Patrick J. Kearney

A Checklist of theParis Competitorsof theOlympia Press

Scissors & Paste Bibliographies
Santa Rosa, CA
2019Introductory Note

The genesis of these notes was a fragmentary 8-page handwritten checklist put together by G. Legman, who gave it to me
at some point in the mid-1980s. Legman’s checklist was apparently an early draft of an attempted listing of Paris-published
English-language erotica produced in the 1950s and ‘60s. It included many of the titles published by Maurice Girodias, together with one of the six novels he published at Denmark as
part of the short-lived Odyssey Library series, and some half
dozen erotic novels put out by “Colombia Books – London”
which seem to have actually been published at New York by
Jake Brussel about 1965.
The balance of Legman’s checklist comprises a partial attempt to catalogue in short-title form the output of Girodias’
Parisian competitors. Little information is provided concerning
paginations, dates or authorship, but addresses are occasionallygiven together with a few tidbits about imprints and series
names. I have attempted to flesh this material out by browsing
the on-line catalogues of the British Library (BL) and the Library of Congress (LC), and where possible supplied the pressmarks of repository copies. Much further information has been
supplied by Jan Moret, a Dutch collector, whose generosity has
been overwhelming, and by Steve Gertz, now of McMinnville,
Oregon, who has been most helpful with his knowledge of the
US paperbacks reprints of many of these novels. I must also
acknowledge the generous assistance of Steve Mullins, forkindly providing me with the scans that illustrate this page, andto John Eggeling for drawing my attention to a number of serious problems with some of the entries.
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For information on Girodias’s relationship with his competitors, see: Girodias, Les Jardins d’Éros (Paris: Éditions de la Différence, 1990, pp. 414, &c.), vol. II of Une Journée sur la terre.
To avoid repetition in the notes below, the following is a listof publishers generally responsible for the late 1960’s American
reprints of the original Paris books:
BRANDON HOUSE. North Hollywood and, later, Chatsworth,California. Part of the publishing empire of Milton Luros. Most if not
all the Brandon reprints appeared under the Brandon House Library
imprint, a series edited by Brian Kirby. By use of imaginative coverart, good-quality paper and a generally careful choice of texts, Kirby
succeeded in creating one of the best of the ‘adult’ paperback series in
the late 1960’s.
COLLECTOR’S PUBLICATIONS. City of Industry and Covina,
California. Run by Marvin Miller, Collector’s was one of the mostprolific of the porno houses. Using a cover design closely modeled onthat of the Olympia Press’s Traveller’s Companion series, Miller pirated just about ever erotic title ever published in English, and printed
them on execrable paper to boot. Miller also published a subsidiaryseries called COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS.
CONTINENTAL CLASSICS (Europa Novels series). Long Island
City, New York.
GARGOYLE PRESS. Canoga Park, California.
GREENLEAF CLASSICS. San Diego, California. Run by William
Hamling.
PENDULUM BOOKS. Atlanta, Georgia. Run by Michael Thevis.

Additions and corrections to the listings below are of coursevery welcome. Please contact Patrick J. Kearney at Scissors andPaste Bibliographies3

Ace Press
Stockholm-Paris

1. John Burrough. – Some Like it Red-Hot. [comprising two short novels: A Strange Aspect of Love andRuth Stevenson’s Decision]. 1962. pp. 123. 16 x
11.5 cm. No printer or price. Brown cover with title
and border in black. Very cheap paper and thin covers.
No repository copy located.
Michael Goss of Delectus Books, London, informs me that his copyof Some Like it Red-Hot has gray wrappers, and also that he has
three German novels from the same publisher: Nur du und Andere, Geschaft ist Geschaft and Nymphe Erika. All were purchased in Sweden.

4Armor Publishing Company
28, rue Darcet- Paris (17)Proprietor: ‘Patrick Garnot’ [real name Georges Garnot]. All fourbooks printed in France by Omnium de Presse et d’Edition 11, rue
Rochechouart – Paris (9) in the second quarter of 1962. Grey covers
with title and border in blue. On the back cover: Not to be imported
into the United Kingdom or the USA. No price. 11.5 x 17.7 cm.

2. Mark Andrews. – Sentimental Journey. 1962. pp.
188. British Library: PC. 14. g. 49.
Reprinted in 1969 at North Hollywood, California, by Brandon
House Library Editions [Milton Luros] under the title: Mother
Lode. Series no. 6045, pp. 158.

3. John Hanforth. – The Life Line. 1962. pp. 191. British Library: PC 14. g. 14. On the title page the nameof author is given as John Handifly, but this has beenineffectively blacked out.
4. Thomas Kelly. – The Long Day. 1962. pp. 190. Library of Congress: PR6061. E5. L6 (Rare Bk. Coll.)
5. Fred Marlin. – Caprice. 1962. pp. 190. No repository
copy located. Name on title page: Ered [sic] Marlin.

