I PASSED FOR WHITE de Lee, Reba as told to Mary Hastings Bradley - 1955

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The pseudonymous Reba Lee relates the "tragic mulatto" tale of running away from her Chicago home for New York where she successfully passes herself as a white woman. After marrying a wealthy man, she manages to mitigate the strain of a life of constant lying until a pregnancy and the fear of giving birth to a dark-skinned child expose her secret. This book served as the basis for a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox, with Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus in the starring roles. Octavo. Original patterned cloth-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with silver titles. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is lightly faded along the spine; else very good.