Soledad Brother Prison Letters by George Jackson (60 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Worn but not damaged. Small paperback. Ships in a cardboard enclosure.

Paperback. Covered in clear adhesive plastic, yellowed paper. Underlining; 1973 reprint. 250gms weight; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 296 pages Very Good- to 3 pages of preface.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (african american, prisoners) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Age toning to pages and moderate shelf wear throughout, particularly to front cover and spine with some exposed edges. Otherwise intact and unmarked copy.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (african american, black militant, civil rights) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: good. Prior owner's name written on the front flyleaf page. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Scott. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

Mass market paperback. Condition: Fair. Vaughn Covington (Cover photograph) (illustrator). Fifth printing stated. [6], 250 pages. Cover worn, torn, taped, creased, soiled and chipped. Some page discoloration. Introduction by Jean Genet. Jean Genet (19 December 1910 - 15 April 1986) was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist, and convicted criminal. While serving a sentence for armed robbery in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the Marxist-Leninist Black Guerrilla Family. In 1961, he was convicted of armed robbery (stealing $70 at gunpoint from a gas station) and sentenced to one year to life in prison. During his first years at San Quentin State Prison, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity. He was described by prison officials as egocentric and anti-social.[5] In 1966, Jackson met and befriended W.L. Nolen, who introduced him to Marxist and Maoist ideology. The two founded the Black Guerrilla Family in 1966 based on Marxist and Maoist political thought. In speaking of his ideological transformation, Jackson remarked "I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels, and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me." In 1970, he was charged, along with two other Soledad Brothers, with the murder of Correctional Officer John Vincent Mills. The same year, he published Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson, a combination of autobiography and manifesto addressed to an African American audience. The book became a bestseller and earned Jackson personal fame. Jackson was killed during an attempted prison escape in 1971. As Jackson's disciplinary infractions grew he spent more time in solitary confinement, where he studied political economy and radical theory. He also wrote many letters to friends and supporters which would later be edited and compiled into the books Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye, bestsellers that brought him a great deal of attention from leftist organizers and intellectuals in the U.S. and Western Europe. He amassed a following of inmates, including whites and Latinos, and most enthusiastically with other black inmates. A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.

The classic with its introduction by Jean Genet. Good reading copy with clean text.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Black and white lettering on covers and photographic design on front cover. Slight edge wear to spine and covers. Introduction by Jean Genet.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to covers and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.36.

250p.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Signs of wear at page corners but generally good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Jean Genet. 250pp.Slightly browning. Title front cover and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unmarked PAGES And BINDING In EXCELLENT CONDITION. Edgewear and rubbing on Dust Jacket. HARDBACK. Not ex-library or facsimile reprint. Published/printed by Coward-McCann, 1970. Approximately 6 X 8 ½. 330 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition 1971, Scarce. Dust Jacket in very good condition with no tears or creasing (though the inner reverse side shows some signs of dust/aging). The book itself is in very good condition, page block edges slightly discoloured/foxed (see photos). Previous owners bookplate on FFEP. Interior clean without any marking of any kind but for some faint spots of foxing. Additional photographs and/or information available on request. Available for immediate dispatch from our Bookshop: Jabberwock Books, Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Bantam Books 1970 Near Fine/ Unread. Minimal rubbing to covers o/w Fine, Pos penned on inside page edges, tight tanned pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 330 pages. Ex-university library book, sunning to the spine and cover edge. Pages toned; a solid book still. No jacket. Introduction by Jean Genet. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 209674.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This copy is in good condition. The covers have light rubbing, edgewear and creasing from use. Both the text and text edges have yellowed with age. Ownership markings have been placed on the interior of the front cover. The text is otherwise free of markings and tight in binding. Size: Mass Market.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good copy in hardcover with very good jacket. Ex-library with markings as follows: book pocket removed from first endpaper leaving an abrasion, small stamp on copyright page from library, "Z" stamped on top edge of page block. No other markings on jacket or otherwise. Light shelf-wear. Jacket has scuffing at spine ends and fore-edge folds. Price-clipped.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in a Good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library pocket on FEP. Rubbing, tearing to pastedowns.

250 pp. 12mo. First edition; mass market paperback, stated: [October 1970]. 250 pp. 12mo. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a pioneering African American filmmaker, photographer, and author. He's well remembered for directing the 1971 film Shaft, that launched the career of star Richard Roundtree, and Isaac Hayes' score won a Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture. Pictorial wraps with some creasing at spine. Parks' ownership stamp on endpaper; very good copy with a terrific association First edition; mass market paperback, stated: [October 1970].

First Edition. First edition. [xvi], 330 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in silver. Top edge foxed, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unfaded and unclipped, lightly shelfworn. The prison letters of a famous African American '60s radical figure.