[Calligraphy] King, Martin Luther Jr.; Kent, Mark - artist

Lonesome Valley [Manuscript Calligraphy Book]

[Berkeley?]: Mark Kent, [Ca. 1970s]. 3.25x9.25" [14]ff including covers. Manuscript calligraphy on opaque pink paper backed in red felt, written on rectos only, signed by Mark Kent in pencil on final leaf. Stitched Japanese style with pink yarn. Few minor imperfections to wraps else near fine.

A lovely rendering of part of King's important "A Man Dies when he Refuses to Stand Up" speech delivered in Selma on March 8, 1965 while supporting the striking sanitation workers.  This booklet begins with "If a Man Happens to be 36 Years Old..." and concludes with "...letting the world know we are determined to be free."

This comes from the collection of Phyllis Kavin of Kater-Krafts bindery in Pico-Rivera, CA, a passionate calligraphy collector.  We find a California calligraphy artist, Mark Kent, having done work for the Berkeley co-op Inkworks, producing political posters for Black Panther activism in the 1970s.  Perhaps this book is by the same artist.  A lovely item.  

. Item #8922

Price: $150.00