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Call House Madam: The Story of the Career of Beverly Davis
by Wolsey, Serge G.; Davis, Beverly
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Martin Tutordale Corporation: San Francisco & New York, 1942. Very Good+/Fair. Signed by the book's subject, brothel owner Beverly Davis, on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner "as a memento of our many happy times together on his trips to California." Rare thus, a few copies for sale currently inscribed by the book's author but not by its salacious subject. v, 442 pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Early reprint. Very Good+ with rubbing along edges in a little better than Fair chipped, creased, and torn dust jacket, price-clipped with tape stain along fore edge, archival mending tissue on verso reattaching front flap. An expose of prostitution, lesbianism, and fetishism in Hollywood as recounted by local madam Beverly Davis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939629
- Title
- Call House Madam: The Story of the Career of Beverly Davis
- Author
- Wolsey, Serge G.; Davis, Beverly
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- San Francisco & New York
- Place of Publication
- The Martin Tutordale Corporation
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Hollywood, prostitution, sex, call girls, call girl rings, lesbian, fetishism, women, brothels, brothel, signed
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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