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The Memoirs of an Erotic Bookseller (assisted by his Tired Wife Clementine and Her Distant lover) was originally published by Luxor in hardback in 1969. Armand Coppens (a pseudonym of W.N. Schors, a dealer in erotica who is well known in the antiquarian book trade on both sides of the Atlantic) is delightfully frank in telling of his somewhat dubious dealings and in recounting erotic episodes from his private life. His confessions are startling, amusing, titillating and, of course, uputdownable... packed with bizarre and amusing anecdotes about his customers and full with bibliographical information about the rare books he sold. The first (and only) volume of one of the most astonishing compilations of reminiscences ever written. The catalogue of amazing but deeply convincing characters include the gynaecologist, Berger, who has the alarming task of deciding whether toy-elephants and teddy bears will fit into his personal sexual pattern; the German lavatory-attendants who act as masturbation guards; the bumper-car merchant, Butin, who has an overwhelming passion for lesbian nurses and who commissioned for publication every fortnight a novel dealing with yet another sexual variation; the young man who, with a fixation about death, makes love to his girlfriends in the handsomely appointed coffin he has already had prepared for himself. These and a host of other characters, diplomats, artists and authors have had an interest over the years in forbidden literature, figure in Coppens" wide-ranging, witty and scholarly memoirs. Also available as a Panther paperback with ISBN 0586038914. There was never a Volume 2...
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- PublisherLuxor Press
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0284795151
- ISBN 13 9780284795151
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages222
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THE MEMOIRS OF AN EROTIC BOOKSELLER
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 222 pages. 8vo, brown faux leather boards, dust wrapper. London: Luxor Press, (1969). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Seller Inventory # 302809
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The Memoirs of asn Erotic Bookseller, by Armand Coppens, Assisted by His Tired Wife Clementine and Her Distant Lover. Volume One - Illustrated
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of unlaminated jacket and spine, top corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (50s), no insciptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks almost unread. 222pp, illustrated. Armand Coppens (a pseudonym of W.N. Schors 1925-2014), a dealer in erotica who was well known in the antiquarian book trade on both sides of the Atlantic is delightfully frank in telling of his somewhat dubious dealings and in recounting erotic episodes from his private life. His confessions are startling, amusing, Packed with bizarre and amusing anecdotes about his customers and full with bibliographical information about the rare books he sold. The first (and only) volume of one of the most astonishing compilations of reminiscences ever written. The catalogue of amazing but deeply convincing characters include the gynaecologist, Berger, who has the alarming task of deciding whether toy elephants and teddy bears will fit into his personal sexual pattern; the German lavatory-attendants who act as masturbation guards; the bumper car merchant Butin, who has an overwhelming passion for lesbian nurses and who commissioned for publication every fortnight a novel dealing with yet another sexual variation, the young man who, with a fixation about death, makes love to his girlfriends in the handsomely appointed coffin he has already had prepared for himself. These and a host of other characters, diplomats, artists and authors have had an interest over the years in forbidden literature, figure in Coppens' wide-ranging, witty and scholarly memoirs. Quite a scarce book, he never published a Volume Two. Seller Inventory # 010893
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