New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1945

8vo, pp. 249. Original black boards, lettered in yellow to spine. Printed dust jacket. Leading edge uncut. A near fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, a little faded at spine, a single 8mm closed tear to top edge, and a little loss to spine ends.

First edition of the author's first book,

A story of racism in an American wartime shipyard, Himes' first book is a prelude to the bloody crime novels that would later make his name.