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New York: Vanguard Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Author's FIRST book. Novel of the numbers racket in Harlem. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 212 pages .

1957 Vanguard Press first edition. Mayfield's first novel. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.Julian Mayfield was a critically acclaimed actor, playwright, and novelist. Signed books by Mayfield are uncommon.Condition of the book is Near Fine. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Plus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows light shelf wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any question

E-011: The Vanguard Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Vanguard Press. 1957. 212 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (chip present to the crown of the DJ spine). Bound in half cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This novel centers on the numbers game and the consequences befalling those who hit as well as those who lose; together they represent an important transition between earlier black writers, such as Langston Hughes, and the more militant voices of the sixties and seventies. E-011; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .

London, Michael Joseph, 1959. 1st UK Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 189 pages; Subjects: Mayfield, Julian 1928-.

London: Michael Joseph, 1959. Hardcover. 190p.,very good first UK edition in boards and unclipped dj. African American author. Debut novel.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1957. (1st Edition). Hardcover. Very good/good. 212p. Rubbed jacket has chips and tears to edges. First novel from this African-American civil rights activist and actor centers around the numbers game in Harlem and represents "an important transition between earlier black writers, such as Langston Hughes, and the more militant voices" from the 1960s and 1970s. (8-1/4"x5-1/2")

New York. 1957. Vanguard Press. 1st American Edition. Bookstore Tag in Front & Spine Slightly Cocked, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. . 212 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Literature Black America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - THE HIT is a magnificently dramatic novel of a universal dream - the dream of sudden riches. In Harlem, that dream centers about the numbers game. Harlem! A world within a world. Never has its hot temper and furious passion, its color, excitement, pathos, sounds, smells, been so captured as in Julian Mayfield's spell-binding story. Harlem was Hubert Cooley's world - and the numbers game was his obsession. This is the story of one day in the life of Hubert and his family - a day that started quietly enough but ended in a crescendo of conflict, violence, disillusion, and - for Hubert's son - the understanding that comes from maturity. Hubert would beg, borrow, even steal for the money to play the numbers. To him a ‘hit' would mean escape - escape forever from the… Read More

This is a nice, collectible cope of the first novel from this African-American civil rights activist and actor.  The action enters around the numbers game in Harlem and represents "an important transition between earlier black writers, such as Langston Hughes, and the more militant voices" from the 1960s and 1970s.
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London: Michael Joseph, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition. Black cloth, octavo. Interior clean, no marks. Some dark spotting to front cover. Very Good copy in a very good dust jacket with a closed tear at top right corner and some soiling to rear panel. Jacket is in a mylar protector. A novel of Harlem.

New York : Vanguard Press, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth spine over black boards with titles in three colors. 212 pages.Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. A novel of Harlem.

Vanguard, 1957, 1st. VG/VG. Spine cocked; trace of shelfwear; PO ink stamps front endpapers. dJ w/ bit of rubbing/edgewear; few tiny dings/chips; in new Brodart protector. 000020213

CollectibleAcceptable. POCKET 1959, 1st printing, (1229). tanned and fragile pages, chipping endpages, Reading copy only, has significant to heavy reading/age wear and tear, may have some staining or water damage, pages may be tanned or fragile, may have loose hinges, may have light to heavy markings, not collector/gift quality. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

U.S.: Pocket 1229, 1959. Square and solid with light wear on the covers.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +.