Upon the front free endpaper Dr. King has sharply inscribed, “To Taylor Grant, With Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.” in bold, crisp blue ink. Nearly flawless and very fluent the signing grades a conservative 8.5/10. Held within its original dustcover (VG-EX) a blue linen cover with black spine protects its lightly toned pages of excellent quality. “Stride Toward Freedom”, was copyrighted in 1958 and published by Harper and Brothers.