Mammy Pleasant by HOLDREDGE, Helen - 1953

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original green and white patterned-paper covered boards, with a black cloth spine, lettered in bright white. From Wikipedia: "Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 - January 11, 1904) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades. She identified herself as 'a capitalist by profession' in the 1890 United States census. Her aim was to earn as much money as she was able to help as many people as she could. With her riches she was able to provide transportation, housing, and food for survival. She trained people how to stay safe, succeed, carry themselves, and more. The 'one woman social agency' served African Americans before and during the… Read More

New York.: G.P. Putnam's Sons., 1953.. First edition, third printing.. Hardcover.. Fine copy (names on end papers) in edge worn dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

San Carlos, CA: Nourse Publishing Company, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 311 pages, 8vo. Jacket price unclipped. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears along edges and spine, 1-inch missing piece at bottom right corner of rear cover. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Good condition..

Ballantine Books, 1972. Paperback. 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. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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… Read More