Kahane Jack Cecil Barr (18 results)
Published by Brentano's, NY, 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition (NAP) Hardcover, brown cloth, green lettering, 325 pp, untrimmed edges. Very good, no DJ. Corners bumped, with a bit of cardboard exposed there, rubbed, with a few approx 1/8th inch nicks at head and foot of spine, faint, approx 1 1/2 x 2 inch blotted up water spot on front… board, approx 1/4 x 3 inch similar spot on lower edge of rear board, darkening on top edge of textblock. Internally, paper lightly age yellowed, slightly shaken, side edge of 1 leaf a bit jagged from careless opening (text unaffected) , o/w tight, clean and unmarked. Life, loves and adventures of an expatriate Englishman in post World War I Paris. Author wrote a somewhat erotic first novel, "Daffodil" under the nom de plume Cecil Barr, and was founder of the Obelisk Press, which first published Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, some of Anais Nin, James Joyce and other then controversial writers. Rare. Travel; autobiography; modern first.
Published by The Obelisk Press, 1946
- Softcover
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A book by semi-underground literature publisher Jack Kahane who wrote using the pseudonym of Cecil Barr for his production at Obelisk Press. Censorship drove Jack Kahane to form the Obelisk Press in 1929 in an attempt to publish books in France, (in English), and bypass the strict censorship tha…t was practiced in Britain at that time. This is a 1946 reprint of of the 1937 title. Some chipping and creasing to the cover edges. book.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Alta-Glamour Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerSmall 4to. 200pp. First published by the Obelisk Press in 1937. Price 175 Frs. Original printed green wrappers. Shelfwear, some small nicks, split to foot of spine, and signatures loose at top front hinge. Else very good.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1951
- Softcover
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Printed wrappers. Modest age-toning on the wrappers, a very good or better copy.
Published by Obelisk Press, Paris, 1936
- Softcover
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softcover. Condition: very good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest… issue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the Obelisk July 1936 "11th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Creasing, soiling to the covers. Pages are a bit age-toned. book.
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Published by The Obelisk Press, 1934
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA : ILAB : PBFA, Birchington, KENT, United KingdomThe Plantagenet King ABA : ILAB : PBFA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BARR, Cecil [KAHANE, Jack] - Bright Pink Youth Paris: The Obelisk Press (1934) 8vo; Heavy paper wrappers with fold-over flaps; The striking illustration on the upper cover by G. Goursat, of a topless woman smoking a cigarette in a long holder; the spine and lower cover shows the pre…ss logo; The front flap displays a reprice sticker of 60 francs, with the lower flap providing information of the press's releases including Miller's Tropic of Cancer; pp [x], 11-332, [iv]; The upper cover with one small stain below the letter U in Youth, a gentle lean and creasing to the spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges; overall a very good or better copy that is without loss and retains much of its colour. First edition published in August 1934. One of publisher Jack Kahane's six books written under the pseudonym of 'Cecil Barr', used according to Kahane / The Obelisk Press Bibliographer Neil Pearson in homage to his favourite bar in the Cecil Hotel in Paris. Kahane would become depressed by the success of his 'Barr' books, given the heavyweight literary company he kept, that these books were often a source of deep embarrassment for him. Salacious, gratuitous and successful they were though with copies of the adventures of 'Tommy Trans-Wood and his Wife' selling so well, it needed a second printing and then a second edition in 1955. It is rare to find a first edition in such good condition. [Pearson A-31].
Published by Keimeisha,, Tokyo,, 1950
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. pp 245. Paperback. Original publisher's brown covers, lettered red on the front cover and spine. Text in English. No date, circa 1950. Appears to be a Japanese piracy from Obelisk 1937 edition. Erotic novel. Slight wear at spine ends, otherwise very good.
Published by Obelisk Press, Paris 1933, 1933
- Softcover
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, protected soft cover, 7th reprint of the first edition of 1931 In very good condition. K22.
More imagesPublished by THE OBELISK PRESS, PARIS, 1935
- Hardcover
Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United KingdomHighstreet Books ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 10TH IMPRESSION. The most popular of all English novels first published in France, under the title COUCOU, it was one of the chief successes of the Paris season. 12mo. Pp, 301, [1] 10th printing of the first book published by the Oberlisk Press. Jack Kahane / Cecil Barr. founded the press o…perated from 1931 to 1939. this was the best selling book in English on the European continent from 1931 to 1939. . Original covers, published in paper wrapper , grayblue with title in gold lettering on spine. Front paste down has Library label , first few pages are browned , title page has drawing and title , and 10th impression written in red.
