Bessie Cotter
by Smith, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Covers rubbed with spots of fading, light foxing, dust jacket damp stained, chipped and torn, neatly repaired. Very good. JBS-12
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Covers rubbed with spots of fading, light foxing, dust jacket damp stained, chipped and torn, neatly repaired. Very good. JBS-121.
Wallace Smith. Bessie Cotter. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1935. First edition. 12mo. 272pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover boards, original unclipped dust jacket showing retail price of 7/6.
Scarce first edition of Smith's novel depicting the life of a Chicago prostitute, banned in England and withdrawn from publication after an obscenity charge led to a fine for the publisher.
From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121
- Title
- Bessie Cotter
- Author
- Smith, Wallace
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers rubbed with spots of fading, light foxing, dust jacket damp stained, chipped and torn, neatly repaired. Very good. JBS-12
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Prostitution, Drugs
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