Camille Derose (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 348 pp., Photos, Map e.p., Red Hardback, VG, no DJ, 1st ed (Cicero race riots).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 348 pages. Light shelf wear, pages yellowing; a musty odor from storage; a good sound binding. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 184219.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 348 Pages With Epilogue In Rear Of Book; Foreword In Front. Pages Tight; Minor Page Wear. No Markings On Pages. Red Hard Covers With Black Lettering On Front Cover And Spine. Minor Shelf Wear. Faded Dust Jacket With Red Background; White Lettering And Illustration On Front Cover. Front Spine Fold Separated From Remainder Of Dust Jacket; Small Tears And Nicks On Dj Edges And Corners; Some Rubbing And Creasing. End Pages Portray A Partial Map Of Chicago Streets Indicating The De Rose Apts , The Site Of Riots. Sensational Life Story Of Camille Derose Reveals Love, Hate, Anxiety And Thrill Combined With The Poisoning Prejudice Of An Entire Town. Story Follows Camille Through Under World Haunts, Jails, Asylums, Interracial Loves And Soul Stirring Suicide Attempts. Street Walkers Of Chicago And Exciting Courtroom Drama Are Relived. Also The True Entire Story Behind The Surging Cicero Race Riots. Rare Vintage Copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Editon, 1953. Clean and tightly bound with fine, unmarked contents. Slight shelf wear, almost near fine. The dust jacket shows toning and edge wear, still Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. De Rose Publishing Co January 1953 Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket.

Hardcover. 348p., Corners bit bumped, else very good condition, no dust jacket. DeRose had turned an underworld career into respectability through apartment ownership. Integration attempts provoked unrest that De Rose frames in the anticommunist hysteria of the period, blaming "colored incendiaries" and "the growling form of communism implicit in rent control" for her problems. …

Hardcover. 348p., very good hardcover in chipped, worn dj. DeRose had turned an underworld career into respectability through apartment ownership. Integration attempts provoked unrest that De Rose frames in the anticommunist hysteria of the period, blaming "colored incendiaries" and "the growling form of communism implicit in rent control" for her problems.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. Small 8vo, red cloth with black text. Chicago, (1953). Very faint dampstain at foot of cloth, else very good.

Condition: New.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 348pp, smaller octavo. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good minor chipping to edges, Very Good-.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Camille DeRose Story. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 348 pages. This is the true story of the Cicero race riots of 1951 as the author saw it and lived it." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD+ DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by Camille DeRose on the back of the half title page. Clean and tightly bound in deep maroon with black titles. Light damp stains to the dust jacket and corners of the first 50 pages, remains a Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A firsthand account of the ethnic riots that occurred in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, Al Capone's home town, when blacks moved in. A splendid copy, scarce in a dust jacket this fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 348 pp. Original red cloth covers, very bright and clean. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly rubbed. Front endpapers a bit browned where letter was laid-in. Comes w/ letter (copy?) from author. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ small pieces missing along edges. Spine sunned. Contents nice.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Tiny piece of the jacket adhered to the rear board, else near fine in about very good dustwrapper with modest loss at the crown, a bit of rubbing, and a faint ring on the front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. Cloth, dj. In acetate cover. Red, black and gray jacket over red cloth. 348 numbered pp. Edge-wear to jacket, notably at head of spine, along rear joint. Chipping at tail of spine; several small frays along top edge of rear panel. Some scuffing. Small patch of discoloration on f.f.e.p Else fine. Despite jacket's edge-wear, a very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. How she precipitated the Cicero race riots w/interracial romance, riot described, strange tale of hers, photos, 1st edn, inscribed by author, VG/G+ as chips. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The true story of the Cicero Race Riots. Both book and jacket are in very good condition, dated 1953. Jacket is protected by a loose fitting sellophane cover.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 348. Bound in red cloth. Illustrated with photos, map end papers. A very good copy. DeRose was the owner of an apartment building at the center of the Cicero riots, and tells her on the spot story.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.