signed Hardcover
1945 · New York
by Himes, Chester
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. Signed by Chester Himes, inscribed to Joe Wershba (probably the CBS journalist and producer) on front free endpaper in New York City, February 17, 1946. Second printing of the first edition. Very Good with bump to spine, dampstain to front cloth and light wear, in supplied About Very Good unclipped dust jacket, chipped at foot, spine-sunned, and edge-worn. Himes' first novel, quite uncommon signed, especially close to the year of publication.
(Inventory #: 180824002)