FILLE DE JOIE: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of the Evening, Madams, a Few Occasionals and Some Royal Favorites
by Anonymous
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1566193885
- ISBN 13
- 9781566193887
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dorset Press, 1967. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A large-format,448-page collection of magazine articles, short fiction, photographs and art on the oldest profession from around the world over three centuries. Writers include Frank Harris, Henry Miller, Nelson Algren, James Sherwood, Robert Gover and the Marquis de Sade as well as call girls Virginia McManus and Pearl Thompson and madams Nell Kimball and Polly Adler. Art work by Atget, Hogarth, Holbein, George Grosz, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and Pascin among others. 9 3/4 x 13 inches, 371 black & white reproductions and illustrations on heavy stock. Bottom of spine lightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only minor edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A generous sampling of brothels and bad girls. (Standard shipping only. Sorry, we can't accept orders for this book from outside the U.S.)
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004907
- Title
- FILLE DE JOIE: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of the Evening, Madams, a Few Occasionals and Some Royal Favorites
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- ISBN 10
- 1566193885
- ISBN 13
- 9781566193887
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- EROTICA, FIRST EDITION, SEX, PROSTITUTION, WHORES, BROTHELS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; History; Miscellaneous;
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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