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(LITERATURE AND POETRY.) HIMES, CHESTER B. If He Hollers, Let Him Go. 249 pages. Small 8vo, original smooth black cloth, lettered in a worn yellow dust jacket with two long closed tears on the rear panel and some general light soil and wear at the spine extremities. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1945
first edition of the author's first book, a presentation copy inscribed for his literary agent: "For Paul Gitlin whom I consider a friend and I hope he will protect my affairs for me. Sept. 5, 1970, New York City." In addition to representing Himes, Gitlin also represented the estates of such notables as Thomas Wolfe, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, Ayn Rand, and Raymond Chandler.
