[PULP FICTION FROM RIGA] Prostitutka: Roman [i.e. Prostitute: A Novel]. This item is unavailable.[PULP FICTION FROM RIGA] Prostitutka: Roman [i.e. Prostitute: A Novel]

170 pp., 4 pp. of advertisements. 20х14,5 cm. In period cardboards, the original front cover preserved. Rubbed, tear of the first two leaves along the spine, spots, otherwise very good internally. Lifetime Russian edition being a part of the Riga pulp-fiction phenomenon. A few editions of 'Prostitute' by Victor Margueritte (1866-1942) were printed earlier in Moscow. This one came out with fragile covers featuring a prostitute that referred to the exploitation content. Publisher's advertisements of scandalous Margueritte's novels were printed alongside advertisements of Gypsy romances, common dance music and educational books. Worldcat shows no paper copies in the USA.