The Measure of a Man

  • Philadelphia: The Christian Education Press, 1959
By [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] KING, JR., Martin Luther
Philadelphia: The Christian Education Press, 1959. First Edition. Small octavo (15.75cm); sage green cloth, with titles stamped in black on front cover; dustjacket; vi,34pp. Previous owner's neat ink name at upper front endpaper, hint of sunning to spine, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.00), gently spine-sunned, showing very light external wear, with some subtle toning to panels, and a small closed tear to lower rear panel (tape mended on verso); Near Fine.

Well-preserved copy of this early book by King, containing the full text of two addresses he delivered at the first National Conference on Christian Education of the United Church of Christ, held at Purdue University in the summer of 1958. The two addresses - "What Is Man?" and "The Dimensions of a Complete Life" - were so persuasive and well-received that the 3,000 delegates to the conference urged that they be made available in book format. BLOCKSON 8878. 84098.

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