Bordellos of Blair Street; The Story of Silverton, Colorado's Notorious Red Light District
by Allan G. Bird
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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£8.07£5.65
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About This Item
Grand Rapids, MI: The Other Shop, 1987 The Other Shop, Grand Rapids, MI. 1987. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition.Glued Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; splash stain to textblock foredge; slight bumping of wrap edges. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine has slight creasing but is not split. 183 pp. 8ov. Richly illustrated with B&W photos of the ladies of the night and their lives. Full of local history stories and personal interviews. The author was general manager of Silverton's Sunnyside Mine, largest underground gold mine in the state, for six years. A clean and very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000779
- Title
- Bordellos of Blair Street; The Story of Silverton, Colorado's Notorious Red Light District
- Author
- Allan G. Bird
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Other Shop
- Place of Publication
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- SILVERTON, COLORADO, BORDELLOS, PROSTITUTION, RED LIGHT DISTRICTS, CRIBS, GAMING HOUSES, prostitutes, western stories, ladies of the night, venereal disease, syphilis,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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