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Harlem Harlot
by Don Holliday; Andrew Shaw (Frequent pseudonyms of Lawrence Block)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust jacket
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Diego, CA, 1962. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. NIGHTSTAND BOOK NB 1619. Paperback Original. Author on cover is "Don Holliday", author on title page is "Andrew Shaw" both frequent pseudonyms of Lawrence Block. Attractive, vintage sleaze paperback with colorful Good Girl GGA painted cover art (likely by Bonfils or McCauley). New York City, Harlem-set novel. African-American, Black female protagonist who becomes a Harlem prostitute and experiments with lesbianism. Cover copy reads "Gutter tramp was what Sarah became the day her mother died in a Harlem slum. . . . Harlem sin was a fast slide to moral rot with no stops in between. . . . That was Sarah Jackson's life in the neon-blasted hellhole of Harlem's streets and dark-choked alleys." / Cover attractive but with long vertical crease. Some short splits to spine ends. Some foxing, speckling to edges of text block. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Binding square and solid. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Sleaze 1960s; Inventory No: 023102. BZDB373 Sleaze, vintage paperback, 1960s GGA Vintage Paperbacks::Sleaze 1960s; Don Holliday; Andrew Shaw (Frequent pseudonyms of Lawrence Block) Harlem Harlot
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- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023102
- Title
- Harlem Harlot
- Author
- Don Holliday; Andrew Shaw (Frequent pseudonyms of Lawrence Block)
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks / Sleaze 1960s;
Terms of Sale
Hang Fire Books
Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- New
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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