Covina, CA: Collectors Publication, 1968. First edition - Himes' first work of absurdism, a sexual farce featuring, Mamie Mason, Ôthe uptown hostess with the mostessÕ, loosely based on his cousin Mollie Moon, whose decadent interracial parties had helped promote the cause of Ôcivil rights in the bedroom,' A novel "intended as a satire on middle class Negroes and their white sponsors" according to Himes, this was his first bestseller. This copy claims to be the "First American Printing" (although clearly it was not) and complete and unexpurgated. 208 pp plus 24 pp of publisher's ads.