FOR MEN ONLY (Southern Sporting House) by BROWN, BETH - (first PB 1962),

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New York: Belmont Books, 1962. First Thus - First Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Fine Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. L92-545. One of the most memorable novels focused on prostitution, having first appeared as a hardcover in 1931. From the back cover teaser: "Lily Love had red hair, she was thirty, and she ran the marble house on French Street which everyone knew as The Mansion. It was the most exclusive sporting house south of the Mason Dixon Line." 141+ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with cream-colored pages and negligible shelf-wear, compromised only by a small scuff on the bottom edge of the back cover (near the spine) and a tiny dent in the middle of the page-block bottom. This gorgeous, highly collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: A higher resolution scan of the cover will gladly be supplied on request. This small item will be shipped, securely packed, with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First… Read More

Belmont Books, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg+ First Thus. 141pp. A clean, solid copy with sound, square binding. No tears to cover. Crease on outside lower edge of front cover, same on rear cover; otherwise no creases to cover. No ink markings in text or on end pages. Cover is clean and bright. Belmont Books L92-545 First Thus. Year: 1962.

U.S.: Belmont L92-545, 1962. Square tight copy with light wear on covers from rubbing. "The flamboyant best-seller about 'The Oldest Profession'.". 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Willey Book Co., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Seelhoff, Jeanette. [288p.] 1948 reprint. Jacket has a large chip on back bottom edge with smaller chips and creased tears to edges. "[T]he story of Lily Love...who rose from the sordidness of dollar days to the luxury of thousand dollar nights...a daring, gay, revealing, frank and compassionate portrayal of a bad woman." B&w illustrations. (8-1/4"x5-1/2")

Belmont (L92-545). Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. (prostitutes, fiction, louisiana, new orleans) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

New York: Willey Book Company, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in near fine dustwrapper.

New York:: Triangle Books,, (1940,c 1930). Hardcover -. Good in very good+ dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, spotting to some pages, ijnitials on front endpaper, rubbing to folds and edges of the dust jacket) Despite the flaws this is still an attractive copy of a vintage novel. . Reprint. First thus. Novel of a prostitute, Lily Love, who rose from the sordidness of dollar days to the owner of the most luxorious sporting house south of the Mason-Dixon line. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Jeanette Seelhoff. 288 pp. Dust jacket art by Jeanette Seelhoff.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Jeanette Seelhoff. Orange-stamped pictorial spine, navy cloth. Fabulous illustrated endpapers. About half of book's blank last pg is missing, light edgewear. No names, clean text. Solid. "By arrangement with Claude Kendall" 2100 shelf

New York: Willey Book Company, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Jeannette Seelhoff. 8vo. Pp. 288. Gray cloth, titles printed in red on the spine. Edges trimmed. Illustrated with linocuts by Seelhoff. In the color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped ($1.98). Light foxing to endpapers and edges, leaves otherwise bright and crisp. Top edges of boards lightly chafed. Jacket edges rubbed, closed tear on front next to "Beth." Remarkably well-preserved. First published in 1930, this reprint has a fresh jacket from an unidentified artist. The story of red-headed hooker Lily Love. "What chance has a girl in a world that's for men only?" Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.