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The autobiography of Chester Himes.

Van Pelt Library PS3515.I713 Z5 v.1 v.2
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LIBRA Rare PS3515.I713 Z5 1972 Banks copy v.2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
Himes, Chester B.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Novelists, American.
African American novelists--Biography.
African American novelists.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Quality of hurt
My life of absurdity
Place of Publication:
Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972-1976.
Contents:
v. 1. The quality of hurt
v. 2. My life of absurdity.
Notes:
"The works of Chester Himes": v. 2, pages [395]-398.,
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy volume 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy volume 2 has dust jacket retained with jacket photo by Claire La Chance.
OCLC:
277320

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