This is a first edition copy of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King, Jr., published by Harper & Brothers, New York, in 1958. The copyright page features the publisher code L-H, indicating a December 1958 printing. The octavo volume is quarter-bound in black cloth with blue paper-covered boards. The title page is inscribed and signed by the author in blue ink, reading Best Wishes / Martin L. King Jr. across the printed author name. The front free endpaper contains the handwritten name Ken Garrison in ink at the top right. The volume includes several sections of black-and-white photographic plates, including images of Rosa Parks and E. D. Nixon. The publisher HB torch logo is visible on the title page and the front cover. Height: 8.25 inches. The book is in fair condition. The spine exhibits significant fraying and cloth loss at the head and tail. The blue paper boards show heavy shelf wear, edge rubbing, and bumping to the corners with associated loss of finish. The internal hinges show visible strain and separation between signatures. The text block is uniformly toned. This copy lacks the original dust jacket.