If He Hollers Let Him Go

Himes, Chester

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York, 1945

About this Item

First Edition of the author's first book. [6], [1]-249 pp. 8vo. Himes' first novel, a sexually-charged exploration of the alienated consciousness of an African-American worker in an armaments plant in Los Angeles during World War Two, it earned him critical praise, favorable comparison to the works of Richard Wright, and significant analysis in Franz Fanon's seminal study of racism, Black Skin, White Masks (Peau noire, masques blancs, 1952). Black cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine; near fine in repaired unclipped dust jacket with loss at spine, rubbed on lower front cover with some small tears along upper and lower edges, bumped upper corner and light soiling; overall a very good copy First Edition of the author's first book. Seller Inventory # 333561

Bibliographic Details

Title: If He Hollers Let Him Go

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York

Publication Date: 1945

Binding: [6], [1]-249 pp. 8vo

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition