COLEMAN, J. Winston, Jr.

Belle Breezing: A Famous Lexington Bawd.

Item #77084

COLEMAN, J. Winston, Jr. Belle Breezing: A Famous Lexington Bawd. Lexington, KY: Winburn Press, 1980. 1st ed. 16pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine. One of 250 copies. Presentation inscription from the author on recto of frontis. A brief account of the career and house of Breezing, sometimes spelled "Brezing" (1860-1940), whom the author actually met when he went to buy some of her books in the late 1930s. She was rumored to be the model for Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind, though Margaret Mitchell denied this.

Price: $45.00