The Professional Radical: Conversations With Saul Alinsky
Alinsky, Saul and Marion K. Sanders. Harper & Row/Perennial Library, 1970 (1st Ed. Thus). Softbound. Design by C. Linda Dingler. A collection of dynamic dialogues between journalist Sanders and the iconic activism innovator. Features a cover design that opposes solemn typography with high-contrast color blocking by Printed Matter bookshop–founder Pat Steir, who served as art director at Harper & Row and would later befriend Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner, and Agnes Martin, and herself rise to fame as a conceptual artist with a series of X-ed–out paintings she declared were motivated by a desire 'to destroy images as symbols'.
Spine is tight, square, and uncreased. Interior is clean and unmarked. There is some edge-wear and chipping to the cover. Pages are somewhat toned. 93 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
