Soul on Ice
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xv, [3], 3-210, [6] pp. Blue cloth with green lettering on the front board and spine, white lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket photo by Jim Ball. Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. A bookseller's ticket (Savile Bookshop of Washington DC) on the jacket's front flap. ANB, Lauren Araiza and Joshua Bloom, "Cleaver, Eldridge". Blockson 97. Written during his time in prison, Cleaver's book is a series of open letters and essays exploring the social and oppressive forces that molded his life. It is his most significant work and the best biography of his life. Cleaver was a thoroughly complicated figure, remembered for his organizational skills and leadership within the Black Panther Party. He worked for years in San Francisco to advance the goal of Afro-American Unity. His writings that would eventually be published as Soul on Ice were smuggled out of Soledad State Prison by a civil rights lawyer, Beverly Axelrod, to whom the book is dedicated. Cleaver was a charismatic leader and speaker, and formed alliances between the Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society, the United Farmworkers of America, and the anti-Vietnam War movement. He also founded the International Section of the Black Panther Party, giving voice to the struggle of Black people all over the world for autonomy and social liberation. A fascinating figure, Cleaver's collection of essays and letters provides a critical perspective on important moments in Black history. Very Good or better / Very Good. Item #000016270
Light rubbing to the boards' bottom edges, a small doodle (in red and black ink) on the free front endpaper; jacket with a closed tear to its front panel and a small crease on its rear flap.
Price: $150.00