Cotton Comes To Harlem by "The father of the black crime novel", Chester Himes
by Himes, Chester
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[African-American Fiction], [Harlem] Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes To Harlem. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1965. First American edition. Hardcover, 224 pages. Original red and black cloth hardcovers with white titled lettering on spine. Housed in original black dustjacket with white and red lettering. Dust jacket verso features a black and white portrait of Chester Himes in Paris. Octavo. Cotton Comes To Harlem is the sixth and best-known novel in Himes's Harlem Detective series. The book follows Black detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed as they search for $87,000 stolen from hardworking African-American families who dream of escaping poverty in America. The novel's popularity led to other crime novels featuring African-American police and detectives, earning Himes a reputation as the "father of the black crime novel". The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 and a BBC 4 Radio play in 2012. Dustjacket bright and intact. Pages and covers clean and bright. In very good condition.
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- Cotton Comes To Harlem by "The father of the black crime novel", Chester Himes
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- Himes, Chester
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- G
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.