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ASBURY, HERBERT. Carry Nation: The Woman with the Hatchet.
NY. Alfred A. Knopf. 1929. First Edition. With matching 1929 dates on title and copyright pages. A fascinating history of Carry Nation who led the women's temperance movement and was directly responsible for Prohibition. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject of Prohibition and Carry Nation's role in facilitating it. Asbury also wrote The Gangs of New York. VG+/VG in finely woven green cloth stamped in yellow and red with saloon doors on the front panel and a red hatchet breaking a bottle of booze on the spine. With some underlining in pen scattered through the text. A handsome dustjacket as well. With some light chipping to the bottom and top edges of the dustjacket and chips at the corners. Great drawing of Carry holding a hatchet while a bartender holds a sudsy brew over his bar towel. Original price of $3.00 on the inside front panel.
Offered for US$ 50.00 by: Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books - Book number: 3318
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