Chester Himes "Run Man Run" First American Edition 1966

Chester Himes

First Edition

HIMES, Chester. Run Man Run. New York: G.P. Putnam's Son's, 1966. First American edition; (was first published in French, in Paris in 1959). Illustrated dust jacket; price clipped; boards in orange cloth with black lettering and gun design to spine. One of Himes' main crime novels, Run Man Run centers on "Walker", a white New York City detective and loose cannon, who, while drunk, kills two Black restaurant workers 'because they were there,' and pursues a third who witnessed the murders, determined to kill him as well. Some rubbing to boards and age-related toning; overall in very good condition.

Item #20664

Price: $125.00