5Artistic Press
No address, printer or date. Both books priced at 30
Francs, suggesting post 1962 publication

6. Jones Richard. – Teach Them the Love. pp. 236.
Yellow wrappers with title and border in black.
A piracy of Henry Jones [John Colman], The Enormous Bed,
vol. 1 of the Olympia Press’s Traveller’s Companion Series.

7. Helena Robertson. – Miss M… pp. 242. Brown wrappers, with title and border in black.
Apparently, a translation of an anonymous pornographic novel
called Mademoiselle M... (À Montréal, 1960). Interestingly, the textof this extremely scarce work was reworked clumsily as L’Enfer duSexe by ‘Youl Belhomme,’ and published in 1971 by Jean-Jacques
Pauvert as an accompaniment to his essay La Vrai problème de censure. Whether Pauvert was aware of the deception at the time of
publication is not certain. The original French text was reprinted
sub rosa in the early 1970’s in two volumes by Dominique Leroy –it was her first publication – titled, respectively, Et Pourquoi pas!
and La Fête de l’Hévéa.

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Colombia Books
Allegedly printed at London. All books measure 17.5 x
11 cm and have brown wrappers printed in black with ablack border.

8. Lisel Away. – Who Push Ed Francie. On the titlepage: ‘(Translate from French)’. On front wrapper:‘Colombia Books, London’. pp. 190. Published by Colombia Books Ltd., 1963. Printed in Great Britain by
Armstrong-Type Press Ltd., Colchester, Essex.
A Reprint of Cruel Lips by ‘Marcus Van Heller,’ [John Stevenson],a novel originally published by the Olympia Press.

9. Lilian Beaty. – Motel for Sin. On the titlepage:‘(Translate from French)’. pp. 183. 21, Old Compton
Street, London, S.W.1. Printed in Great Britain by
Armstrong-Type Press Ltd., Colchester, Essex.
10. Phillip Benson. – Sensuous Pleasure. On the titlepage: ‘(Translate from French)’. pp. 158. On thefront wrapper: ‘Colombia Books, London’. On the last
page: ‘Dépôt Legal. Deuxième trimestre 1959.’ Publisher’s address is given as ‘Hanover Square, London
W2’.
Jan Moret writes: “The book is full of printing mistakes, and frompage 131 of every copy I’ve seen the whole printing is a mess.” Thisis a translation of a novel called Selma, (Tours: Editions S.U.D.A.,
n.d.). A specially commissioned extract from the French original
was translated for the Kronhausen’s book Erotic Fantasies (NewYork: Grove Press, 1969), pp. 246-9. Sensuous Pleasure was photoreprinted in October 1967 by Collector’s Publications [Marvin Miller] of Covina, California. Despite being a photo-reprint, this Collectors edition has only 101 pages as compared to the 158 of theoriginal. However, the text is the same as the Paris edition, including the printing mistakes.

711. Elise de Brestois. – The French Girls. [Two novels.]
On the titlepage: ‘(Translate from French)’. pp. 217.
Published by Colombia Books Ltd., 1963. Printed in
Great Britain by Armstrong-Type Press Ltd., Colchester, Essex. Price 24fr stamped on rear cover.
I’m obliged to Michael Goss for drawing my attention to this title.
He adds that a previous owner has written in pencil “(transl. Unconscious Humor)”

12. Vera Claythorne. – Unusual Training. Colombia
Books Series published by The Hanover Press, Hanover Square, London W 2. 17.5 x 11 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black with a black border. pp.(viii), 9[152]. 7 blank leaves. (Dépot Légal Deuxième Trimestre 1958).
John Eggeling, who kindly sent me details of this title, adds that the“story is set by the Bois de Boulogne in the ‘Institution Ariel’, afinishing school that teaches young women the finer aspects of flagellation and anal sex (which may help to identify the original).” The
Kinsey Institute Library has an edition of this novel with the same
pagination, but it is described as being published by the Olympia
Press and no. 67 of the Traveller’s Companion Series. (Shelfmark:AAC4750.) Clearly this is a fake of some sort, since that particularnumber of the Traveller’s Companion Series is a translation of
Sade’s Justine, ou la Malheur’s de la vertu. The Olympia Press neverpublished a book by anyone named Vera Claythorne, or one called
Unusual Training.

13. Pat O’Brien. – Mister Howard. On the titlepage:‘(Translate from French)’. pp. 154. 21, Old Compton
Street, London, S.W.1. Printed in Great Britain by
Armstrong-Type Press Ltd., Colchester, Essex. “This is
the second wonderful work from the pen of Mr.
Charles Sackville, and continues the story of the amusing exploits of Mr. Howard.”
A reprint of one of the ‘Charles Sackville’ series of novels publishedbetween 1903 and 1911 by Charles Carrington at Paris.

