New York: Avon Book Division, 1959. First American Edition. Originally published in Paris in Gallimard's "Serie Noire," under the title Couché dans le pain (1959), part of Himes's series featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. FABRE, SKINNER & SULLIVAN P8. First Printing. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow..... More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1961. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [6],7-159,[1]pp ads. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Shallow loss to crown, light wear to extremities, with a small scratch to uper right..... More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1950. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; 173pp, [3] ads. Minute wear along upper edge of rear wrapper, with faint crease to center of same and tiny inked date to title page; Near Fine, unread..... More

New York: Belmont Books, 1969. First Edition. Racially-charged, autobiographical novel by the Afro-Canadian author. Octavo; photo-illustrated wrappers; green edge-staining; 172,[4]pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, else Fine and unread, with the edge-staining bright and unfaded. More

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1956. First Edition Thus. Movie tie-in edition for Goodis's 1956 novel Down There, in which an alcoholic former concert pianist plays piano in a sleazy bar, and becomes entangled with criminals who ultimately murder his girlfriend. Basis for François Truffaut's 1960 film noir Tirez sur..... More

New York: Dell, [1959]. First Edition. First Printing. 12mo (16.25cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, all edges green; 160pp. Some light edge wear, hairline crack to hinge at pp. 4/5, else Very Good or better. "Novelization of the TV series based on Huggins' character [Stuart Bailey]" (HUBIN, p. 215). More

New York: Dell Publishing Company, [1951]. First Edition. A paperback original novel. Slim octavo (16.25cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [64]pp. Trivial wear along spine-fold, subtle tanning to text edges, with faint previous owners name on upper margin of title page; Near Fine. First separate edition of this novella, originally published..... More

New York: Scholastic Book Services, [1962]. First Thus. 12mo (16cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained yellow; [6],218pp.; text illus. throughout. Wrappers quite worn and creased, upper cover starting to separate, cracks at spine ends, textblock slightly toned and chipped; a Good at best copy of the first paperback..... More

New York: Macfadden Books, 1968. First Paperback Edition. Simmons's first novel (published in 1957), chronicling the rise and fall of a 19 year-old Black dope hustler whose life begins to deteriorate when he is caught by police with a white woman and drugs in his car. Winner of the Houghton..... More

New York: Lion Book by arrangement with Prime Publications, [1953]. First Edition. First Printing. 12mo (16cm.); original pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained dark purple-black; 128pp. Upper wrapper with several faint crease marks, general shelf-wear, else About Very Good. Early Thompson novel about a newly-paroled man escaping assassination. Institutionally scarce..... More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1965. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [4],5-160pp. Slight forward lean, light wear to wrappers, some tanning to text edges, and a few faint vertical creases to spine; Very Good. HUBIN, p.402. More

New York: Popular Library, [1970]. First Edition. 12mo (17.25cm.); original black photo-illustrated card wrappers, all edges stained green; 128pp. Minor rubbing along spine edges, a few dampstains affecting edge stain, textblock uniformly toned as usual, else Very Good or better, apparently unread. Novelization of the 1964 film of the same..... More

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1969. First Edition. Octavo (17.5cm), pictorial paper wrappers; yellow edgestains; 176pp. Minor creases to wrappers, along spine and joints; slight rubbing and chips to extremities. Advertisement between pgs. 88-89 torn out; signature and inscription from author on title page; else bindings sound and square, Very..... More