Books for Trade: Clandestine Losfeld and Others C 1950’s

Louise Dormienne 

 Les audaces

amoureuses de 

Melle de B…

New Orleans: 

1957.

[DUNAN, Renée.] Louise Dormienne. – Les Audaces Amoureuses de Melle de B… New Orleans: 1957. 8vo. pp. 176. Fourteen illustrations. [Dutel, 1062.]  Near fine condition with uncut pages.

A reprint of Les Caprices du Sexe, originally published at Paris in 1928 by Maurice Duflou. See description and images:-

:[DUNAN, Renée.] Louise Dormienne. – Les Audaces Amoureuses de Melle de B


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 Les Étapes de l’amour

S.Palu

Berlin [Paris]

(1958)

Palu, S. [Isidore Isou and the Lettriste Group]. Les Étapes de l’amour. Berlin [Paris]: [1958]. First edition. 8vo, 208 pp. + [40] plates. Printed wraps.

An erotic work written under pseudonym by Isidore Isou and the Lettristes. According to Dutel, Isou didn’t have time to do the drawings for the work, so he gave the scenarios to other members of the Lettriste Group, who executed the rough, full page pornographic drawings – one of the rarest early documents of it’s kind from the Lettriste group. The place of publication, here stated as Berlin, was actually Paris – a subterfuge to avoid prosecution. The work was banned on September 21, 1960. Dutel 1514.

My thanks to Patrick Kearney for his kind permission to use his bibliographical details, in this and my other listings


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Vicomtesse de SAINT-LUC

Ma Vie Conjugale

En souvenir de Isidore Liseux 

[c. 1955]

SAINT-LUC, Vicomtesse de, pseud. – Ma Vie Conjugale. En souvenir de Isidore Liseux [c. 1955]. 8vo. pp. 151. Twelve illustrations. [Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y2-90000(1130). – Dutel, 1876.]  Prosecuted in December 1957. In original soft card wraps, in sheets, wear to cover some creasing , but complete with all illustrations, limited sample in this listing, please request any further images. A reprint of a work originally published at Amsterdam in 1893 by Auguste Brancart, under the title Autour du Mariage de Paulette.

Books for Trade: SAINT-LUC, Vicomtesse de, pseud. – Ma Vie Conjugale.


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 Fleurs de Chair

Mme la Vicomtesse de SAINT-LUC

Société de Bibliophiles

Montréal (Canada)

(1950)

 In Original printed card covers. 8vo. pp. 110. Six illustrations, [Dutel, 1581.] Limited to 300 copies,first published at Amsterdam by Auguste Brancart in 1893, all illustrations are present, link below.

Saint-Luc, Mme la Vicomtesse; Fleurs de chair., En souvenir d`Isidore Liseux.


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 Alexandre LEUCADE

n.d- n.p

(1962)

LEUCADE, Alexandre, pseud. [?Eric Losfeld] – . n.p., n.d. [c. 1962.]  8vo. pp. 119. Sixteen illustrations. [Dutel, 1673.] Original Card covers Author and title in red on off white background, an entirely clandestine publication by Losfeld who may also have been the author. Very good complete .

LEUCADE Alexandre [ Pseudonyme de Ado KYROU ]: LE GORILLE Second Edition illustrated with 16 PLATES (trés libres)


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 L’Envoutement,

par

XXX

[VIAUD, Anselme Louis.]

No Date

(1959)

[VIAUD, Anselme Louis.] – ‘, [par] XXX. Illustré par Géro. n.p., n.d. [1959.] 16mo. Unpaginated, but pp. [120.] Frontispiece and twelve erotic plates. Illustrated wrappers. ( Dutel, 1489.] Contains four tales: L’Envoûtement. – La Prison dans les bruyères. – D’amour et de mort. – Petit ménage. This is the second edition. The original appeared in 1952, without illustrations, credited to A.L.V. and published by [Pierre Pic], with the imprint ‘Collection Vir et Mulier.’ It is a 16mo of pp. 2ff. 124+2ff. and limited to 1000 copies. In original illustrated card covers , illustrations bound in complete Very good copy, Mark on front cover. 

Books for Trade: .XXX [VIAUD, Anselme Louis.] L’ENVOUTEMENT. n.p. n.d (Losfeld) [c. 1959]


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Les

Imprudences

de

Monique

1950’s?

