The Blue Book A Bibliographical Attempt To Describe The Guide Books To The Houses Of Ill Fame In New

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New Orleans: Privately Printed for Charles Heartman, Heartman's Historical Series No. 50 , 1936. First edition, limited without a statement of number . 8vo. 6 , 9-77 pp. Illustrated from photographs, title pages, ephemera, advertisements, etc., plates. Describes 13 of the Blue Books, directories and advertising works for New Orleans houses of ill repute, issued nearly annually through the early years of the 20th century. For an expanded, scholarly

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