Search Results: gentleman of leisure a year in by hall susan

Signet. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Pimps, Prostitution) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New American Library, 1972. Hardcover. Good.

NY:: New American Library (Prairie House),. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0913350508 . Black and white photographs by Bob Adelman throughout. First edition. Age toning to endpapers, else very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 192 pages .

New York: New American Library/Prairie House, 1972. 188pp. Silver boards, blind stamped, Black and white photographs throughtout. Light wear along the front gutter, spine lean, otherwise a near fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has light wear to the extremities. "An in-depth exploration of the underworld figures that populate our streets at night. The book is a collection of photographs and interviews dramatically documenting the private life of a pimp and his prostitutes. The people who appear in this book are not models: they are real people with real lives. Only their names have been changed to protect the guilty, their stories are real. Armed only with a camera and a tape recorder, Adelman and Hall entered the lives of the pimp Silky and his women. What they found flew in the face of prevailing prejudices: stripped of stereotype and myth, the pimps and whores that shared their tales were complex people embroiled in romantic dramas, with a code of behavior as intricate as the… Read More

NY 1972 1st NAL. Hardcover. 4to., 189pp., photo illustrations by Bob Adelman, glossary of prostitution lingo, grey pape rcovered boards with black lettering. Fine in VG plus DJ, not price clipped, very slightly wrinkled) .

New York: New American Library, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 189, [3]pp. Photographs by Bob Adelman. Slightly cocked and corners a little bumped, near fine in lightly rubbed about fine dustwrapper.

New York: New American Library / Times MIrror, 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 187 pages. A fascinating book that examines the seedy underworld of prostitution. Features text by Susan Hall accompanied by black and white photographs by Bob Adelman. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.

Signet Books. First Edition THUS. Unknown Binding. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition THUS, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. First printing of the signet paperback edition. Minor wear to the covers and spine. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 1972. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Bob Adelman (Photographer). Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.25 inches. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling and chips. This is a true story. Cover has some looseness at the spine/hinges and has been restrengthened with glue. Prize-winning photojournalist Bob Adelman and Susan Hall photographed and recorded as it happened. The mysterious, private world of a pimp and his women is dramatically developed from candid material. The book presents the pimp's world with photographs of his intimate life. The text is formed from his words and those of his wives. The reader can make his own judgment. This is by far the most serious as well as the most attractive of the current rash of books about flesh peddling--a sociological document. Robert Melvin "Bob" Adelman (October 30, 1930 - March 19, 2016) was an American photographer known for his images of the civil rights movement.… Read More

New York: Signet, 1973. 1st thus . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Fine first paperback edition. Clean, square, binding tight. No tears or internal marks. Binding crease to spine. A comprehensive portrait of Silky, a New York pimp, and his stable. Profusely and candidly illustrated. An oddly touching story.

New York,: Prairie House Book,, 1972. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Slight lean otherwise very good in slightly edge rubbed dust wrapper.

New York, New American Library, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 189 pages; Description: 189 p. Illus. 27 cm. Subjects: Prostitution--United States. Pimps--United States. Series: A Prairie House book.

New York Prairie House 1972., 1972. Book. Hardcover. Vg/Vg light edgewear dj. Photos by Bob Adelman. 1st edition..

powerHouse Books, 2006-04-01T00:00:01Z. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New American Library, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!