MISS M.
Paris [?]: Artistic Press, c.1960s. Caramel wrappers, printed in black. Light crease to front corner. Very good.
Item #44228
243pp. An erotic novel in the style of the Paris Olympia Press books. In this case, no price, place or date of publication is given. The relation of this book to BOARDING SCHOOL, by Helena Robertson, is unknown. Apparently, a translation of an anonymous pornographic novel called Mademoiselle M... (À Montréal, 1960). Interestingly, the text of this extremely scarce work was reworked clumsily as L’Enfer du Sexe by ‘Youl Belhomme,’ and published in 1971 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert as an accompaniment to his essay La Vrai problème de censure. Whether Pauvert was aware of the deception at the time of publication is not certain. The original French text was reprinted sub rosa in the early 1970’s in two volumes by Dominique Leroy it was her first publication – titled, respectively, Et Pourquoi pas! called Mademoiselle M... (À Montréal, 1960). Interestingly, the text of this extremely scarce work was reworked clumsily as L’Enfer du Sexe by ‘Youl Belhomme,’ and published in 1971 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert as an accompaniment to his essay La Vrai problème de censure. Whether Pauvert was aware of the deception at the time of publication is not certain. The original French text was reprinted
sub rosa in the early 1970’s in two volumes by Dominique Leroy –it was her first publication – titled, respectively, Et Pourquoi pas! and La Fête de l’Hévéa. (Description courtesy Pat Kearney).
Price: $250.00