Deep is the Hunger: Meditations for Apostles of Sensitiveness (Inscribed First Edition)

New York, Harper Brothers, 1951. First edition, later printing. Hardbound, Near fine in a near fine jacket, Jacket has edge wear and sticker shadow, as pictured. Octavo, x, 212pp. Blue and teal cloth, title in navy blue on spine. "K-H" code on the copyright page, lacking the "First Edition" statement. Solid text block, internally fine. Previous ownership bookplate on front endpaper. Publisher's dust jacket is price-clipped. Warmly inscribed by Howard Thurman on the title page and dated in 1960. Thurman was a prominent minister, academic, and civil rights leader of the 20th century. He served as dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University from 1932-1944, then as dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University from 1953-1965. Thurman's dedication to sharing the theology of radical nonviolence influenced many civil rights movement leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., who was mentored by Thurman while attending Boston University. The former owner of the book, Heavilin, was a Master’s degree in Divinity from Boston University and a professor.…