814. Helena Robertson. – Boarding School. On the titlepage: ‘(Translate from French)’. On front wrapper:‘Colombia Books, London’. pp. 165. Published by Colombia Books Ltd., 1963. Printed in Great Britain by
Armstrong-Type Press Ltd., Colchester, Essex. Kinsey
Institute: 843.8 R64 b6E 1963
I am obliged to Michael Goss for drawing my attention to this title,
which was previously unknown to me. The connection, if any, toHelen Robertson, Miss M..., published by the Artistic Press, above,in uncertain.

9C.P.E. [Compagnie parisienned’édition]-Pic
Paris

15. Roland Patrick. – The Lost Nights. [c. 1953.] pp.
380.
I am indebted to Steve Mullins of Egobooks for drawing my attention to this title. Steve describes the appearance of the book as follows: “[It] is in a stiff white card covers printed in black on front
cover and spine. Best of all it has a wonderful dust wrapper depicting
a crowned and cloaked skeleton carrying a beautiful naked woman.
The artwork appears to be by Jacques Leclerc, although part of his
first name is missing so I cannot be sure.” Steve adds that the addressof the publisher is given as 80 Rue Rene Boulanger PARIS (X),and that copyright page alleges that work is translated from Frenchby ‘Mr Dickson.’ This is in fact a translation of Les nuits perdues by‘Roland Patrick’ [Jacques-Henry Juillet], published in 1950 at Parisby Éditions de la Croix du Sud. The cover illustration is very similar
to that described by Steve Mullins for the English translation, exceptthat the skeleton is neither crowned nor cloaked, and the signatureof the artist is given as ‘J. C. Meral.’ I am obliged to M. Pierre
Cabriot for these precisions.
This company doesn’t appear to have been in direct competition to
the Olympia Press, and is included here only for The Lost Nights,
the only English title I have been able to locate. Other C.P.E. publications, while evidently erotic, are all in French. The following
list, in no particular order, comprises those I was able to locate in
the Bibliothèque Nationale:

Paroxysmes, by Luis Della Rocca. 1958 8vo. pp. 238. - La
Madone du Desert, by Emile Bravade. 1955. pp. 221. - Lesamants diaboliques, by Nina Antony. 1957. pp. 224. - Les
Corps Ivres, by Harry Mitchum. 1958. pp. 238. - Débauches,by Roger Clément. 1958. pp. 272. Cover art by ‘Jihet’. Stop!... Taxi, by Narcisee Delban. 1958. pp. 216. - Filles deSatan, by Luis Della Rocca. 1956 pp. 218. - Mercédès l’Andalouse, by Nina Antony. 1957. pp. 223. - Le Paradis des10

amours, by Nina Antony. 1956. pp. 272. - La Déesse de laforêt, by Michel Sangar. 1956. pp, 222. - Le Chemin de laperdition, by Pierre Senard. 1956. pp. 220. - La Ronde desamants, by Pierre Sénard. 1956. pp. 224. - La Soubrette abusive, by Etienne Six. 1957. pp. 224.

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Editions du Grand Damier
The ‘Lustful Hours’ series
Published by Serge Krill at Paris, 64 rue de Richelieu. Books notpriced. Copyright by the Editions du Grand Damier; “Translation
and adaptation rights reserved for all countries”. All books printed
in France by Imprimerie SIA Villefrance during the first two quarters of 1956 and all measure 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Front wrappers red
with white circle containing the name of book. Back wrappers
white with “This novel is translated from French. The importationof this book is limited to all countries except the United States ofAmerica and the United Kingdom. FORBIDDEN TO MINORS.” All books have two pages of advertisements for the otherbooks: 5 books. Three titles (Cinderella of Love, Nights in Scotland
and Forbidden Paths have ‘The series of Lustful Hoirs [sic]’ on thefront wrapper, titlepage and last page with adverts. The spelling error is corrected on The Perverted Lady and The Castle of Temptation.

16. Rick Arnold [Jacques-Henri Juillet]. – The Castle of
Temptation. 1956. 2nd trim. 1956. pp. 214.
A translation of Le Manoir des tentations issued the preceding yearby the same publisher. A copy of the French original in is the Bibliothèque Nationale at 16-Y2-15426(16). The English version is in
the Library of Congress at PZ4 .A759;.the British Library at
YA.1996. a. 15066; and the Bibliothèque Nationale at 16-Y218609(2).

17. Rick Arnold [Jacques-Henri Juillet]. – Cinderella ofLove. March 1956. pp. 184.
Credited to ‘Carol Paterson’ in adverts in the back of the book, butauthorship given as ‘Ric Arnold’ on wrappers and titlepage. Libraryof Congress: PZ4.A759 Ci (Delta). Bibliothèque Nationale at 16Y2-18609(5).

