BASS, Charlotta A. (1874-1969). Forty Years: Memoirs from the Pages of a Newspaper. Los Angeles, Privately Published, 1960. Large 8vo (145 x 221 mm). Red cloth. (Near fine with very mild bumping to corners and small cut in front hinge.) FIRST EDITION. Memoirs of prominent civil rights activist and notable newspaper editor Charlotta Bass. She owned and operated the California Eagle from 1912-1951, the first African American woman to own her own newspaper in the United States. She is also the first African American woman nominated for Vice President when she ran on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952. Uncommon. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to front flyleaf, “April 24 - 1960 / To Mandy / with deep respect / Charlotta A. Bass” Condition: Near fine with very mild bumping to corners and small cut in front hinge. Toning to front flyleaf.
BASS, Charlotta A. (1874-1969). Forty Years: Memoirs from the Pages of a Newspaper. Los Angeles, Privately Published, 1960. Large 8vo (145 x 221 mm). Red cloth. (Near fine with very mild bumping to corners and small cut in front hinge.) FIRST EDITION. Memoirs of prominent civil rights activist and notable newspaper editor Charlotta Bass. She owned and operated the California Eagle from 1912-1951, the first African American woman to own her own newspaper in the United States. She is also the first African American woman nominated for Vice President when she ran on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952. Uncommon. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to front flyleaf, “April 24 - 1960 / To Mandy / with deep respect / Charlotta A. Bass” Condition: Near fine with very mild bumping to corners and small cut in front hinge. Toning to front flyleaf.
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