In original beige coloured card covers with title in red on cover, This is an entirely clandestine imprint, illustrated in this copy with 5 full page illustrations of an explicit nature in black. All details are a complete mystery to me, the only copies I can locate do not have the illustrations this one has 5, they are very stylized and look to be 50’s or 60s , they appear to be by the same artist who illustrated ” Le Noir sied aux blondes”, which isn’t much help as I don’t know who published that either. 5 illustrations seems like an odd number (I know it is , but you know what I mean) but I can not detect any interference with the structure of the book. And 5 is certainly better than none which appears to be the alternative.

Anon: Les Imprudences de Monique: No Publisher : No Date (1955)


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Moineau

 de 

Paris

“Les Expériences de Friquette moineau parisien”

XXX

(1950s)

In original paper wraps beautifully produced cover design, ,In-8 (19 x 14) p.p.199 pages uncut, A clandestine publication by Francis Flores , Toulouse in 1955 . 6 unsigned illustrations drawn in sepia on card-stock. Clandestine pornographic novel . ( Dutel II- 1536, Pia 471 ) , COMPLETE In fine condition.

: Moineau de Paris (Les Expériences de Friquette. Moineau parisien) A


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Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MIRABEAU,

Le Rideau levé

ou l’éducation de Laure.

  Amsterdam: 

au galant passe-temps

1953

 8vo. pp. 172. Twelve erotic plates. Limited to 258 copies on ‘beau velin,’ numbered 1 to 250 and lettered A to H. This copy No 161 . Fine uncut pages unread copy, all illustrations present.

 Of interest to the serious erotic bibliophile, Item is complete with no missing parts and no unwanted scribbles or other additions. 

Mirabeau: Le Rideau Levé ou L’Éducation de Laure. Amsterdam, Au Galant Passe-Temps, (Losfeld) (1950)


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 le Parc a Cerfs

 [par] Baron de…

(Versailles) 

[c. 1958]

      I8vo. pp. 165. in uncut sheets. Eight illustrations. tipped in. [Dutel, 2135.] Prosecuted in June 1961. Limited to 300 copies. The authorship and place of publication are given on the wrapper only. In protective,  anonymous card covers and slipcase. Book in original printed wrappers, illustrations tipped in, complete very nice copy

 . All contents clean and complete no added scribbles or any other additions. Sample images only in listing please ask for further information.

Le Parc Aux Cerfs, Baron de B. ,Edition Versailles (Eric Losfeld) 1950


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 FLORILÈGES DE LA VOLUPTÉ

, ou Les Voluptés d’une Vicieuse

 Au Petit Cénacle: 

1936 

[1955]

In original illustrated wraps over card covers. 8vo. Unpaginated, but pp. [112] with sixty leaves on which are printed seventy illustrations. [Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y290000(1181). – Dutel, 1586.] Prosecuted in September 1960. . All contents clean and complete no added scribbles or any other additions. Sample images only in listing please ask for further information.


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 Des Filles et des Hommes  

STARCANTE

[ Claude SEIGNOLLE,.] 

 Hong Kong 

[1959]

Original printed wrappers. 20 erotic illustrations.( 22 in this copy illustrations (2 duplicates bound in together) .. 4to. Unpaginated, but pp. [248]. [Bibliothèque Nationale: 1538. Dutel, 1374.] In original Printed card covers complete with 22 illustrations bound in, altogether in very good condition now rare in any condition. All contents clean and complete no added scribbles or any other additions. Sample images only in listing please ask for further information.

STARCANTE. [ Claude SEIGNOLLE,.] Des Filles et des Hommes,Hong Kong. [1959]. Losfeld


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Les CURIOSITÉS  

Anon

 n.p., n.d.

 [c. 1958.] 

In Original Black card covers with title in red on cover and spine. 8vo. pp. 159. Eight coloured illustrations. [Dutel, 1329.] All illustrations and text present and correct.

A reprint of vol. II of Liqueurs et Parfums des Importantes Fabriques de Lesbos, Cythère et Gomorrhe… published at Amsterdam by A. Brancart in 1894.Curiosités (Les). – S.l.n.d. [P., Eric Losfeld, fin des années ’50], in-12, en f., couv. noire impr. en bistre, étui. Edition clandestine ornée de 8 illustrations en coul., très libres. Il s’agit d’une réédition du tome 2 de Liqueurs et Parfums paru pour la 1e fois en 1894.

