Mammy Pleasant

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… Read more about this item

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.

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..… Read more about this item

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.

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)… Read more about this item