18. [Albert-]Andre Ibels (1873-1932). – The Perverted
Lady. 2nd trim. 1956. pp. 218.
A translation of La Bourgeoise pervertie, a work originally selfpublished by its author in 1930. Ibels was a libertarian and the co-12

founder of La Revue Anarchiste, and the brother of French printmaker, illustrator and painter Henri Gabriel Ibels (1867-1936). The
French text was issued the preceding year by the same publisher. A
copy of the French original is in the Bibliothèque Nationale at 16Y2-15426(19). Copies of the English version are in the Library ofCongress at PZ3.I172 Pe(Delta) and in the Bibliothèque Nationaleat 16-Y2-18609(4).

19. Carol Paterson [Jacques-Henry Juliett]. – Nights in
Scotland. 1st trim. 1956. pp. 178.
A translation of Nuits écossaises (1955) from the same publisher. A
copy of the French original is in the Bibliothèque Nationale at 16Y2-15426(7). The English edition is in the British Library at: YA.
1996. a. 14852.

20. Ronald Kapitan [Jacques-Henry Juliett]. – Forbidden
Paths. March 1956. pp. 165.
A translation of a novel called L’École du péché published the preceding year. A Copy of the French original is in the Bibliothèque
Nationale at: 16-Y2-15426(26). A copy of the English edition is at:
Library of Congress: PZ4 K17 Fo (Delta) and British Library: YA.
1996. a. 14853

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Editions du Grand Damier& Pall Mall Press
42, rue d’Ulm, Paris-V. Copyright by the Editions duGrand Damier 1957. Translation and adaptation right reserved for all countries. The relationship between this Pall
Mall Press and the one below, run by Patrick Garnot, isunclear.

21. Anonymous. – The Callipyges. 3rd trim. 1957. 18 x
13.5 cm. pp. 215. No price.
A reprint of a turn-of-the-century English translation of Les Callipyges, ou Les Délices de l’amour [Amsterdam: Aug. Brancart, 1889]
by ‘E. D.’ [i.e. Edmund Dumoulin.] “The whole philosophy andsecret mystery of female flagellation now for the first time exposedby four English ladies. With experiments and detailed instructions
as to the proper conduct of this noble pastime.” The front cover inblack with title in white. “Printed in France. Éditions spéciale duGrand Daumier.” – This edition photo-reprinted in May 1968 by
Collectors’ Publications [Marvin Miller] of City of Industry, California.

22. Pearson Groves. – Juvenile Lead. 3rd trim. 1957. pp.
(vi), [7]-220. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Front cover red, white &black; back cover white. “Printed in France. Éditions
spéciale du Grand Damier.” 1,200 Francs.
Reprinted in 1968 as series no. 3029 of the Brandon House Library
Editions. The vol. has 208 pages and an Introduction by ‘Steven
George’ [Jack Hirschman].

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Massilia-Press
29, rue Palud, Marseille (B. du R.)

No printer, no price. no date. Light grey covers with title
and border in blue. 17 x 11 cm. Mostly reprints or piracies
of novels first published by the Armor Publishing Company, qv.

23. Charles Doolittle. – The Moonlit Night. pp. 191.
Photographic reprint of John Hanforth, The Life Line.

24. Mrs. Howard. – The Cat’s Paw. pp. 190.
Photographic reprint of Thomas Kelly, The Long Day.

25. Lucienne Nanine. – Three Girls and Myself. pp. 190.
Translated by Robert James Scott.
26. Emma Spur. – Our Darling Girl. pp. 188.
Photographic reprint of Mark Andrews: Sentimental Journey.

27. A Tourist’s Rome. (Seen listed in catalogue.)15

Mediterranean Press5, rue Git-le-Cœur, Paris 6e.

All books printed in France by Impr. Caractères, 3 rue
Hautefeuille, Paris VI. Grey wrappers, title in red and authors name and ‘Mediterranean Press’ in black. Red andblack border. 17 x 11.5 cm. On the back wrapper: ‘Not
to be imported into the United Kingdom or the USA’.
All books priced at 900 Francs. This series of books was
published by Bronislaw Kaminsky (1919-1996), also
known as ‘Bruno Durocher,’ who had a printshop on rue
Hautefeuille and was, apparently, a ‘poète mineur.’ Kaminsky, who had been described as the “Polish Rimbaud” following the publication of his first volume ofverse at the age of seventeen, spent the war years in theconcentration camps, and settled in Paris in 1945. The
rue Git-le-Cœur address also appears on books published
by Pall Mall Press and Weekend Books. Éditions Caractères, which was founded by ‘Durocher,’ in 1950 is stillin business today, but has moved to a new address, 7, rue
de l’Arbalète - 75005 Paris. There is a website: Les Éditions Caractères

28. Joan Ayres. – Lady Susan’s Cruel Lover. 1957. pp.
175. PZ4.A979 Lad (Delta). British Library: YA 1996.
a. 13692.
Reprinted with the same title and author in October 1967 by Collectors Publications. (pp. 162+ads.)