Anonymous ( Vicomtesse de Saint-Luc) , Les Curiositès: Undated (1959), No Place (Paris?) Clandestine (Losfeld)


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Luxure et Souffrance

Janine Peyrin 

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In original printed paper wraps, navy blue text on cream background 1 large volume in-8 (26 x 17 cm), in sheets, 119 pages, 8 illustrations laid in, on glossy paper and numerous cul-de-lamps all of an explicit erotic content. No information available to identify publisher or author. Reference: Dutel, bibliography of erotic works published illegally between 1920 and 1970 , No. 1866. A rare and fragile item of interest to the serious erotic bibliophile. Extra images on request.

Janine Peyrin: Luxure et Souffrance, Roman de Mouers. Clandestine Publication n.p n.d (1950


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L’Aquarium

des

voluptés

 Jean Mouille

 No Publisher No Date

(Francis Flores)

(Toulouse)

1955

In original printed card covers (which have fine detailed decorations hard to see on the images but very pleasing to the eye), 229 p.p. with 8 full page explicit erotic illustrations printed on thick glossy card contained inside the flap at the back of the book. A Very Good/ Near Fine copy of a rare and elusive title, very nice condition and a very pretty little book. Item is complete with no missing parts and no unwanted scribbles or other additions

L’Aquarium des Voluptés, Jean Mouille, Edité par sans nom [Francis Flores, Toulouse],


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  Fouetteuses

Anon

[Alphonse MOMAS .]

NIMEGUE

1927

In original Blue printed paper wraps, States Nimegue (1927), but is a clandestine imprint by Losfeld of  1955 No Author, No Publisher. 8vo. pp. 110. 10 illustrations.

 .with half title and title page , a very nice print job produced in a very small number, pages with text are uncut , so an unread copy in very good near fine condition, this is an entirely clandestine imprint, illustrated in this copy with 10 full page illustrations bound in ( single illustrations to each end of the book and 4 in pairs throughout ) of an explicit nature. An item of significant interest to the serious erotic bibliophile. Dutel lists this edition as having 9 illustrations.

Anon [Alphonse Momas] FOUETTEUESES, Nimègue: 1927 (Losfeld) 1955


Bibliographical details provided courtesy of Patrick Kearney, Scissors and Paste website (with his permission.) Linked on the front page of this blog.


The Story of a Bookcase: The Lost Years [a transitional, transcendent phase.]

This is where things become blurred, very blurred, from the age of 18 and pretty much solidly for the next 10 years, I was only half in the driving seat, but never completely out of control, well OK I was shit faced most of the time, and the question of control is academic as I survived it, and in any case the totally out of control periods are completely blank.

Before I take you into my twilight zone, I need to fill in a bit of background, by 13 years was smoking roll ups and had partaken in the “Herb” on a fairly regular basis, by 15 years of age I was already into amphetamines and had taken my first of many “Trips”. not boasting , just telling you.

The bookcase has only a peripheral role in this part, and I will finish this particular blog  with the details of what sort of state it was in by the end. The bulk of this story is I think worth telling , but possibly elsewhere, or I will lose the direction of the whole thing. Whew! narrowly avoided another,  Karl Ove Knausgård, moment, not that is a bad thing, I have read the first 4 of his 5 autobiographical tomes, and I am a fan. I have to fight the temptation to go into minute detail of my life, the urge to confess I suppose, the mark of a Roman Catholic upbringing.

For the ten-year period in question in the context mentioned in the first paragraph above, my life gravitated to extreme social activity, the basis of which was built around music, the listening to , watching and making of. Going to the movies was also an important and frequent activity, just in case anyone is curious I was almost continually employed during this period primarily in various branches of the electronics industry, laughably at one stage I worked on prototype weapons systems at Marconi, whilst being a card-carrying member of the CND and active member of the Anti-Nazi League.

I was a child in the 60's

I was a child in the 60’s

       My interest in Music was eclectic and very time-consuming.

Remarkable Times

Remarkable Times

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And all this time

Self Explanatory

Self Explanatory

By the end the bit that matters for this blog, the bookcase was occupied with a mixture of underground comics, Zap, Furry Freaks and the like, and primarily paperbacks by a variety of authors, including:- Moorcock, Flann O’brien, Kerouac, Brautigan, Poe, and on and on, I had also developed an interest in Burroughs and at one time claimed to have read and understood everything he had written, not sure that I could say that now, the interest continued with translations of French titles, so Bataille, Genet and Beckett, and for those of you in the know, you can already spot the drift towards the Olympia Press, although at this stage I don’t recall any of the copies in the bookcase being Olympia Press editions at that time, another missed opportunity.

