Penn Jones Continuing Inquiry Vols I-IV Binders + Forgive My Grief 1st

by Penn Jones Jr

$400 · Offered by eBay

ITEM SPECIFICS Condition: Good (see Condition Breakdown) Format: Newsletter Binders (2) plus Paperback Book Special Notes: Forgive My Grief Vol. I: copyright page states First Printing May 1966, 7,500 copies (Midlothian Mirror). The newsletter run spans Vol. I (1976) to Vol. IV (1979) in the publisher's case binders as kept by the original subscriber. A CLOSER LOOK "I don't just flip items; I collect them. I know what it means to hunt for the right edition or a perfectly preserved piece." The Details: Penn Jones Jr. of the Midlothian Mirror ran The Continuing Inquiry, the first JFK assassination research newsletter, out of Texas from 1976. This is a subscriber's run in two binders, Vol. I No. 1 (August 22, 1976) through Vol. IV No. 1 (August 22, 1979) photographed in place, together with his Forgive My Grief Vol. I in the true first printing of May 1966. Material from the founding generation of assassination research, from the library of a researcher who kept it for fifty years. CONDITION BREAKDOWN "I grade strictly so there are no surprises when you open the box." Exterior/Box: Binders sound with handwritten spine labels from the original owner; newsletter pages toned, as expected for 1970s newsprint. Item/Media: Forgive My Grief is clean and bright with a firm binding; newsletters complete as kept. Flaws: Age toning to the newsletter pages; binder labels are the original owner's handwriting, which is part of the provenance. THE BLUE BIRD STANDARD I'm building my reselling b

• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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