Published by Vendome Press, 1931
- Softcover
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.Sekkes Consultants
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest iss…ue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the August 1931 "5th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Top half of the spine protected with magic tape, small creases, soiling to the covers. Pages are age-toned. ffep has previous owner's small bookplate. book.
Published by Albert & Charles Boni, 1929
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- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. According to correspondence between Kahane and his literary agent J.R. Pinker [Berg collection, NYPL], Kahane had submitted the manuscript of "Suzy Falls Off" by the end of 1926. By the autumn of that year proofs had been submitted to John Long and it was… published in London in 1928. This is the first American edition published the following year. Soiling rubbing to the edges, a small crack to hinge, in a facsimile dust-jacket. 5½" - 7¾". G. Goursat (illustrator). book.
Published by Obelisk Press, Paris, 1937
- Softcover
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, FranceSan Francisco Book Company
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 320 pp covers worn on the edges 60 franc sticker on endflap spine sunned.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1937
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Softcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. A book by semi-underground literature publisher Jack Kahane who wrote using the pseudonym of Cecil Barr for his integration at Obelisk Press. Censorship drove Jack Kahane to form the Obelisk Press in 1929 in an attempt to publish books in France, (…in English), and bypass the strict censorship that was practiced in Britain at that time. This is the scarce first issue of this title published June 1937, in very good condition, with a closed tear at the bottom fold of the front cover and a bit of browning to the covers only. First issue. book.
Published by The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1934
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Softcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition August 1934. 'Cecil Barr' was the sometime pseudonym of Jack Kahane, proprietor of the Obelisk Press, whose favorite watering hole in Paris was the bar of the Cecil Hotel. This tale recounts the marital, and extra marital, adventures of Tommy Trans-Wood and his 'charm…ing' wife. This is a very good copy in wrappers illustrated by by G. Goursat. A little spotting on the wraps, but still a remarkably fresh, fine copy. The rear flap of the wrapper advertises the publisher's list including the upcoming *Tropic of Cancer*. A beautiful copy. 5½" - 7¼". G. Goursat (illustrator). book.
Published by The Obelisk Press, 1933
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.Sekkes Consultants
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dedicated to Kahane's friend Stuart Gilbert, scholar and early champion of James Joyce. Fifth impression, Jan 1933, or so stated, with Kahane's tendency to inflate reporting on edition reprints. In very good condition slight edge-wear, and discoloration to the spine. Extremely uncom…mon in any impression. Dani (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Obelisk Press, Paris, 1932
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller300, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nominally a seventh printing, February 1932 (first issued in June 1931). 300, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mildly erotic novel of an ingenue's progress through life in Paris by Manchester-born Jack Kahane (1887-1939), founder of the Obelisk Press and publisher of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller and many other…works. Quarter olive calf and snakeskin patterned paper over boards, preserving wrappers. Very good plus Nominally a seventh printing, February 1932 (first issued in June 1931).
Published by Obelisk Press, Paris, 1955
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United KingdomNeil Pearson Rare Books
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8vo, pp. 282. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Small snag and faint crease to leading edge of front wrapper, 1cm closed tear to foot of spine. A very good copy. Second edition. First published by the Obelisk Press in 1934. 'Cecil Barr' was the sometime pseudonym of Jack Kahane, proprietor of the Obelisk Press, whose fa…vourite watering hole in Paris was the bar of the Cecil Hotel. Kahane died in 1939 and Obelisk as a going concern died with him, but his son Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press would revive the imprint's name from time to time, conferring as it did a commercially useful promise of smut on books bearing its name. Upon consulting his own bibliography of the Obelisk Press (Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press, LUP 2007), your cataloguer found the following entry for this book: 'Second edition. 1955. Not seen.' Given the compiling of the bibliography took four and a half years, I have no hesitation in pronouncing this book rare. Pearson A31c.
Published by Albert & Charles Boni, New York, 1929
- First Edition
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. 8vo, 285pp; original orange cloth. Kahane, writer, publisher, and founder of the Obelisk Press, wrote several novels under the pseudonym Cecil Barr, this being among the earliest. A very scarce book, especially in the dust jacket, which features marvelously risque artwork by Constantin Aladjalov. Very slight lean,… discreet pencil ownership inscription on the front pastedown, placed to be hidden beneath the jacket flap; near fine in an excellent example of the scarce dust jacket, just a bit faded on the spine, with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and a small triangular chip to the upper rear corner.
