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CollectibleGood. 1953 second impression. Binding is tight, page block is sturdy and clean, boards straight, no highlights or underlining. Dust wrapper shows some rubbing chipping to edges. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. US veteran operated.
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Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge, Helen O'Donnell
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Mammy Pleasant
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original green and white patterned-paper covered boards, with a black cloth spine, lettered in bright white. From Wikipedia: "Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 - January 11, 1904) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades. She identified herself as 'a capitalist by profession' in the 1890 United States census. Her aim was to earn as much money as she was able to help as many people as she could. With her riches she was able to provide transportation, housing, and food for survival. She trained people how to stay safe, succeed, carry themselves, and more. The 'one woman social agency' served African Americans before and during the…
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Die Dame Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge Helen
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Hamburg: Claassen, 1955. Gebunden Voodoo Koenigin in San Francisco
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Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge, Helen O'Donnell
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dent to board edge near top. Corners show wear. Pages tightly bound but separated from spine strip. Text pages clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Mammy Pleasant (A San Francisco scandal)
by Helen 0'Donnell Holdredge
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Nourse Pub, 1961. Revised Edition. Unknown Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Mammy Pleasant.
by Holdredge, Helen.
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New York.: G.P. Putnam's Sons., 1953.. First edition, third printing.. Hardcover.. Fine copy (names on end papers) in edge worn dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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Mammy Pleasant: A San Francisco Scandal
by Holdredge, Helen
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San Francisco, California, United States
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San Carlos, CA: Nourse Publishing Company, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 311 pages, 8vo. Jacket price unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears along edges and spine, 1-inch missing piece at bottom right corner of rear cover. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Good condition..
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Mammy Pleasant
by Helen Holdredge
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Ballantine Books, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge, Helen
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New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Second Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. Constructed from documentary data, journals, & diaries, this is the intriguing, true story of the mysterious Mammy Pleasant, a woman of color who arrived in the city from New Orleans, where she had been a "voodoo queen.'' Throughout the Gold Rush era, she operated a boarding house/house of ill repute there, providing both white & black girls for wealthy male patrons, & running many other shady schemes on the side. In 311 pages with Bibliography + 8 pages of black-and-white photos. Orig. published in 1953, this is the Second Impression, third printing. Bound in quarter blue cloth, spine lettered in lighter blue, with blue patterned paper-covered boards, this hardcover octavo is in VG+ condition: very clean, dust dulling to outside page edges, binding strong & straight, pages lightly tanned but completely unmarked. Very slight corner bumping. The price-clipped DJ…
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Mammy Pleasant
by Holdredge, Helen O'Donnell
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953T. hardcover. Good. 1.4000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.9000 in. Hardback. No dust jacket. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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MAMMY PLEASANT
by Holdredge, Helen
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Comstock Editions/Ballantine, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Ed. First paperback ed Very good condition, red ink mark on outside page edges, that shows up slightly on lower outer edge of most interior pages, nowhere near text..
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