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ESQUIRE. SEPTEMBER, 1936.

By: Gingrich, Arnold. (Ed.) Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (Story) Himes, Chester. (Story)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: CHICAGO, ESQUIRE., INC. : 1936

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 28645

Binding: Periodical

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

First edition. Issue would be near fine but for strip of archival linen tape neatly re-inforcing spine. Features the F. Scott Fitzgerald story "An Author's Mother." Also an early Chester Himes' prison story "The Visiting Hour." Petty girl illustration intact.
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A CASE OF RAPE.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: NY, TARG EDITIONS. : 1980

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29174

Condition: Fine

SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 350 copies. Fine in 1/4 cloth & boards, with an unprinted tissue wrapper, as issued.
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A CASE OF RAPE.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: NY, TARG EDITIONS. : 1980

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313154

SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 350 signed copies. Near fine in white quarter cloth & black boards in the publisher's unprinted tissue overlay. (Hint of faint foxing at edges)
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BABY SISTER.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: PARIS, L' INSTANT NOIR. : 1987

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 312709

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Near fine in pictorial boards, without dj. as issued. (Couple minor rubs & hint of shelf wear to covers) Text in French. First separate publication of "Baby Sister" from "Black On Black" and includes Naturally, the Negro" & "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" two posthumous publications.
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BLACK ON BLACK.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, DOUBLEDAY. : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 312722

ISBN-13: 9780385025263

Fine in a fine dj. Seventeen short stories, five essays & a film scenario.
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Blind Man with a Pistol.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, MORROW. : 1969

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3114675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Couple tiny spots of soiling at edges. Half-inch closed tear at bottom edge of front panel next to spine. A few mild traces of soiling on interior of jacket. ) A Gravedigger and Coffin Ed novel. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 240 pages
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CAST THE FIRST STONE.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: COWARD. NY 1952 : 1952

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine in a Nf. dj. (Darkening to titles on spine of dj. & at white borders of rear panel. A few tiny chips at crest of spine) Author's THIRD novel.
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CAST THE FIRST STONE.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: NY: COWARD MCCANN. 1952 : 1952

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 16893

Condition: Very Good

A very good+ copy in a Vg.+ dj. (A few mild traces of damping at crest of spine on cloth. Couple mild soil spots on edges. 1 1/2"-inch tear along edge of spine & rear panel of dj. Several small chips in folds of dj. flaps. Dime-size soil spot on rear panel of dj. The overall appearance of the book is quite nice. The chips in the dj. are concealed nearly perfectly in the folds) Author's THIRD book.
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DARE-DARE. ("RUN MAN RUN.")

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: PARIS, GALLIMARD. : 1959

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313412

A paperback original. Fine in printed wrappers, with only the inevitable age toning to text. Issued under the Serie Noire imprint.
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FAUT ETRE NEGRE POUR FAIRE CA..("THE NEGRO MUST MAKE IT.")

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: PARIS, LIEU COMMUN. : 1986

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 312800

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

First edition. Trade-size paperback original. Text in French. Early stories by Himes. Close to fine in printed wrappers. (Mild curl to edge of front cover. )
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Hot Day Hot Night. (Formerly: Blind Man with a Pistol)

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Dell : 1970

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3116213

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

First Dell edition. (First printing under this title) Close to fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Couple of trivial spots of damping at bottom edge of text block, otherwise fine. ) ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 238 pages
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LA FIN D'UN PRIMITIF. ("THE PRIMITIVE.")

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: PARIS, GALLIMARD. : 1956

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313411

Nearly fine in printed wrappers. (Single tape ghost on front endpaper) Text in French.
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LONELY CRUSADE.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: KNOPF. NY 1947 : 1947

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2383

Condition: Fine

Close to fine in a priceclipped dj. (A few tiny chips at upper spine on dj.) Author's THIRD book.
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MY LIFE OF ABSURDITY.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: NY, DOUBLEDAY. : 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313152

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (No remainder marks! Faint trace of foxing at top edge. ) Second volume in the author's autobiography.
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MY LIFE OF ABSURDITY. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHESTER HIMES. VOLUME II.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: NY, DOUBLEDAY. : 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 306325

ISBN-13: 9780385089098

Binding: Hardcover

Fine, but for the usual remainder speckels at bottom edge of text block, in a Nf. dj. (Some edge tears at folds of dj. Hint of light shelfsoiling to dj.)
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PINKTOES.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: PUTNAM. NY 1965 : 1965

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 6601

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First American edition & first hardcover edition. A near fine copy in a Vg.+ dj. (Couple spots of soiling at top edge. Tiny chips at base of rear panel. A few short edge tears)
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PINKTOES.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: PARIS, OLYMPIA PRESS. : 1961

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 306693

"True" First Printing. First issue with the printed price of 15f. (without the later 18f. stamp) Would be fine, but for a diagonal tear running across most of p83 which has been expertly repaired on the reverse by a nearly indiscernable application of clear tape.
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THE COLLECTED STORIES OF CHESTER HIMES.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS. NY 1991 : 1991

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 1492

ISBN-13: 9781560250210

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in plain brown printed wrappers. (Light bumping at upper righthand corner of front cover & adjoining text. Faint trace of soiling on front cover) (B)
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THE QUALITY OF HURT.

By: Himes, Chester.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, DOUBLEDAY. : 1972

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 313153

ISBN-13: 9780385014427

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Fine in fine dust jacket. (No remainder marks! ) First volume in the author's autobiography.
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MAMIE MASON. ("PINKTOES.")

By: Himes, Chester. (Text) Collard, Henri. (Trans.)

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: PARIS, PLON. : 1962

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313403

First French edition and first hardcover edition after the Olympia Press imprint. INSCRIBED by Chester Himes on the front endpaper. Close to fine in a very good dj. (Edge wear to dj.) (B)
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