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United States: Holloway House, 1986. Solid with creases on the spine and the covers show light wear.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good.

Holloway House Publishing Company, 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Internally clean. Crease to rear cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holloway House Publishing Company, 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holloway House Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition THUS. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1986. 1986 reissue by the original publisher (first published 1971). Softcover. Very Good+. Pocket-size 4 1/8 x 6 7/8. 3G. A nice copy with no signs of having been read -- no reading creases, no spine creases. Spine not exactly square, but nearly so. This reissue appears to have been printed on acid-free, thick paper, so there is none of the toning or fragility usually associated with pocket paperbacks this old. A little smudging and a small, light pencil markto the fore-edge. Page edges bumped at top corner. Cover still shiny although there is some surface abrasion and minor edgewear, and some cover wear at spine-ends. Bookstore label on back cover.

Holloway House Publishing Company, 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Los Angeles, CA, USA: Holloway House Publishiing Co, 1986. Soft cover. Near Fine. 248pp. Titled gold wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Duodecimo. An original Holloway House edition, stated. Copyrighted 1971 and 1986. "Robert Beck's real story" (cover) Author's name on cover given as Iceberg Slim

UsedGood. Cover has mild wear/staining/ Pages have mild tanned. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

LOS ANGELES, CA: HOLLOWAY HOUSE PUB.. 1986 PRINTING . VG+. PAPERBACK. 1986.

Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1986. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine second printing. Originally published by Holloway House in 1971. Minor wear to the extremities. Vertical reading crease to the back cover adjacent to the spine. Otherwise bright, clean, square, tight, and internally unmarked. A very nice copy.

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Coimpany, 1971. First printing. Softcover, mass market, illustrated wraps, 248 pp. Very good, rubbing to spine lettering, minor spine creasing, wear at head and tail; lightly creased around joints of wraps, lightly worn and rubbed around edges with additional minor creasing to corners, lightly toned and soiled edges. Cover illustration by Earnie Kollar; design by A. Marshall Licht.

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co.. 1st thus. VG copy, slight wear to head of spine . Very Good. Soft cover. 1986.

Mass market paperback edition. First edition. Some scuffing, soiling and age toning to covers; minor bumping to edges and corners; 1/2 inch tear (with loss) to upper corner of front cover; age toning to front and back covers verso; pages are clean and unmarked; binding is tight. Good.

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

[African American] [Pulp] Beck, Robert (Aka Iceberg Slim) The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1971. First Edition Paperback pulp. 248 pages. Measures 4.25" x 7". The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim is Iceberg Slim's collection of personal essays that focus on his hope for the future, reflections on his life as a pimp, dope addict, and other experiences in the ghetto. From the introduction: "I want to say at the outset that I have become ill, insane, as an inmate of the torture chamber behind America's fake facade of justice and democracy. But I am not as ill as I was, and I am getting better all the time." Iceberg Slim was an American former pimp who later became a writer. In 1961, after serving 10 months of solitary confinement in a Cook County jail, he decided he was too old for a life of pimping at the age of 42 and moved to Los Angeles to become a writer. Beck wrote several more novels, an autobiography, and a story collection. He sold over six million books… Read More

[African American] [LGBTQ] Beck, Robert (Aka Iceberg Slim) Mama Black Widow and The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969 and 1971. First Edition Paperbacks. Both are about 300 pages. Both measures 4.25" x 7". Iceberg Slim was an American former pimp who later became a writer. In 1961, after serving 10 months of solitary confinement in a Cook County jail, Maupin decided he was too old for a life of pimping at the age of 42 and moved to Los Angeles to become a writer. Beck wrote several more novels, an autobiography, and a story collection. He sold over six million books before his death in 1992, making him one of the best-selling African-American writers. Scottish author Irvine Welsh said: "Iceberg Slim did for the pimp what Jean Genet did for the homosexual and thief and William Burroughs did for the junkie: he articulated the thoughts and feelings of someone who had been there." This archive includes: [1] Mama Black Widow, which tells the tragic story of Otis… Read More

Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1971. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by Iceberg Slim on the first page in red sharpie, "My best wishes to Chuck + his rib, Sandy [signed] Iceberg Slim (R. Beck." 248, [1], [7, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good with creased and slightly leaning spine, light wear. A nonfiction collection by the author of Pimp.

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co. 1971. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Dedication copy. Paperback original. Publisher's original white card covers. paper. A very good copy, the binding firm with some rubing and light creasing at the folds, a short closed tear to the fore-edge of the upper cover and a small scuff to the upper left of the rear. The spine and closed text block edge lightly marked. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the inside upper cover "My best / and strongest wishes / for the survival and the / successful liberation of / The Black Panther Party / and we the People, / Iceberg / 6.24.71". The printed dedication includes founding and leading members of the Black Panther Party [reading in part] "I dedicate this book to the heroic memory of Malcolm X, Jack Johnson, Melvin X, Jonathan Jackson; to Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Ericka… Read More