PASSIONATE JOURNEY TO WINTER By Murrell Edmunds New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, (1962). First edition. A fine copy in black cloth with metallic green spine lettering; in a near fine, illustrated dust jacket with minor wear. Original price of $3.95 on the front flap. "Romantic New Orleans is the backdrop for this story of love, greed and violence."--publisher's blurb. "Murrell Edmunds (1898-1981) was a poet, novelist, and playwright best known for his biting irony and his strident defense of African Americans during the Jim Crow era, when legislation in Virginia and throughout the South stripped blacks of many basic civil rights."--Encyclopedia Virginia. Slim octavo (156 pages). SCARCE! PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.