EROS ON TRIAL INCLUDING: A PORTFOLIO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL; ART FROM EROS

Language: English

Published by FACT MAGAZINE, INC, NEW YORK, NY, 1965

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THIS BOOKLET IS RALPH GINZBURG'S DEFENSE AGAINST CHARGES BY THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE THAT HIS "EROS" MAGAZINE PUBLISHED IN 4 ISSUES IN 1962 WAS AN OBSCENE PUBLICATION. GINSZBURG LOST HIS FEDERAL CONTESTED TRIAL AND WAS FINED $42,000.00 AND 5 YEARS IN PRISON. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT UPHELD HIS CONVICTION ON MARCH 21, 1966. APPEALS RESULTED IN LESSENING OF THE FINE AND LENGTH OF INPRISOMENT. GINZBURG SERVED 8 MONTHS IN A FEDERAL PRISON AND WAS THEN RELEASED ON PAROLE.

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Title
EROS ON TRIAL INCLUDING: A PORTFOLIO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL; ART FROM EROS
Author
RALPH GINXBURG
Publisher
FACT MAGAZINE, INC, NEW YORK, NY
Publication year
1965
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED
Binding
STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Dimensions
8 1/4" X 19 13/16"
Seller catalogs
EROTICA, LEGAL, Literary

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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.…

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