Next: The Obsession begins

The Story of a Bookcase [The Teenage Years]

I am conscious that I must not dwell on this too long, otherwise I risk becoming the English version of Karl Ove Knausgård, chance would be a fine thing.

As i aged as we are all doomed to do, I reached the age of 12 and was suddenly old enough to do a paper round and earn my own money, until this time much of the control of the contents of the bookcase remained with my parents and my 4 older siblings, and the Works of Dickens and World of Adventure, titles had been expanded by gifts of Dandy and Beano albums along with the children’s classics, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe and ad infinitum. (Do I detect a nautical theme?)

However by the age of 12 having developed a firm friendship with a lad of the same age at primary school, we had started to develop our own interests in all sorts of things. I recall one such collecting fad was a series of bubble gum cards based on a pictorial history of the American Civil War, they were very gory and when discovered by the Nuns (Catholic School) they were promptly confiscated.

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Having then had my first brush with obsessive collecting and censorship at one fell swoop, and suddenly the possessor of funds provided by the paper round, I commenced to collect Marvel Comics and my best pal, who also had a paper round commenced to collect DC comics, this provided endless ammunition for discussion, debates, heated arguments and the odd bout of violence, over who had the best Heroes and the best collection. It also led to hunting around local second hand book and comic shops. There were a fair few of these around in those days, and indeed the newsagent we both worked for also functioned as an outlet for second hand stuff.

At the tender age of 12, I then commenced to wander further afield in search of elusive titles and even went so far as Herne Bay, some 6 miles distant and a fairly strenuous bike ride in search of those rare titles that I just had to have.

Not me by the way

Not me by the way

As a result of this I discovered, although I did not know it at the time, my very first dirty book shop.Where unbeknownst to me behind all the comics, over the counter, even “Under The Counter” sat piles of “Readers” as they were called, Including no doubt many Paris Olympia Press titles, copies of which could be hired out on a lease return basis by lonely onanists. Clearly a missed opportunity in more than one sense. More of this later.

By a combination of a permanent order of all US Marvel titles released each month, the cost of which was deducted from my salary by the newsagent, my employer, and skillful hunting down of titles elsewhere, I had by the time I was 16 established a collection that filled the bookcase, and this collection stayed in the bookcase and moved with me until I was around 18 years old, by which time I had moved on to different things, like Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and Cannabis, Acid and anything else I could throw down my neck. So around 1973 the comic collection was sold, probably for far too little, to a Shop as I recall in Wardour Street in London romantically called “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed”

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Anyway no complaints here the funds from this sale were used to pursue the nefarious activities listed above, and allowed my collecting to move to the next phase. Watch this space.

Books for Trade: Fouetteurs et Fouettes. Professeur Eynon. Collection Artistique du “fin de siècle” et Collection Gauloise réunies.1908

One of a number of titles from my collection on the theme of flagellation, these titles were largely accepted and if any were banned it tended to be when they were reissued later in the century, This title is a very rare and fragile copy in original covers.


This title is available for trade against any of my Paris Olympia press Wants


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In original illustrated paper wraps, with an outstanding cover by Leon Roze. (see images), title, author , publisher and original price of 4 Francs on spine. List of other titles on back cover.Cover and 8 full page illustrations all signed Leon Roze. 197 pages + 4 pages table de matieres + 22 page catalogue of other titles most decorated with a small vignette.

In extraordinarily good condition for such a fragile item. Complete and in very good order.



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ON THE SAME THEME

Volupté du Fouet Paris, Aux Editions Prima. 1938 Illustrated by R.Fanny (Le Rallic)

Vincennes, Gaston. L’Amour fouetté.

Editions Prima. Paris 1930’s. Flagellation (Spanking) Novels


Books Wanted:- MELTING [Dissolving] Travellers Companion Series No 59

Rather provide an exhaustive list of wants, I want to be specific about the titles I am looking for, many of them are readily available, just very expensive, and will likely have to wait until I can afford to buy them, in the mean time they will remain highly priced and unsold on all the major book sites, that is unless of course a trade is possible.

