If He Hollers Let Him Go

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A hardcover first edition of If He Hollers Let Him Go. Published in 1945, Chester Himes’s first (fiction) novel examines the conflicted position of its protagonist, who finds himself entangled in the traumas of racism and corrupt bureaucracy while working at a Los Angeles defense plant during the second World War. The book is protected by a plastic-covered yellow (front) and white (reverse) dust jacket. In large red bold font, the front reads: [CHESTER B. / HIMES / If He / Hollers / Let Him / Go / A NOVEL]. The same print is found on the yellow spine. On the reverse side of the dust jacket, the Doubleday Doran & Company Incorporated ship logo features at the top right corner. Beside the logo on the right, in large black print, is: [Towards a better / Understanding . . .].

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