Hippocrene Books, January Date: 1989. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. Owing almost entirely to the influx of gold-seekers and the horde of gamblers, thieves, harlots, politicians, and other felonious parasites who battened upon them, there arose a unique criminal district that for almost seventy years was the scene of more viciousness and depravity, but which at the same time possessed more glamour, than any other area of vice and iniquity on the American continent. The Barbary Coast is the chronicle of the birth of San Francisco. From all over the world practitioners of every vice stampeded for the blood and money of the gold fields. Gambling dens ran all day including Sundays. From noon to noon houses of prostitution offered girls of every age and race. This is the story of the banditry, opium bouts, tong wars, and corruption, from the eureka at Sutter’s Mill until the last bagnio closed its doors seventy years later. 1989. Hippocrene Books ISBN 0880294280 9780880294287 [US]

Dorset Press, Date: 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1989. Dorset Press ISBN 0880294280 9780880294287 [US]

Hippocrene Books, Date: 1989-12-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. 1989. Hippocrene Books ISBN 0880294280 9780880294287 [US]

Hippocrene Books 1990 First Thus Hardcover Like New in Like New jacket First Thus (Full Number Line). Published by Old Town Books, 1989. Octavo. Black cloth over yellow boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 318 pages. ISBN: 0880294280. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.