Coal Black and the Seven Dudes Unknown - 1973

Vantage Press, New York, 1973 First edition hardcover, with dustcover. Black paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, 89 pp. Book good (inscription on the front pastedown, unsigned, but possibly by the author; modest foxing, edges of book block and endpapers; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight and square). Dustcover good (moderate wear; several short closed tears; mild foxing/soiling rear panel; 3/4 inch chip, rear panel; illustrated front panel still quite attractive; not price-clipped; now in mylar jacket). Written by a psychiatrist. Scarce. "Dr. Mehlinger's childhood experiences in his native city made him acutely aware of the psychic damage suffered by members of both black and white people as a result of racial prejudice and discrimination. In 1962, he founded the organization Image & Identification, to protest the then prevailing racist practices of the communications and advertising industry. Coal Black and the Seven Dudes is a further effort to… Leer más