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Dover Publications, 2018-07-18. Paperback. Like New.

Dover Publications, 2018-07-18. Paperback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In black cloth. No jacket. .

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Praeger. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. 0837100089 . Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some discoloration.; 5.5 X 20.62 X 8.5 millimeters; 354 pages .

Dover Pubns, 2018. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 344 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1950. Has DJ (has price & edge wear) & 1st (stated) EMAIL for Pictures. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with black print, illustration; DJ has long tears to front and rear hinges with small portion torn away, edgewear with inside edges taped, peripheral toning, smudging, shelfwear; Boards in black cloth with silver print, slight wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has marginal penciled check on p. 184, else clean and tight; viii, 344 pages. 1347078. FP New Rockville Stock.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc.; Country Life Press, 1950. Octavo (20 x 15 cm.), 344 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The final work from the historian, journalist, editor, and the author of classic studies of American mores including Gangs of New York, The French Quarter, and Barbary Coast. Asbury's first published work, the story of a small town prostitute, was also partially responsible for the rise of H.L. Mencken's American Mercury. This present work is a remarkably detailed portrait of America and the long march (that began before the nation was formed) toward Prohibition. Asbury was more than an observer and recorder of the period between the Volstead Act and Repeal, he also edited and supplied the introduction for the famous 1928 edition of Jerry Thomas' The Bon Vivant's Companion: Or, How to Mix Drinks (he also signed the limited edition copies). Some age-toning to text block; otherwise fine in publisher's silver-titled black cloth. In slightly edge worn dust jacket, with some light… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Praeger. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Great Illusion: An Informal History of Prohibition.

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Praeger Pub Text, 1968. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 354 pages. 8.60x5.80x1.00 inches.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc.; Country Life Press, 1950. Octavo (20 x 15 cm.), 344 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The final work from the historian, journalist, editor, and the author of classic studies of American mores including Gangs of New York, The French Quarter, and Barbary Coast. Asbury's first published work, the story of a small town prostitute, was also partially responsible for the rise of H.L. Mencken's American Mercury. This present work is a remarkably detailed portrait of America and the long march (that began before the nation was formed) toward Prohibition. Asbury was more than an observer and recorder of the period between the Volstead Act and Repeal, he also edited and supplied the introduction for the famous 1928 edition of Jerry Thomas' The Bon Vivant's Companion: Or, How to Mix Drinks (he also signed the limited edition copies). Some age-toning to text block; otherwise fine in publisher's silver-titled black cloth. In slightly edge worn dust jacket, with some light… Read More