Coming of Age in Mississippi: An Autobiography
New York: The Dial Press, 1968.
First edition, first printing. x, 348 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth lettered in brown on the spine, red-brown topstain. Very Good+ with slight lean to spine, light wear. Scattered foxing to endpapers and textblock edges, small stain to fore edge, contents lightly toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light soiling, toning, and edgewear, indentations from writing implement to front and rear panels, and crease and Savile Book Shop sticker to front flap.
The first edition of Anne Moody's memoir of her childhood in segregated Mississippi and her civil rights awakening. A Congress of Racial Equality organizer and sit-in participant, Moody had become disenchanted with aspects of the movement by the time she wrote this book, but the memoir -- reviewed by Senator Ted Kennedy in the New York Times -- made her a public figure overnight. She soon tired of the limelight and left the country, keeping a low profile for the rest of her life. The memoir remains a political classic and is considered a key text for those studying the civil rights movement.
Price: $250