Girodias Maurice Editor (71 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. ILLUST BY NORMAN RUBINGTON. REPRINT DIST BY BOOKTHRIFT, USA. NO DJ, NON-REMOVABLE PLASTIC FILM OVER COVERS. NO DJ, CREASING ON COVERS, WEAR TO CLOTH AND PLASTIC AT EXTREMITIES, TANNED ON SIDES, OTHERWISE GOOD.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Includes blacka and white illustrations. Clothbound in green with title in black to the spine. No dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Norman Rubington (illustrator). First English Edition. ***BOOK in good clean tight and unmarked condition. Curry yellow boards with green buckram backstrap. Title in gilt on spine. 725 pages with many illustrations in the text. Previous owner's name discreet on ffep *** DUST JACKET in good condition with shelfwear and a 10cm clean cut to upper face. Now cellophane protected. ***CONTENTS: This is a collection of about forty "racy" or erotic stories by such authors as Jean Genet, Henry Miller and Frank Harris. Size: 240x160mm.

Grove Press, 1965, reprint edition distributed by Bookthrift. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 725pp, illust. Pages slightly spotted/yellowed, d/j a little marked. A fair copy.

hardback, large 8vo, 725pp, owner's name on endpaper, pages slightly browned, text clean and sound, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper browning, slightly frayed at top of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. (U.P.).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good copy. First section (10 pages) loose (printer's error). 240 pp, illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 725 pages. 20 page Introduction by Girodias. 23 by 16 by 5 cm in size and fairly weighty so might struggle to get air bound without substantial extra postage. Oh, and one must add, for Adults Only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.75.

Paperback. Condition: As New.

paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Reprint. Tall 8vo., gilt-stamped black paper boards in white/olive/black unclipped dustwrapper with ads and the statement "Sale of This Book is Limited to Adults" on rear panel, illustrations throughout, 725pp. Fine with normal browning to page extremities in nearly very good dustwrapper with two short closed tears and gentle-age-related wear with some slight darkening to extremities. A handsome copy of an often overlooked book providing a generous collection of work published by the Olympia Press of Paris, in their distinguished TRAVELLER'S COMPANION SERIES, more familiar to readers in Europe than in North America. Note : Please contact Sellers & Newel to specify shipping options and minimize costs.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1966 ~ NEW Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. (E-mail for more info./pics).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good to very good hardback in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. 725pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75.

Second Printing. Gr.8°. 725 S. Orig.-Leinen. Verdienstvolles Kompendium der Editionsgeschichte erotischer Literatur. Etwas berieben, leicht angestaubt und stellenweise leicht fleckig.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Minimal shelfwear. Size: Mass Market. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fine, title page missing, no dw. 891 pp. Compilation of short stories from authors i.e., John Voigt, 'Nether City'; Harriet Daimler, 'The Organization'; William Burroughs III, 'Speed'; Peter Rabbit, 'Never Piss-Fight with a Skunk a.

First Printing. Gr.8°. 725 S. Orig.-Leinen. Verdienstvolles Kompendium der Editionsgeschichte erotischer Literatur. Etwas berieben und Kanten bestoßen. , leicht angestaubt und stellenweise leicht fleckig.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Laminate peeling away on wrapper. Rubbing on edges. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Hardback. 725pp. Includes selections from the writings of J. P. Donleavy, Lawrence Durrell, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Henry Miller, Marquis de Sade, William S, Burroughs, Aubrey Beardsley and others published by The Olympia Press etc.ÂDesigned and illustrated by Norman Rubington. Neat black boards with gilt titles to spine. Pages are lightly tanned. Dust wrapper has some small marks and some moderate tears. Very good copy in fair dust wrapper.

Paperback. Condition: Fine-. First Printed So Stated. 699pp. Illustrated by Norman Rubington. Ballantine U8601. $1.65 cover price. Slight wear. Size: Mass Market.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` An Anthology of Tales, Poems, Scientific Documents and Tricks which Appeared in the Short-Lived and Much Lamented Olympia Magazine '. (No. 107) Girodias inherited a press in Paris in 1953, which became known for its willingness to publish `challenging' new work like `Candy', `Story of O', and `Naked Lunch'. These 240 pages reproduce articles on Napoleon Bonaparte and Walt Whitman. Also a piece attributed to Mark Twain. There is a pictorial on tattoos circa 1900. There is a series of naughty French postcards. And writing by avant-garde writers like Stephen Schneck, Jascha Kessler, and Nazli Nour. B/W drawings by Dennis Bailey and others; as well as b/w photographs assist text. Cond : Paper wrapper is green with black lettering, almost no graphics - all Olympia trademarks. Light edge wear. Binding tight, colours bright. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Collectible - nostalgic and erotic. Quote (p. 149) : " Although these letters supply illuminating evidence on the relations between Whitman and his `soldier-boys', I have scanned thousands of words about Whitman's sex life, without finding ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 7 1/2" tall green softcover. Light bumping along edges and corners of cover. Ligth crease along center of front cover. Minor general shelf wear to cover. Price sticker remainder on front cover. Two red marker lines on bottom page edges. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. 240 pages. With B&W photo's and illustrations. "An Anthology of Tales, Poems, Scientific Documents and Tricks Which Appeared in the Short-Lived and Much Lamented Olympia Magazie" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Later Printing. Second printing. Pretty nice and tight some light staining to top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book club makes a perfect reading copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover lbook in Near Fine Plus condition (front cover slightly curved). 890 pages Shelf46A . Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // No previous owner name//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No underlining. No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not price clipped// Not Ex Library.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: USED Fair.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. First Printing, First Edition Thus. A large selection of erotica from the famed Olympia Press, which became known worldwide for its publishing of novels no other publisher would touch because of the sex. Included in this 725-page collection are excerpts from "Story of O," "Fanny Hill," "Our Lady of the Flowers,"Naked Lunch," and "Pinktoes," as well as selections from the classic works of Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, Lawrence Durrell, Frank Harris and Marquis DeSade. Text edges show a trace of soiling and foxing, o/w text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. The pictorial wrappers show only light reading creases and mild surface wear, no tears, no chipping. A very nice copy at an economical price.