29. Ace Etler. – Virgin Territory. 1957. pp. 222. Pages
9-97 are taken up with the title story, while pages 101222 contain Rich Ladies’ Doctor by ‘Charles Watson.’ Library of Congress: PZ4.E83 Vi (Delta). British
Library: YA 1996. a. 13649.
Partially reprinted in 1968 at series no. 28 of the Pendulum Publications. Pages 9-96 of this reprint are taken up with 8 chapters of16

Virgin Territory, while pages 97-160 comprise A Surgeon for Sin,a new edition of a Victorian story originally called The Amatory
Experiences of a Surgeon by J. C. Reddie. A Surgeon for Sin is not
the same work as Rich Ladies’ Doctor. The Pendulum volume hasan ‘idiotic’ Introduction by Dale Koby.

30. Orville Newton. – Cruise to the End of Love. 1957.
pp. 195. Library of Congress: PZ4.N567 Cr (Delta).
British Library: P.C.14.h.28.
Reprinted at series no. CE-102 by Collector’s Publications; it has
an Introduction by ‘Harvey Spooner.’ Another Collector’s edition
has the serial no. 21185.

31. Charles Watson. – Penny. 1957. pp. 184. Library ofCongress: PZ4.W3385 Pe (Delta). British Library: P.C.
14.h.48.
Reprinted by Greenleaf Classics in 1967 as Penny and Delicious
Nights. pp. 144. Series. No. Gc-270. British Library copy shelved
at: P.C.28.aa.4. The novel was also reprinted in 1968 by Continental Classics (Europa Novels series) of Long Island City, New York,as Three on a Spree by ‘Ray Trimble.’ pp. 158. Series no. EN-107.
Penny occupies pp. 3-74, and something called Way Way Out occupies pp. 77-158. A further reprint was done by Collector’s Publications in 1968, Kinsey copy shelved at: AAB4427. Still anotherreprint appeared in 1968 from Pendulum Books (no. 034), in which
Penny is slightly truncated by the omission of the last one-and-ahalf pages of the original Paris edition. The Kinsey Institute has twocopies of Penny published by the Mediterranean Press. One (temp.
control no. AAB3155) is as described above. The other (pressmark:AAC4450) is smaller and described as being in two parts. Thesecomprise: pp. 9-100, Penny and pp. 103-184, Delicious Nights.

32. Charles Watson. – Rich Ladies’ Doctor. 196-? pp.
129. Kinsey Institute Pressmark: 823.8 Bem45 W337r.
33. Mary Wilson. – The Voluptuous Night. 1957. pp.
167. Library of Congress: PZ3.N8953 (Delta)

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Oceanic Press
31-bis, faubourg Montmartre, Paris 9eThis series comprises twelve numbered titles and nine thatare unnumbered. The numbering appears in black in red
circles on the spines. All measure 17.5 x 11.5 cm and beara striking resemblance to novels published by the Mediterranean Press and Weekend Books. On the back wrappers is the usual admonition against importation into the
UK or the USA. No prices are given. The first five titles
were printed by Imp. Moderne de la France, 55 rue Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Paris (10e), and the balance by Les
Impression des Roses, 50, rue de Fresnes, L’Hay-lesRoses (Seine). Océanic Press was owned by Pierre Delarue, nicknamed ‘Les-Gros-Bras.’

34. Earle Dexter. – Mabel’s Torment. 1958. pp. 188. Series no. 1. Library of Congress: PZ4.D527 Mab (Delta).
Photo-reprinted in 1968 as Go-Go by ‘G. Rilla’ by Continental
Classics, series no. CC-131. There is an Introduction by “Allan
Saunders, M.A.” The text of Mabel’s Torment ends at p. 188. Two
additional pages are take up with a fragment of another, unidentified
work entirely, presumably as the result of a printer’s blunder.

35. Alan Atwood. – Memories of Love. 1958. pp. 188.
Series. no. 2. Library of Congress: PZ4.A8865 Me(Delta). British Library: PC 14. g. 8.
ClassicsPhoto-reprinted in 1968 as Memoirs of a Playboy by ‘Dick
Nyvgar’ by Continental Classics, series no. CC-127. There is an
Introduction by “Allan Saunders, M.A.” Also reprinted, about thesame year, as one of the “Collector’s Edition”, series no. CE-109.
pp. 188. Copy in the Kinsey Institute at 823.8 A887 m5 1968. A
photo reprint appeared as a Collector’s Publication in March 1968,
with the series no. 21194.

