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Les Onze Mille Verges tells the story of a Romanian prince who comes to Paris in search of fame, excitement and sexual adventures. Leaving France, he travels to St Petersburg and ends up in the battle-torn Manchuria of the Russo-Japanese war.
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For nearly seventy years this novel remained a legend before being published in 1973.
In 1907 Guillaume Apollinaire, one of the most original and influential poets of the twentieth century turned his hand to the novel. Strapped for cash, he produced two books for the clandestine market, the finer one of these was Les Onze Mille Verges.
One of the most masterful and hilarious novels of all time, it was once owlishly pronounced by Picasso to be Apollinaire's masterpiece.
Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) was an art critic and poet who had significant influence on the French avant-garde of the early 20th Century. An important modernist figure, he is frequently linked with such diverse movements as Cubism and Futurism and is said to have coined the term Surrealism.
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- PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0720601746
- ISBN 13 9780720601749
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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Les Onze Mille Verges or, the Amorous Adventures of Prince Mony Vibescu
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Peter Owen Limited, 1976. First British Commonwealth Edition, VG/VG. In English. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint gutter separation on the title and page 127, but the pages are secure. Decorated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped (£ 4.75) with rubbing, sunning to the spine and light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 127 pages. 5½ x 8½" tall. Translated by Nina Rootes; introduction by Richard N. Coe. In 1907 Guillaume Apollinaire, one of the most original and influential poets of the twentieth century, turned his hand to the novel. He produced two books for the clandestine market. The finer of these was ?Les Onze Mille Verges? (Eleven Thousand Virgins). One of the most masterful and hilarious erotic novels of all time, it was once owlishly pronounced by Picasso to be Apollinaire's masterpiece. The title contains a play on the Catholic veneration of the "Eleven Thousand Virgins", the martyred companions of Saint Ursula, replacing the word vierge (virgin) with verge (rod) due to a slip of the tongue by the protagonist and as an omen of his fate. Seller Inventory # 10460
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1976 Peter Owen Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Seller Inventory # ABE-1470567077488
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