Mammy Pleasant Hardcover - 1953

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 is VG-/Good+, with light chipping & creasing all around; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.