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36. Luis Clark. – Savoury Bed-Time Tales. 1958. pp.
187. Series no. 3. Library of Congress: PZ4.C5935 Sav.
British Library: PC 14. h. 40.
37. Peter Lind. – Models and Madness. 1958. pp. 189.
Series no. 4. Library of Congress: PZ4.L742 Mo(Delta). British Library: P.C. 14. h. 30.
Photo-reprinted in January 1968 by Collectors Publications. Since
this reprint has 100 pages and the original had 189 pages, one must
assume it was abbreviated for some reason. Jan Moret reports what
would appear to be a Collector’s edition with the same pagination
as the Paris original; he states that it is smaller than the usual Collector’s volumes, is printed on better paper, has no advertisements
and has a cover price of $2.00. The improved paper quality and theprecise $2.00 price do not suggest an authentic Collector’s edition,
however, and leads one to suspect a piracy of a piracy, possibly ofEuropean or even Taiwanese origin.

38. Ramon Albars. – Pleasure Island. 1958. pp. 191. Series no. 5. Library of Congress: PZ4.A327 Pl (Delta).
British Library: P.C. 14. g. 7.
Reprinted in 1967 at series no. 111 by Continental Classics. Introduction by ‘Al Lee.’ Small changes made to text, for example acharacter called Pat becomes Peter in the American edition. Also, asentence is added to the end of the book that doesn’t appear in the
Paris original: “But, now I think back somewhat wistfully to thedays and nights of my wild bachelor fucking…” The text of thisedition – complete with the additional sentence – was pirated atseries no. 21281 by Collector’s Publications in 1969 as Wild Orgy.

39. Helen Tucker. – A Diary of the “Senses.” 1958. pp.
191. Series no. 6. British Library: P.C.14.h.25. (Online
catalogue gives date incorrectly as 1953.)
A translation of La Confidence sensuelle, originally published under
the pseudonym André Suffren [Isidore Isou] by Eric Losfeld c. 1955,
with the false imprint ‘Montréal : Imprimerie royale’. English text
photo-reprinted, and repaginated, in May 1968 by Collector’s Publications (Series no. 21222.) Concerning this novel, Steve Gertz
writes: “A most unusual, rather unique book, and virtually the only
erotica/porn/DB I’ve come across whose theme is transgenderism,

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written in the wake, apparently, of Christine Jorgensen’s famoussex-change. The lead, a male, undergoes male > female surgery. He
then meets an old female lover from the time he was (very) bewildered re. his gender who has undergone female > male surgery.
They live happily ever after.”

40. Jack Olley. – Milady. 1959. pp. 188. Series no. 7. Library of Congress: PZ4.O4943 Mi (Delta).
Photo-reprinted as All Legs in February 1969 by Collectors Publications. (Series no. 21287.)

41. Dan Harding. – Venus in India, or Adventures ofLove in Hindustan. 1959. pp. 271. Series no. 8. Library of Congress: PZ4.D486 Ve (Delta). Kinsey Institute: pressmark: 823.7 D49 v4 1959.
The copy in the Kinsey Institute is credited to Charles Devereaux,under which name the book first appeared. Originally published byAuguste Brancart at Amsterdam in 1889, this erotic novel has been
ascribed to Major Crommelin Henry Ricketts, who retired fromthe 5th cavalry (Madras Staff) in 1871 after 21 years in the saddle.
He died in 1892 in the decidedly un-exotic Paddington area of London. For further information on this colourful character, see Peter
Mendes, Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1900-1930. A Bibliographical Study (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1993). The present version of this text has been re-written.

42. Arnold Kem. – The Misfortunes of Mary. 1959. pp.
191. Series no. 9. Library of Congress: PZ4.K316 Mi(Delta). British Library: P.C.14.g.35.
Reprinted in 1967 by Collector’s Publications. pp. 191. Copy inKinsey Institute at temporary control number AAB4440.

43. Alphonso Rand. – The Educational Method of Uncle Lem. 1958. pp. 190. Series no. 10. Library of Congress: PZ4.A465 Ed.
Photo-reprinted in April 1968 by Collector’s Publications. pp.
182+ads. Series no. 21199.

44. Charles Hart. – Whirlpool. 1959. pp. 191. Series no.
11. Library of Congress: PZ4.H326 Wh.
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Photo-reprinted in February 1968 by Collectors Publications(21175). Also reprinted in the late 1960’s by Greenleaf Classics atseries no. GC-307.

45. Bert Winter. – Desire and Molly’s Mishap. 1959.
pp. 189. Series no. 12. Library of Congress:
PZ4.W7848 De (Delta).
Photo-reprinted in 1968 as Belly Dance by ‘V. Fodor’ by Continental Classics. Same pagination as the Paris original, and with theseries no. CC-172. There is an Introduction by “Allan Saunders,
M.A.” What would appear to be a fake Collector’s Publications edition is in the collection of the compiler. It is squarish and slightly
smaller than the usual Collectors editions, and printed on better paper. It is priced at $2.00. Since the pagination is the same as the Paris
original, it is probably a photo-reprint.

