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La Croisade De Lee Gordon (Lonely Crusade)
Paris: Corrêa, 1952. First French Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); original printed wrappers; [7],8-384,[4]pp. Light wear to extremities, gentle sunning to spine, a few tiny tears to lower wrapper edges, with subtle tanning to text edges (the majority of which are unopened); Very Good+, lacking the scarce pictorial dustjacket.
First French edition of Himes's second book, issued the same year as his emigration from the U.S. to Paris. Originally published as Lonely Crusade by Knopf in 1947. A penetrating and subtle left-wing (but intensely anti-Communist) novel concerning race conflict at a California aircraft factory during World War II, which managed to offend African-Americans, whites, and communists alike. The French edition notably includes a preface by Richard Wright, which did not appear in the American edition. RIDEOUT p.299. HANNA 1729 (for the American edition). 90440.
Price: $150.00