Browning Norma L (10 results)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 11.43
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Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by PRENTICE-HALL, INC.
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Northwood Institute, 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Sapsucker Books, Grafton, VT, U.S.A.Sapsucker Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Good w dj. Hardcover; 143p., 8 color illus., ISBN 0-87359-043-0.
Published by Northwood Institute, 1978
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Sapsucker Books, Grafton, VT, U.S.A.Sapsucker Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: VG+ w dj. Hardcover; 143p., 8 color illus.; Signed by the authors.
Published by Dutton, 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Sapsucker Books, Grafton, VT, U.S.A.Sapsucker Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Good+, free endpaper removed. Hardcover; 143p., 8 color illus.
Language: English
Published by NORTHWOOD INSTITUTE PRESS, MIDLAND, MI., 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.Gian Luigi Fine Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 11.43
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. REPRINT OF FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHORS.
Published by NY, 1978
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Sapsucker Books, Grafton, VT, U.S.A.Sapsucker Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: VG+ w dj. Hardcover; 143p., 8 color illus.; Signed by the authors.
Language: English
Published by HENRY REGNERY COMPANY, CHICAGO, IL, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 26.75
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: POOR CONDITION. First Edition. THE DUST JACKET HAS SEVERAL TEARS AND IS PRICE CLIPPED. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD TIGHT AND CLEAN CONDITION. THE AUTHOR WAS A FEMALE CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER FEATURE REPORTER WHO WROTE ABOUT IS…SUES SUCH AS CHICAGO'S MEDICAL QUACKS AND A CITY GIRL'S EXPERIENCE AS A "SINGLE WOMAN" IN THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FARMING COUNTRYSIDE. SHE WROTE SERIES ABOUT CHICAGO'S SOOTH SAYERS AND SEERS AND CONDUCTED A VERY FASCINATING SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE ELDERLY MADAM, VIC SHAW, VIC SHAW WAS THE MOST PROMINENT FORMER MADAM IN THE PROSTITUTION SEX LEVEE ERA OF CHICAGO BESIDES THE SISTERS, MINNA AND ADA EVERLEIGH. THERE IS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF "HINKY DINK" MICHAEL KENNA AND "BATH HOUSE " JOHN COUGHLIN, THE ALDERMEN OF THE FIRST WARD WHERE THE LEVEE WAS SITUATED AND GAMBLING, DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION WERE POLITICALLY SEGREGATED AND TOLERATED FOR MANY YEAR IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE ALDERMAN PROTECTED THE OPEN VICE IN THEIR DISTRICT ON THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE LEVEE DISTRICT THAT WAS ADJACENT TO THE CENTER OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE ALDERMEN'S CELEBRATED AND RAUCOUS ANNUAL FIRST WARD BALL OF INFAMY AND THEIR ANNUAL SOCIAL TRAVEL EVENT TO THE RACE TRACK.FOR THE LEVEE PROSTITUTES. VIC SHAW WAS QUITE A CHARACTER AMONG THE MADAMS OF THE LEVIEE. THE AUTHOR PERSUADEDTHE ELDERLY VIC SHAW TO TALK ABOUT HER LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN SIX LONG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, THE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN VIC SHAW'S MANSION ON PRAIRIE AVENUE ON CHICAGO'S NEAR SOUTH SIDE. THE MANSION WAS CONVERTED INTO A ROOMING HOUSE. THIS ARTICLE IS WORTH THE ENTIRE BOOK FOR INSIGHT INTO THAT HISTORIC ERA OF CHICAGO'S SEGRGATED VICE HISTORY.
Published by Doubleday and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1982
- Hardcover
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.Ziern-Hanon Galleries
Contact seller1-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1982 Hardback, Dust Jacket in brodart. Sated 1st Edition.
- Hardcover
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, FranceSan Francisco Book Company
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 13.28
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. blue cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 297 pp.
