The Famous Madam Polly Adler Signs Her Memoirs </i>
by POLLY ADLER
Price: $200.00
- Bookseller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 1755
Book Description
A famous New York madam, Adler's "official greeters" served many of the city's high society, as well as gangsters. A Russian immigrant, she was arrested 13 times and never had a conviction until the 1930s; she did a 30-day stint in jail in 1935. She left the business by 1943, moved to Los Angeles, and wrote her memoirs <I>A House is Not a Home</I>. <P> SB. 374pg. 5 ‰¾" x 8 ‰¼". June 4, 1953. No place. A book <I>A House Is Not A Home</I> inscribed on the free front endpaper <I>"To Dorothy Kilgallen, I ain't really mad about the 'Ain't' Best, <B>Polly</B>, June 4-53"</I>. It was published in 1953 by Rinehart and Company. The binding it tight and the hinges are sound. There is a stain at the bottom of the spine and the dust jacket is worn and chipped
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