How Do You Do: a Nonsense Drama by Bullins, Ed - 1965

Illuminations Press Book, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 29 pages. 2 B/W photographic plates. Ed Bullins, born 1935 is a playwright associated with the Black Panthers and Black House, the Black Arts Movement Cultural Center, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was the one-time Minister of Culture for the Black Panthers. This is his first play. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in photographically illustrated white wrappers (paperback).

Illuminations Press Book. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1965. Hard Cover. Ex-Library (I-62) .

Mill Valley, CA: Illuminations Press, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [iv]+36pp (plus 4pp of plates), stapled wrappers. The first edition of Bullins's first book (though often carelessly misdescribed as a 1965 publication, because that is the year of copyright, this separate publication was first issued in 1967). This is an excellent first-printing copy with light outer wear.

Corte Madera: Illuminations Press, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Small 8vo. First edition of the author's first book, a play. 31 numbered pages plus additional info at rear of book. A sharp near fine example in photo-illustrated wrapperes. African American lit.

(New York): Illuminations, 1965. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. About fine with light soiling along the extremities and a pencil notation on the rear wrap. Author's first book, a play. Very scarce.