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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965 First printing of the stated first American edition. Faint toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to extremities and light toning along spine fold of back cover, else fine. Made into film in 1970 and considered an early example of the blaxploitation genre, directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, and Redd Foxx.

Kobenhavn: Stig Vendelkaers Forlag, 1968. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Danish edition of *Cotton Comes to Harlem*. Translated by Arne Herlov Petersen. White wrappers a bit toned else a near fine copy in modestly rubbed near fine pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Chester Himes on the front wrap: "for Lestey from Chester Himes.

G. P. Putnam's Sons. Stated first American edition. First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover priced $4.50 small closed tear, edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1965.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1966. 1st Great Britain Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 192 pages; ""... A superbly plotted piece of work ..."" Subjects: Harlem (New York, N. Y. ) --Fiction.

[African-American Fiction], [Harlem] Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes To Harlem. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1965. First American edition. Hardcover, 224 pages. Original red and black cloth hardcovers with white titled lettering on spine. Housed in original black dustjacket with white and red lettering. Dust jacket verso features a black and white portrait of Chester Himes in Paris. Octavo. Cotton Comes To Harlem is the sixth and best-known novel in Himes's Harlem Detective series. The book follows Black detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed as they search for $87,000 stolen from hardworking African-American families who dream of escaping poverty in America. The novel's popularity led to other crime novels featuring African-American police and detectives, earning Himes a reputation as the "father of the black crime novel". The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 and a BBC 4 Radio play in 2012. Dustjacket bright and intact. Pages and covers clean and bright. In very good condition.

Kobenhavn: Stig Vendelkaers Forlag, 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. First Danish edition. Octavo. 227pp. Perfectbound in printed near fine wrappers with very good pictorial dust jacket rubbed and with some edgewear.

[African-American Fiction], [Harlem] Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes To Harlem. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1966. First Dell printing. First paperback edition. 224 pages. Tan paperback illustrated wrappers with black and red lettering. Octavo. Cotton Comes To Harlem is the sixth and best-known novel in Chester Himes's Harlem Detective series. The book follows Black detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed as they search for $87,000 stolen from hardworking African-American families who dream of returning to Africa, escaping poverty in America. The novel's popularity led to other crime novels featuring African American cops and detectives, earning Himes a reputation as the "father of the black crime novel". The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 and a BBC 4 Radio play in 2012. Pages and covers clean and bright. In very good condition.

NY: Putnam, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First American edition. Former library book with the usual markings. Text clean. 223 pages. Dustwrapper flaps glued inside boards. Rubbing to dustwrapper. Small nicks to dustwrapper spine ends.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Stated First American Edition (preceded by a 1964 French Edition). Octavo; 223pp. Missing dust jacket. Red paper-covered boards with black cloth and white lettering to spine. Boards are square with light rubbing at corners and some nudging at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Basis for the 1970 film directed by Ossie Davis.

This is the softcover stated New Dell First Edition from July 1970. Other than the slightest hint of a cover crease, both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight.  **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.Like New

G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First U.S. edition. Heavy rubbing and some pushing to the corners of the coverboards. Very light spine lean. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and bright with no markings. No DJ.

CA: United Artists, 1970. Pressbook originally sent to movie theater owners to help them promote the release of the upcoming film. Light crease across middle. Six Pages accordian fold. (11" X 17") featuring articles, reviews, ads, and black & white reproductions of the selections of movie posters for the movie. Starred Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques and Redd Foxx. . First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pressbook.

Jyväskylä [Finland]: K.J. Gumerus Osakeyhtio, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Finnish edition. Translated by Paavo Lehtonen. Text in Finnish. Endpapers and topedge slightly foxed, near fine in a lightly rubbed about very good dust jacket with light tanning to the rear panel, modest wear to the extremities and a few small nicks and short tears. First published in France in 1964, under the title *Retour en Afrique*.

Dell Numbered Series. New York: Dell Publishing Company. , 1970 first thus. 1513 near fine, unread Movie tie-in. paperback,

General Distribution@services, 1985-02-28. Paperback. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good. Little creased. First thus.

(Stockholm): AWE/Gebers, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. First Swedish edition. Octavo. 255pp. Perfectbound in illustrated wrappers. About very good with rubbing, moderate edgewear and address stamp on first page.

Dell Numbered Series. New York: Dell Publishing Company. , 1966 first edition . 1513 very good, spine crease Movie tie-in. paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Very good. Dell, #1513, 1966, 1st printing, 223 pages, mass market paperback, tight and square, no owner's mark, very light wear,

Dell, 1966 Mystery First Paperback Edition. "Cover re-attached near spine edge with acid-free tape. 2.5"" crease at lower right front cover. Minor touches of edgewear. Light halo tanning of wraps. Previous owner's sticker on first page. Price sticker on rear cover." No. 1513. First printing. Basis of the movie of the same title.

NY: DELL PUB.. usual tanning to pages. . Good. PAPERBACK. 1ST. 1966.