The Olympia Reader. Selections from the Traveller's Companion Series
by Girodias, Maurice (Ed.)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Black Watch. 1965. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild rubbing to dustjacket with some chipping to spine ends. 725 pages. An anthology of many of the classics of erotic and written-to-order racy stories published by The Olympia Press with an extensive introduction and notes by Maurice Girodias. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB324595
- Title
- The Olympia Reader. Selections from the Traveller's Companion Series
- Author
- Girodias, Maurice (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Watch
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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