Changed by Jesse Owens (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's nameplate pasted onto front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition. 160pp. Very good ex-library copy with usual library markings, shadows from sticker removal on the boards and first few pages, and toning in a near fine dust jacket with some toning. "A shockingly personal statement in a tragically impersonal time.".…

Condition: Good. dj. First Edition. First Edition. 223 pp. Black cloth spine over gray boards with silver lettering; original dust jacket priced $5.95. Jacket shows noticeable staining, moisture rippling, and edge wear; boards display tape shadows and discoloration; interior text block clean and solid. A candid and reflective autobiographical work in which Owens reassesses his personal, political, and athletic life since Blackthink. Includes recollections of Martin Luther King Jr., Angela Davis, and Owens' own struggles toward greater self-knowledge. A First Edition offering insight into the mind of one of America's most iconic athletes and civil rights figures. Case 5. .…

Hardbound. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Small bump to top edge of rear board, else a fine copy, in original priced dust jacket with light rubbing and a small spot of abrasion to the front panel. Owens "discusses how he has changed personally and politically since he wrote Blackthink, how he has come to greater self-knowledge, and how he has grown into militancy. But there is more here: relivings of great races; instructions to young athletes; wonderful portraits of his friends Joe Louis and Martin Luther King,Jr.; his attempts to come to terms with Eldridge Cleaver and Angela Davis" (jacket).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Owens' gripping memoir released in conjunction with his appearance in the 1972 Munich Olympics. Book shows some very mild fading along edges, former owner's name in dark ink on dark endpaper, otherwise a clean and crisp copy. Jacket shows a bit of soil and rubbing. 5.5 x 8.5 inches with 160 pages. 5.95 jacket price.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. First Edition. First printing, hardcover, 160 pp. Owner name, date and addres inked on half title page, minor wear to bottom board edges, slight bump to head of spine, still a tight lightly used near fine copy with clean text in a near fine price clipped dust jacket which is now protected in an archival cover.…

First Edition. First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip indicating publication date of August 26, 1972, and promo letter laid in reading in part, "Thirty-six years after his humiliation of Hitler, Jesse Owens has been invited by the German government to be a guest at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, beginning August 26th, publication date of I HAVE CHANGED." Jesse "the world's fastest human" Owens, winner of four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics, relives his great races, tells stories of his friendships with Joe Louis, Martin Luther King, et al, and describes his evolution in thinking since publication of his first book, BLACKTHINK. Fine in fine dust jacket with touch of light soiling.…