The remaining titles are not numbered and arearranged alphabetically, by author:

46. J. Bangood. – Georgia-Sue. 1959. pp. 190. Library ofCongress: PZ4.B215 Ge (Delta). British Library: PC
14. g. 13.
Photo-reprinted in 1967 by Collector’s Editions [sic]. pp. 190. Series no. CE107. Steve Gertz has pointed out that this was a “curious
edition from [Marvin] Miller, part of a series of Collector’s Editions
he issued separate from Collector’s Publications.” Also reprinted byCollector’s in their customary format at series no. 21176. A presumably bowdlerized version was issued in the 1960’s by Charles Skilton
at London, in his Luxor Press series.

47. Harold Crane. – Javin’s Diary. 1960. pp. 189. British
Library: PC 14. g. 21.
Reprinted with an Introduction by Leonard A. Lowag by Greenleaf
Classics in 1967. pp. 176. Series no. GC-253. Copy in Kinsey Institute (pressmark: 823.8 C892 j4 1967). A reprint by Collector’s
Publications (no. 21197) was published in March 1968.

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48. Harold Crane. – Pursuit of Happiness. 1959. pp.
199. Contains Pursuit of Happiness (pp. 7-87) andSuccess Story (pp. 89-199). Library of Congress:
PZ4.C8885 Pu (Delta). British Library: PC 14. h. 39.
Reprinted about 1968 by Greenleaf Classics. pp. 176. Series no.
304. Copy in Kinsey Institute (pressmark: 823.8 C892 h2 1968). A
reprint by Collector’s Publications (no. 21203) was published in
May 1968.

49. Charles Hart. – Angela Gets On. 1960. pp. 191. Library of Congress: PZ4.H326 An (Delta). British Library: P.C.14.g.44.
50. Charles Hart. – The Artist’s Dilemma. 1960. pp.
187. Library of Congress: PZ4.H326 Ar (Delta). British
Library: P.C.14.g.46.
Photo-reprinted in 1967 by Collectors Publications (21177).

51. Marcus Huttning. – Linda’s Strange Vacation. 1960.
pp. 190. Library of Congress: PZ4.H985 Li (Delta).
British Library: P.C.14.g.31.
Reprinted in 1968 by Collector’s Publications. pp. 186. Copy inKinsey Institute at temporary control no. AAB4425. Also reprinted,
in the same year as one of the “Collector’s Editions”, series no. CE111. pp. 190. Copy in the Kinsey Institute at temporary control no.
AAC4528. A third reprint appeared from Continental Classics, atseries no. CC-132, as Her Greatest Pleasure by “Dick Hoffman.”
There is an Introduction by Allan Saunders. Although a photo-reprint, pp. 189-190 are missing.

52. William C. Joby. – A Case. 1960. pp. 185. Library ofCongress: PZ4.J633 Cas. British Library: P.C.14.h.37.
A probably fake photo-reprint Collectors Publication edition has
been reported by Jan Moret. It has no series number, price or address. It is also a little smaller than authentic Collectors books, andis printed on better paper. I am indebted to Neil Crawford for drawing my attention to a second American edition, re-titled My Patients and published in 1968 by Royal House Classic. The volume22contains no information as to where it was published, but the author’s name remains the same.

53. Bert Long. – Growing Up. 1959. pp. 191. Library ofCongress: PR6061.O5 G7. British Library: P.C.30.c.
31.
54. Jack Olley. – Love Together. 1960. pp. 199. Libraryof Congress: PZ4.O4943 Lo (Delta).

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Opera Press
6 rue Favart, Paris 2e

55. Zane Meritte. – Voodoo. [One of the ‘Black-Books’
series. With a glossary of underworld slang appended.
1958. pp.224. Library of Congress: PZ4.M557 Vo(Delta). British Library: PC 14. h. 42. Kinsey: 823.8
M5685 v36 1958
“My favorite!! Delirious, by the Trinidadian who stole ice-cream atparty at apt.” – G. Legman, note to his checklist.

24Palladium
50, rue du Gen. De Gaule, Parmain, (Seine-et-Oise)

This series would seem to have been published by a publishing company called l’Astrée, who in 1957 published awork called Mon Noviciat. Mémoires d’une gouvernante, by ‘Paulette Vergès.’ Copy in the British Library at: Cup. 719/522. Although it is unlikely, L’Astrée
may have been run by Eric Losfeld; the second clandestine edition of his novel [as by ‘Xavier de Beauvoir’] Cerise ou le moment bien employé appeared under that imprint in 1956. Copy of the latter in the compiler’s collection.

56. Anonymous, [but Frederick Popham Pike?]. – The
Hidden Sight of Love. n.d. [but January 1958.] 17 x
11.5 cm. pp. 203. Yellow wrappers printed in red. On
cover, spine and titlepage is ‘I’ indicating that it’s thefirst volume of the series.
A reprint of the geriatric old late Victorian favourite, The Autobiography of a Flea. I am much obliged to Andy Lowry for drawing
my attention to the curious fact that this title, with the publisher
correctly identified, is discovered by James Bond in Goldfinger’s
bedside table or nightstand. See Goldfinger (1959), chapter 10.

