Taiwan: n.p., c.1960. Internally side-stapled, "original" printed wrapers and spine; light shelfwear. Very good. 156pp. A piracy with the additional appropriation of the author's name; that is, we're assuming that an 18th century Frenchman never wrote a racy novel about the adventures of a Manhattan detective named Tom Purdy. More
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Tokyo: Keimeisha, n.d. [c. 1960]. 260pp. A reprint, and possible piracy, of a novel originally published in English, with a translation by Pieralessandro Casavini [Austryn Wainhouse] at Paris in 1955 by The Olympia Press. This conforms to Kearney 26, lacking the table of contents at back, rather than the Olympia..... More
El Cajon: Publisher’s Export Co., 1967. 192pp., introduction by Dale Gordon, PhD. Volume I of the erotic classic. C502. More
Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux [Claude Tchou], 1960. 8vo. Five volumes: 43pp, 48pp, 31pp, 90pp, 47pp. *DOUZE AVENTURES EROTIQUES du Bossu Mayeux, Ecrites par lui-meme. Ornees de jolies gravures. Anonymous, with a frontispiece and 13 erotic woodcut decorations ** A LA FEUILLE DE ROSE. Maison turque. Comedie, par Guy de..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955. 1st edition. 8vo. 260[+v]pp. First Olympia Press edition; it was republished in 1961 as No. 84 in the Traveller's Companion Series. [Kearney 1.10.1]. More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955. 1st edition. 8vo. 260[+v]pp. First Olympia Press edition; it was republished in 1961 as No. 84 in the Traveller's Companion Series. [Kearney 1.10.1]. Half-title page bears bookstore label of Mistral Books and Prints, "on the Left Bank facing Notre Dame" - now Shakespeare and Company..... More
Paris: Chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965. 8vo. xxxviii+213 pp. Publiee avec une Introduction par Gilbert Lely. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his bookplate on the inside front cover. More
Paris: La Bibliotheque Privee [Regine Deforges], 1969. 8vo. 252 pp. Author's name given as 'Retif' de la Bretonne. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown. More
Paris: Cercle du livre precieux [Claude Tchou], 1960. 2nd Edition. One of 950 copies, this being #720. 8vos. Two parts in one volume, 69, 252pp.. Part one comprises a commentary, notes and bibliography by 'G. R.' Part two comprises the text of the novel. Plus a pamphlet featuring a suite..... More
Paris: Cercle du livre precieux [Claude Tchou], 1960. 8vo. Two parts in one volume, pp. 69, 252. Part one comprises a commentary, notes and bibliography by 'G. R.' Part two comprises the text of the novel, printed in type-facsimile of the original edition of 1798. There are additionally two copies..... More