ROCK by Hal Ellson
Ballantine Books, 1955
First Printing
Condition: About Very Good

This novel concerns Rock, the 15-year-old new kid in a a tough Spanish Harlem neighborhood of the '50s, where he must learn the price he must pay to survive on a street of savage enemies and dangerous friends. A notable early Ballantine original paperback. A front cover sticker pull and a bit of flaking (neither affecting any words) and light general exterior wear. There is a short edge nick on the last few pages and page tanning. (Note: Don't confuse this author with Harlan Ellison, who wrote similar books in the '50s.)