Lot #495

Alex Haley: First edition inscribed "with love from me and all of the Roots family of Kunta Kinte!"

Description

First edition inscribed "with love from me and all of the Roots family of Kunta Kinte!"

Signed book: Roots. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 587 pages. Signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "March 10, 1988, For Elaine Collins—with love from me and all of the Roots family of Kunta Kinte! Sincerely, Alex Haley." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG, with a small tear at the base of the dust jacket's spine.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
• Dates: #555 - Ended 05/08/2019

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