However before I get to the not rare just expensive stuff, lets explore the really rare stuff.

The first item on my list is one of the variant titles that Girodias produced to avoid detection by the Brigade Mondaine , the French Thought Police, who in cooperation with the British Government sought to eliminate the import of “filth” from the continent, this form of censorship has a long history, but more of that later.

My first target title is therefore “Melting” by Tim Harrack, a disguised variant of the title “Dissolving” the bibliographic description of which reads thus:-

5.59.2 MELTING [DISSOLVING] Tim Harrack, 1958 [Within a green border of type ornament:] TIM HARRACK |MELTING | THE TRAVELLER’S COMPANION | SERIES | published by | THE OLYMPIA PRESS | [breaking the border:] 7, rue Saint-Severin, Paris Collation: 192 pp. 59.1 – 59.128. 17.6 x 11.1 cm., all edges trimmed. Printed on white wove paper. Contents: pp. [1,2] blank. p. [3] MELTING. p. [4] [rule] | All right reserved by The Olympia Press Paris France. p. [5] title, as above, reverse blank. pp. 7-[187] text. p. [188] blank. p. [189] PRINTED IN FRANCE | [rule] | Printed March 1958 by S.I.P., Montreuil, France | Dépôt légal : 1er trimestre 1958. pp. [190-192] blank. Binding: Olive-green wrappers, printed in black, and trimmed flush with body of the book. [Front cover; within a frame of two borders, the outer consisting of fine linked chain of type device in black, and the inner a thin band of white edged in black:] TIM HARRACK | MELTING | no 59 | THE | TRAVELLERS COMPANION | SERIES. [Spine; within a white, black-edged panel, the series no. in horizontal digits at bottom and title lettered vertically up spine:] 59 [-] MELTING [Back cover, at bottom right-hand corner:] Francs : 1.200. Notes: Although presumably re-issued with a title change to confuse the authorities, the running head still reads DISSOLVING throughout. The text of page 7 and the first half of page 8 has been re-written, after which it remains identical to the edition published as Dissolving.(1)

I thank my long term pen-pal and friend (though we have never met face to face) Patrick Kearney for permission to use excerpts from his book:- (1) The Paris Olympia Press published by The Liverpool University Press, 2007, where the above description can be located on Page: 187.

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Despite Pat’s description, this was and in reality still is the only Olympia Press title I have never seen, so imagine my delight, when just a week ago, following some very skilled detective work I discovered a copy in Berlin. I quickly made all of the necessary arrangements to buy the book, and even sent the following to him:-

Well Pat

 
Sometimes I amaze myself, no sooner do I admit to never having seen a copy of the Melting variant of Dissolving, than I track one down on a really obscure German antiques web site, admittedly I do not have it in hand yet, but it is paid for and order confirmed. Amazing so happy I just had to share the moment.
A few days later I received the following message from Berlin:-

Hallo Stephen,

I just tried to take your book from my storage room. I was shocked, it was the victim of a mouse attack!

I’m sorry, they destroyed it. And not only this…

By the way, I don’t use paypal.

I apologize for the circumstances.

Best regards from Berlin………………Stephan

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I updated Pat and he responded:-

Steve, Hi:

I’m glad I wasn’t able to reply to your email and congratulate you on
finally digging up a copy of “Melting” — in light of your subsequent
email. How tragic. Really. I picked up a Bibliotheque des curieux title
once that had clearly been nibbled on by rodents, but at least it was
readable. “Melting” was demolished. But at least there’s evidence
(from the spine which is still intact) that it exists!

Happy to take any copy in pretty much any condition as long as it is complete.

Well here we go, new territory for me. I decided to set up this blog to share my experience of 30 years of hunting for and collecting books published by the Paris Olympia Press, I have completed the collection twice, and in hard times had to sell many books to other collectors, I am now on my third and last attempt to complete the entire published output of the press.

I list duplicate copies of my Olympia Press books on AbeBooks, and I am using any potential income to purchase titles missing from my collection, these duplicates along with a range of other clandestine erotic titles are available to trade for titles I need for the collection.

Watch this space for stories of book hunting expeditions and images of books both from the collection and for sale/trade.

ANY ENQUIRIES JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THE BLOG WITH YOUR CONTACT DETAILS AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

Olympia Collection cabinet 1

Olympia Collection cabinet 1

Olympia Collection Cabinet 2

Olympia Collection Cabinet 2