The Hit.
by Mayfield, Julian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
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 .
Synopsis
The Hit is the first novel by author Julian Mayfield, who was also an actor, director, lecturer and Civil Rights activist. The main character, Hubert Cooley, is an avid gambler who looks for a ‘hit’ to rescue him from his life in Harlem, and will do anything to play the game. The novel follows a day in Cooley’s life, which starts out quietly and ends in dramatic confusion and violence.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3116220
- Title
- The Hit.
- Author
- Mayfield, Julian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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Santa Monica, California
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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