Blood in My Eye

Jackson, George

ISBN 10: 0224007262 / ISBN 13: 9780224007269

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1972

About this Item

Scarce 1st edition of this controversial book. Signed by Fleeta Drumgo in blue and John Clutchette in red felt pen under the George L Jackson on the title page. I have no way of confirming the authenticity of these signatures but have no reasont to believe they are not genuine. The previous owner of the book whose bookplate and further inscription dated July 1972 appears on the inside front cover and front end paper. I have a number of his books, many of scarce origin and I know he spent time in the USA collecting and buying books. Pages slightly but evenly tanned, red top edges, unmarked. Binding tight. D/w some wear to top edges and a bit grubby top and bottom. A fine rare book possibly the only one with the signatures. Seller Inventory # 009055

Bibliographic Details

Title: Blood in My Eye

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Fibre Board

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Fleeta Drumgo, Juhn Clutchette

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it's author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solidary confinement. In prison he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.