[Rarebooks] FS: African-American author's First Book

[Bob Petrilla]

Mayfield, Julian. THE HIT: A Novel. NY: Vanguard Press, (1957). First
Edition. 212pp. Bound in cloth-backed black boards, lettering in color, in
a lightly smudged dust wrapper. 8.25" x 5.5" Very Good in Very Good
dust-jacket. Cloth-backed boards.
This novel, the author's first book, centers on the dream of sudden riches
from playing the numbers game in Harlem. Mayfield was born in South
Carolina, attended Lincoln University, worked as an actor, etc. $40.00

Trade discount 20%, postpaid in US


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