About this title: Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital of the United States, and sported one of the most violent records of street crime in the country. In The French Quarter, Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York, chronicles this rather immense underbelly of "The Big Easy. " From the ...
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Binding: Hardcover-NO DUST JACKET
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc
Date Published: 1938
Description: GOOD. Reader's copy with reader and shelf wear; edge and corner wear; binding shaken; prior owner's gift inscription on reverse of front facing end paper. 462 pages plus index; B&W illustrations. read more
Edition: Sixth Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A gay account of the most sinful section of New Orleans when it was considered "the wickedest city in the world. " Wraps are scuffed, browned and front is splitting at hinge. End pages and page edges are browning. No markings in book. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: CAPRICORN BOOKS, NY
Date Published: [1937, c1936]
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. some edge wear, slight staining (coffee cup) to back cover, otherwise clean and tight copy. Later printing. Illustrated by. 348 p. front. , illus. Bibliography: p. 335-340. 1968 printing read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 462 pages + index. Shelfwear and yellowing, previous owner's stamps inside; tight book. Musty odor from storage. The dj is chipped and heavily worn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: American History/Regional Inventory No: 075132. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Garden City Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1938(36)
Description: Good plus or better, light general wear. Corners bumped, spine lightly cocked, binding lightly shaken. Worn, soiled jacket with tears and chips. Pages lightly browned. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York: London
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Cover slightly faded, pages clean and unmarked. 7 p. l., [3]-462, xvi p., 1 l. front., illus., plates, ports., facsims. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plates, Facsimiles. read more
Description: Very Good. B000URGUE8 Copy has been read but remains in nice & clean condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or high-lighting. Spine is tight; a clean read. Some shelf wear to the cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2003-02
ISBN-13:9781560254942ISBN:1560254947
Description: New. A great book in new condition! FREE TRACKING in US and email to you when shipped. Inquires welcomed and we want your complete satisfaction! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2003-02
ISBN-13:9781560254942ISBN:1560254947
Description: New. Paperback. Enjoyable reading copy for your personal pleasure. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Unknown Binding., Hardcover with dustjacket in mylar cover. Garden City Publishing Company, 1938. 462+ pages. Dustjacket is torn, chipped and has a 1" section missing from spine. good general condition, fading, shelfwear to edges, NO marks or highlights. read more
Description: Acceptable. Binding is Paperback. A Pocket Cardinal edition 7th printing...November, 1967. Clean but very tanned text. Cover shows wear & tear. - read more
Binding: Hardback: light grey cloth with maroon title and pict. on spine.
Publisher: Garden City Publishing
Date Published: 1938
Description: Near very good edgeworn dust jacket. Very good condition. B&W Illustrations. 462 pp. Light wear to head and tail of spine., Moderate wear to head and tail of spine and corners. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Pub. Co., Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. vg, clean copy. 462, xvi p., [6] p. of plates: ill.; 21 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plates. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [457]-462. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Capricorn Books
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1968 book. Illustrated. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name and date in book front. NO tears-Tight spine-Bright pages. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 472 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. 1938
Description: Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 462 pages + index. B&W illustrations. Gray cloth has age wear. Blue pencil writing on ffep. Dust jacket has medium size chips on top and bottom of spi ne and back cover. There is also edge wear. read more
"Everyone who loves New Orleans should probably read this highly entertaining book at least once, despite its historical shortcomings. Asbury's account of the birth of jazz, for example, is nonsense. His research has the feel of someone who has spent a lot of time burrowing through the newspaper morgues at the New Orleans Public Library, but to his credit he managed to turn his labors into one of the best compendiums of Crescent City mayhem, smut, and murder ever collected between two covers."
"This book is by the same guy who wrote Gangs of New York and examines the criminal underbelly of the Crescent City going back to the Spanish colonial times. Sometimes it's a little hard to separate fact from fiction, but it seems well informed. I read this before I went there and had a different appreciation for the different neighborhoods and streets now crowded with tourists. Seems like this would make a good Scorcese movie too."
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