Published by Claude Kendal, New York, 1931
Seller: Henry E. Lehrich, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 6th Printing. blue cloth spine at top has 1/2 : ear. ; roughness of edges of lower spine Sixth Printing. 287pgs.illustrated Black Cloth, Orange lettering, silhouette on spine. illustrated endpapers (Nude woman banging a cymbal) corner wear. no writing no tearing.no foxing. . see picture on left.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paperback. Vg+ First Thus. 141pp. A clean, solid copy with sound, square binding. No tears to cover. Crease on outside lower edge of front cover, same on rear cover; otherwise no creases to cover. No ink markings in text or on end pages. Cover is clean and bright. Belmont Books L92-545 First Thus. Year: 1962.
Published by Belmont Books, New York, 1962
Seller: Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers, Taos, NM, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine Minus. First Thus - First Printing. L92-545. One of the most memorable novels focused on prostitution, having first appeared as a hardcover in 1931. From the back cover teaser: "Lily Love had red hair, she was thirty, and she ran the marble house on French Street which everyone knew as The Mansion. It was the most exclusive sporting house south of the Mason Dixon Line." 141+ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with cream-colored pages and negligible shelf-wear, compromised only by a small scuff on the bottom edge of the back cover (near the spine) and a tiny dent in the middle of the page-block bottom. This gorgeous, highly collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: A higher resolution scan of the cover will gladly be supplied on request. This small item will be shipped, securely packed, with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Belmont L92-545, U.S., 1962
Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Square tight copy with light wear on covers from rubbing. "The flamboyant best-seller about 'The Oldest Profession'.".
Hardcover. Condition: Good/Good Dj. Reprint. 8vo Clean, tight reprint of 1930 title.
Published by belmont book,, 1962
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first PB. L92-545, near fine, (PROSTITUTION NOVEL), paperback,
Published by Willey Book Co., New York, 1930
Seller: Champ & Mabel Collectibles, San Pedro, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Seelhoff, Jeanette (illustrator). [288p.] 1948 reprint. Jacket has a large chip on back bottom edge with smaller chips and creased tears to edges. "[T]he story of Lily Love.who rose from the sordidness of dollar days to the luxury of thousand dollar nights.a daring, gay, revealing, frank and compassionate portrayal of a bad woman." B&w illustrations by Jeanette Seelhoff. (8-1/4"x5-1/2").
Published by Willey Book Co., New York, 1948
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Cloth. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good VG. Reprint Edition. 1930's novel of a Madam and tales of her twenty girls. Re-print of 1930 original. Very colorful an attractive dustjacket wiith GGA art. 288pp. Hardcover in blue/grey cloth, with dustjacket. Book is Near Fine, Dustjacket is colorful with Good Girl Art and is a good VG. Scan available. Weight, 402g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (prostitutes, fiction, louisiana, new orleans) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Published by Willey Book Company, New York, 1948
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in near fine dustwrapper.
Published by Belmont Books, NY, 1962
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. Pbk.ed. First published in 1930. Pages browned; slight wear to cover. Used - Good. Good paperback.
L92-545. Condition: vg+. 1st Belmont 1962 edition vg+ paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition hardback without dust jacket. Boards and spine are stained and scuffed to edges, with tan/foxing to textblock. Half title page has been removed. Text in good clean cndition. Good reading copy.
Published by Triangle Books, New York, 1941
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: good-. Seelhoff, Jeanette (illustrator). Reprint. 288pp.; HB red w/silver; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; trimmed in red; pages tanned, but clean&tight. DJ blk.w/yellow&white; rubbed w/dampstain, 2"tear,bttm.spine; chps&tears. " .frank and compassionate portrait of a bad woman, told for the first time from the woman's point of view.".
Published by Jarrolds, UK
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Not dated but c 1940. Later printing. Green cloth boards (rubbed, rounded at corners and worn and mildly sunned on spine). Ex library, markings on front endpapers only. Occasional finger marks on softened pages. In a pictorial period dust jacket by Watkiss (Chapped and cracked at edges, worn, fraying at spine tips, dulled but just about complete). Wives and Men was published under the title Man and Wife in the US. Risque romance about a prostitute and "three men and three women who meet one night in a hotel bedroom and are never again the same. The professional correspondent, the judge, the procuress, the lawyer, the detective, the man, the wife." Scarce edition, especially in its original dust wrapper, of this anyway hard to find romantic story. 0.
Published by Romantic Reprint, USA, 1948
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: VG-. Rodewald (cover) (illustrator). 1st Thus. Cover features lady in "see through" nightie. Very clean tight book but paper a little browned. Faded over spine and edge of front cover (spine blank). Small scar and repair top left of front cover not affecting image. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1931
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Seelhoff, Jeanette (illustrator). Navy cloth with orange spine title and decoration. Illustrated end papers. Minor cover rubbing and some cloth edge chipping. Minor page staining, neatly closed tear on page 55. Previous owner's name and address on the half-title page. H9.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. BROWN, Beth [288] pp. Triangle Books 1941 Fourth Printing 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" w/ illustrations by Jeanette Seelhoff "Lily Love, the impetuous, fascinating, lovable, red-headed landlady, who rose from the sordidness of dollar days to the luxury of thousand dollar nights".