Himes, Chester

Pinktoes

Paris: Olympia Press, 1961. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Second issue with the new price stamped on the rear wrap. Association copy. Inscribed by Himes to Matthew Monahan, former director of the Gotham Book Mart. About Very Good. Green wraps, faded and with creases and tears at the spine, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. The true first edition of Himes' novel that he says is "intended as a satire of middle-class Negroes and their white sponsors who used the Negro problem to rid themselves of other social neuroses." Very Good. Item #11472

Price: $800.00