Signed book: The Desegregated Heart. First edition, later printing. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1962. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 364 pages. Signed in blue ballpoint on the first free end page, “Best wishes, Martin Luther King, Jr.,” and also signed in ballpoint on the first free end page and front pastedown, “Freedom Now!! Rosa Parks,” “Sincerely, James Farmer,” “Best wishes Ralph David Abernathy,” “Aaron E. Henry,” “James T. Bevel,” “Bayard Rustin,” and “Wyatt Tee Walker.” Autographic condition: fine, with a few light spots and some scattered light toning to pastedown and first free end page, none affecting King’s signature. Book condition: VG/G. An outstanding and possibly unique collection of civil rights pioneers, as King and Parks are seldom—if ever—seen on the same item. RR Auction COA.
