Venus Bound: The Erotic Voyage of The Olympia Press
by de St. Jorre, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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New Milford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
By turns hilarious farce and gripping literary thriller, this is the story of the dubious Olympia Press in Paris, and its rogue proprietor Maurice Girodias.
Due to draconian censorship laws in America, his modest pornographic imprint ended up publishing first editions for writers such as Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Anais Nin, J. P. Donleavy, Terry Southern, Vladimir Nabokov and William Burroughs.
The comically ironic aspects of literary reputation and opportunistic publishing have never been more entertaining.
Hardcover. 360 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2167
- Title
- Venus Bound
- Author
- de St. Jorre, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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