The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Macgibbon & Kee / London 1965. First Printing of the seminal work on the decolonization of the mind. Jacket has only light edge wear. Name of previous owner on first page. No underlining or marks in text. There is a sticker inside the book indicating it was initially sold at the Michael Forde Bookshop in Georgetown, Guyana "The bookshop is named for a 22-year-old Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) activist, who was one of the leaders of the historic Freedom Marches in February of 1964. Forde was killed by an explosive package brought to Freedom House by a book purchaser. It was reported to the police that a young man went into the Progressive Bookshop, housed in the Freedom House building with a small carton. He placed the box on a bookshelf, purchased a book, and, without waiting for his change, hurriedly left the shop, leaving his box behind. Seconds after the man had left, Forde, who was an employee, called out to the manager, Miss Euna Mulzack, an American citizen residing in