Program for Martin Luther King's funeral in Atlanta on…
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Program for Martin Luther King's funeral in Atlanta on April 9, 1968 brought a hefty price at auction on August 20. Reported by Rare Book Hub.
Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. First printing on heavy-coated paper, and without copyright notice. 8vo. Unpaginated (16 pp.). Original stiff staple-bound pictorial self wrappers; light wear along edges; slightly creased from when rolled.
Rare original printed program for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 9, 1968. The program was later reprinted on different paper bearing a copyright statement to Coretta Scott King.
Only a limited number of copies were printed for attendees. OCLC locates nine copies, with only about eight copies sold at auction in the last 12 years.
This copy sold at Freeman's Hindman Aug. 20 Books and Manuscript sale lot #9 for $15,360. High presale estimate was $800.
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Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. First printing on heavy-coated paper, and without copyright notice. 8vo. Unpaginated (16 pp.). Original stiff staple-bound pictorial self wrappers; light wear along edges; slightly creased from when rolled.
Rare original printed program for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 9, 1968. The program was later reprinted on different paper bearing a copyright statement to Coretta Scott King.
Only a limited number of copies were printed for attendees. OCLC locates nine copies, with only about eight copies sold at auction in the last 12 years.
This copy sold at Freeman's Hindman Aug. 20 Books and Manuscript sale lot #9 for $15,360. High presale estimate was $800.
#history
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