The Love Book by Kandel, Lenore - 1966

Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. paperback. very good condition with a $2 handwritten price tag on the front

San Francisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition, variant issue, with covers printed in brown and turquoise, on white stock. Square octavo. 6, [1]pp., printed on rectos only. Stapled pictorial wrappers printed in brown and turquoise on white stock. Lightly rubbed on spine, else a fine copy. Lenore Kandel (1932-2009) was an obscure Beat poet, who gained notoriety for this controversial title, confiscated by San Francisco police, and the subject of a long-running obscenity trial, that was finally overturned by a Federal Court in 1974.

San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions , 1966. Second Printing of the Stolen Paper editions, with the cover overprinted in blue. Her first book, the true first edition was self-published, then published by Jeff Berner of the Stolen Paper Review in various printings. Near Fine, slight browning to rear wrapper at spine edge. Red end papers, 6 pages, four poems; God/Love Poem, To Fuck With Love, Phases I, II, and III. The latter three poems caused the book to be banned as obscene. . Second Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine. Square 8vo.

The Stolen Paper Review, 1966. second printing. Wraps. near fine. Color pictorial wrappers. 6pp. 2nd printing with address of publisher on verso of rear endpaper. Newspaper clipping regarding this book (dated May, 19, 1967) was laid in front page has toned the pages.

San Francisco, CA: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Early Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Good. Stapled pamphlet, 7.75 in. x 7 in., 7 leaves with 6 poems. Cardstock cover with brown and blue kama sutra imagery to front and back, and white title to front. Edgewear to spine, and light thumbing to bottom left front corner. Dampstains to endpapers, fore-edge, and final three leaves. This title was part of an exhibit about Tantra in the British Museum. The sexually provocative imagery led to an explosive obscenity/censorship trial - with a guilty verdict - in San Francisco in 1967.

UsedVeryGood. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Mild tanning. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

San Francisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. [1st printing, 1966] Dark brown printing on wraps; olive green endpages, with publisher's name, but no address, printed in verso of rear endpage; text printed sideways on rectos. Of historical as well as poetical interst. Seized by police November 15, 1966, this book of poetry (with "To F*ck with Love"), was part of famous 1967 censorship trial, wherein it was deemed obscene and defendants found guilty. In 1971 the verdict was overturned. Rear cover has patches of soiling (food likely) and picking at soiling has caused scars (see scan); corner wear; minor creasing.. First Edition. Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.

[np]: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Fine. First edition, very early issue with cover printed in brown (rather than black) ink with no blue overprinting, text printed sideways, publisher specified on verso of rear endpaper but partial with no address (first issue apparently has no publisher listed there). [10] pp. printed on rectos only. Illustrated wraps with pale green endpapers. Basically Fine with tiny corner crease to one page, hint of shelf wear. An attractive copy of an uncommon banned book. It was the author's first, which became a cause celebre in the Haight Ashbury scene when it was banned as obscene.

[San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions,, 1966].. First edition.. [10 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Conforms to all the true first edition points but a variant issue with the cover printed in brown ink on white stock. The subject of one of the many major American censorship trials of its day.

San Fransisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Square octavo. Cover printed in brown. Suppressed due to obscenity charges that resulted in guilty verdicts for the defendants.