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A House Is Not A Home: The True Story Of The Most Famous Madam Of Modern Times - by Polly Adler - 1953

by Polly Adler

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A House Is Not A Home: The True Story Of The Most Famous Madam Of Modern Times - by Polly  Adler - 1953

A House Is Not A Home: The True Story Of The Most Famous Madam Of Modern Times -

by Polly Adler

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The true story of America's most famous madam and of the women who were her "girls", and of the men who were her "guests" -- mobsters and celebrated actors, small-time businessmen and big-shot politicians -- good girls who went bad and bad girls who tried to be good - you will meet them all in this story of the woman whose hospitality became a legend because of the way she entertained her guests .

Made into a movie starring " Shelley Winters" and "Robert Taylor"

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  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition No DJ
  • Edition Unstated, Presumed 1st
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Rinehart and Co. Inc.
  • Place of Publication New York, NY
  • Date Published 1953
  • Size 374 Pages

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A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

by Adler, Polly

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Popular Library, 1954. Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Ed. First paperback ed. Fair condition, over all wear, spine cracked, tear to upper end of spine. .
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A House is Not a Home

by Adler, Polly

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Rinehart, 1953. Hardcover. 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. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A House Is Not A Home

by Adler, Polly

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Rinehart, 1953. VG / VG -. Hardcover in shelfworn dust jacket missing a 2-inch chip at the base of the spine / Previous owner's signature within
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A House is Not a Home

by Polly Adler

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Rinehart, 1953. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x6x2. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. Cover scuffed and dingy with bumped corners. Pages show much use but still in tight bound thus a good reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F.
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A House is not a Home

by Polly Adler

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William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Edition. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.
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Rinehart & Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and larger chips on the top of the front panel.; 300 pages .
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by Polly Adler

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New York : Rinehart & Company. Hardcover. USED Good/Fair Jacket. Book dust jacket is in tact with tearing in several places.
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A House is Not A Home

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Rinehart and Co, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Shallow chipping to spine ends of jacket and to ends of flap folds. .
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A House is Not a Home

A House is Not a Home

by Polly Adler

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Ace Books inc., 1959. Paperback. Acceptable. 1959. Reprinted. 254 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Front free end paper ripped out. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

by ADLER POLLY

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New York: RINEHART AND CO, NY, , 1953. First Edition. Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. VG-.
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