining African American writers of his generation. This was Jones's second volume of poetry. LeRoi Jones changed his name to Amiri Baraka when Malcom X was assassinated in 1965.

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