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Soiled Doves ; Prostitution in the Early West
by Seagraves, Anne
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine with faint wear to wrapper corners. Very tight and clean.
- ISBN 10
- 096190884X
- ISBN 13
- 9780961908843
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Hayden, Idaho: Wesanne Publications, 1994. [Presumed 1st]. paperback. Fine with faint wear to wrapper corners. Very tight and clean.. Octavo gloss color illus. 175 unnumbered pages: illustrations; 23 cm. "Soiled Doves tells of the grey world of prostitution and the women who participated in the oldest profession. Colorful, if not socially acceptable, these ladies of easy virtue were a definite part of the early West -- Wearing ruffled petticoats with fancy bows, they were glamorous and plain, good and bad and many were as wild as the land they came to tame." -Publisher. Contents: Silk stockings and fancy lingerie -- It happened on Holladay street -- Working girls -- The love story of Lottie Johl -- The entrepreneurs -- Molly b' Dam -- A little affection, please -- The Chinese slave girls -- a life without hope -- Colorful ladies of the Southwest. Prostitution -- West Prostitution -- West (U.S) -- History. Prostitutes -- West (U.S) -- Biography. Biography. History. Women Studies. Western Americana. Gold Rush. California. Prostitution. Sexuality. True crime literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92706
- Title
- Soiled Doves ; Prostitution in the Early West
- Author
- Seagraves, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with faint wear to wrapper corners. Very tight and clean.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [Presumed 1st]
- ISBN 10
- 096190884X
- ISBN 13
- 9780961908843
- Publisher
- Wesanne Publications
- Place of Publication
- Hayden, Idaho
- Date Published
- 1994
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women;
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- Acceptable
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...