Twenty Years Behind Red Curtains , The Biography of a Prostitute
by Dean, Nancy; as told to Jack Powers
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: Newstand Library, 1959. Two impressions at upper front edge and two more slightly lower on upper rear seem to have been part of the mechanized printing process. There is a tiny bump at lower front spine fold. Otherwise this book is as new. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, crisp still, apparently unread, though leaves are toning toward edges. Stated "Pilot printing, April 1959," so seller assumes that this precedes the first printing, perhaps like an Advanced Reading Copy, though it's not the type of book that would ordinarily be sent out for reviews. 191 pp.. First. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- First Used Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005212
- Title
- Twenty Years Behind Red Curtains , The Biography of a Prostitute
- Author
- Dean, Nancy; as told to Jack Powers
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Newstand Library
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Sex Biography Fiction - Pornography Smut
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Sex; Fiction - Pornography;
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- Jacket
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