The Heat's On
by Chester Himes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
G.P. Putnam's, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo in orange and black cloth, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square, virtually no rubbing. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, one corner rubbed, creases at the bottom of the front panel.
Synopsis
Chester Himes was born in Missouri in 1909. He began writing while serving a prison sentence for a jewel theft and published just short of twenty novels before his death in 1984. Among his best-known thrillers are Blind Man with a Pistol , Cotton Comes to Harlem , The Crazy Kill , A Rage in Harlem , The Real Cool Killers , and The Heat's On , all available from Vintage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dunaway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 282163
- Title
- The Heat's On
- Author
- Chester Himes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....