IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

by John Ball

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York: Harper & Row, 1965 . First edition. First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina. Fine in very good plus jacket. Item #39460 This book and the landmark film adaptation directly engaged with the civil rights movement, then in full swing. According to director

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