Skin Deep

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-214,[2]pp. Mild crinkling to cloth at heel, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), with light wear to extremities, mild toning to extremities, and some light dust-soil; Very Good+. Early work by Martin (1920-2013), a white American journalist and author of 30 books. A novel "of four American Negro expatriates in Paris..The four meet and become friends, bound together not merely by the color of their skin, but by their longing for acceptance and recognition as individuals, Each man, however, finally comes to realize that though he just wants peace to pursue his career, his heritage is an ever-present reality with which he must eventually come to terms" (from front flap). BLOCKSON 6397. (Inventory #: 82057)