SCHOOL LIFE IN PARIS. Social Studies of the Century Series.
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- Hardcover
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- Edges of covers worn, text somewhat tanned and fairly grubby with a few small stains, offsetting from plates, overall near very
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Paris & London: Privately Printed, no date (circa 1920s?). Early reprint. Hardcover. Edges of covers worn, text somewhat tanned and fairly grubby with a few small stains, offsetting from plates, overall near very good. 83 pp., 4 tipped-in illustrations from photographs; small octavo (8 x 5.5 inches), black cloth spine and decorative boards (no cover title), paste-paper endpapers.
Originally published in 1897 this explicitly erotic tale of sexual initiation is told in the form of "A Series of [6] Letters from Blanche, Aged Seventeen, Who Has Just Been Sent to a Paris Finishing School, to Her Cousin Ethel, in England, With Whom She Had Formerly Been at School." The illustrations in this edition are reproductions from photographs of 2 young ladies engaged in explicit sexual activities. This edition not found on OCLC/Worldcat, not in Kearney Private Case (or Supplement), not in Mendes. Scarce.
Originally published in 1897 this explicitly erotic tale of sexual initiation is told in the form of "A Series of [6] Letters from Blanche, Aged Seventeen, Who Has Just Been Sent to a Paris Finishing School, to Her Cousin Ethel, in England, With Whom She Had Formerly Been at School." The illustrations in this edition are reproductions from photographs of 2 young ladies engaged in explicit sexual activities. This edition not found on OCLC/Worldcat, not in Kearney Private Case (or Supplement), not in Mendes. Scarce.
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- Title
- SCHOOL LIFE IN PARIS. Social Studies of the Century Series.
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Edges of covers worn, text somewhat tanned and fairly grubby with a few small stains, offsetting from plates, overall near very
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- Edition
- Early reprint
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Paris & London
- Date Published
- no date (circa 1920s?)
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