Pseud Luc Lafnet Flogger a W (1 results)

First Edition, llimited to 1000 copies, this being copy no. 219. Octavo (9 x 5 1/2 in.). 306, (2, blank), (2) pp., 12 b&w photogravures, incl. frontispiece. Publisher's original buff wrapper printed in black and red, original glassine dust jacket. Titlepage to the contrary, there is no record of an English erotic novel, Flogger Papers; the title under notice appears to be an original French flagellation novel of stern ladies and gents with whips and submissive ladies on the receiving end. A whipping good time is had by all. Particularly noteworthy are the illustrations by "Jim Black," one of handful of pseudonyms used by Luc Lafner (1899-1939), a Belgian who studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de Liège, moved to Paris in 1923, and illustrated thirty-one books (the majority erotic novels) before his untimely death at age 40. Unrecorded in the usual (and unusual) sources. Glassine soiled, wear to spine extremities, otherwise a Very Good copy.Kinsey Library 823.8 F629F6F1928.