57. John Percy. – Family Parties. June, 1957.
A new edition of Forbidden Fruit. No repository copies located.

58. Hans Wyll. – The Jockey Club. Sept. 1957.

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Pall Mall Press
Proprietor, Patrick Garnot.
5, rue Git-le-Cœur, Paris.

At least two titles were printed by Impr. Caractères, 3 rue
Hautefeuille, Paris VI. (This was the same printer who
worked for the Mediterranean Press, q.v. above.) The rue
Git-le-Cœur address also appears on books published byPall Mall Press and Mediterranean Press. The relationshipbetween this Pall Mall Press and the one run under the
Éditions du Grand Damier umbrella, is unclear.

59. Anonymous. – Callipyges. The whole philosophy andsecret mystery of female flagellation now for the firsttime fully exposed : with experiments and detailed instructions as to the proper conduct of this noble pastime. 1957. Two vols. in one, pp. 215. British Library:YA.1996.a.13686. Kinsey: 843.7 E22 c2E 1957.
A reprint of a turn-of the-century English translation of Les Callipyges ou les Délices de la verge by ‘E. D.’, originally published
at Amsterdam in 1889 by Auguste Brancart.

60. Fanewell Cross. – The Teen-agers. 1957. 18.0 x 11.5
cm. pp. (iv), 7-188. Front wrapper red, white andblack. Back wrapper red with black printed text. 900
francs. Printed by Impr. Caractères, 3 rue Hautefeuille,
Paris VI. Library of Congress: PZ4.C9497 Te. British
Library: YA. 1996.a.15065.
A reprint by Collector’s Publications has been reported from advertsin their other publications.

61. Fanewell Cross. – The Teenagers. 1957. 16 x 11 cm.
pp. 138. Yellow wrappers. Library of Congress:
PR6053.R6 T4 (Rare Bk Coll.)
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62. Donald Fielding – Adolescence. 1957. pp. 121. 900
Francs. This title includes the publisher’s address: 5, rue
Git-le-Cœur and the printer: Impr. Caractères, 3 rue
Hautefeuille, Paris VI. Bibliothèque Nationale: 8-Y290000(1137).
I am obliged to Michael Goss for drawing my attention to this title
from his own collection.

63. Pearson Groves. – Juvenile Lead. 1957. pp. 220. Library of Congress: PZ4.G883 Ju (Delta). British Library: PC 14. g. 4.
64. Alan McClyde. – The Passionate Lash, or The Revenge of Sir Hilary Garner. 1958. 16 x 11 cm. pp.
160. Gray and red wrappers. Library of Congress:
PZ4.M1267 Pas (Delta). British Library: YA. 1996. a.
13379. Kinsey: 843.8 M126 p2E 1950.
Reprinted in 1968 by Gargoyle Press as Slaves of Elizabeth Fale. pp.
218. The author’s name remains the same. The name Alan
McClyde, and variations on it, seems a popular one in France. During the 1920’s and 30’s, as ‘Alan Mac Clyde,’ it was a house pseudonym used on numerous novels put out by Librairie Générale andLibrairie Artistique et Édition parisienne reunies, imprints of Paul
Brenet, a publisher specializing in flagellation and S & M works.

65. Alan McClyde. – The Passionate Lash, or The Revenge of Sir Hilary Garner. pp. 209. 900 Francs.
This Pall Mall Press book is slightly larger than the others, measuring
17.5 x 11.5 cm. Also, it is also one of the few to carry the publisher’s
address: 5, rue Git-le-Cœur and the printer: Impr. Caracteres, 3 rue
Hautefeuille, Paris VI.

66. Anonymous. – Adolescence.
No further information available; listed by Legman in his checklist.

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Patrick Garnot
17, rue du Croissant, Paris 2e.

The following titles were part of the ‘Unique Continental
Collection.’ Yellow wrappers, printed in red and black.
Garnot also ran the Opera and Pall Mall presses, and theArmor Publishing Company.

67. P. Arnoldson. – Fleshly Inheritance. 1958. 17 x 11
cm. pp. 168. Library of Congress: PZ4.A762 Fl (Delta).
British Library: P.C.14.g.12.
68. O. W. Cameron. – A Strange Castle in Scotland.
Seen by Jan Moret listed in advertisements, but not present in hiscollection.

69. Roger Clement. – L’experience voluptueuse. [English text?] 1956. pp. 235. Kinsey: 843.8 C625 e9 1956
70. Mario. Mambo [Jean-Michel Sorel]. – Strip Tease
Club.
Seen by Jan Moret listed in advertisements, but not present in hiscollection. A work with the title hyphenated - Strip-Tease Club but with the same author’s name was published by E. D. P. G., an
imprint of Garnot, in the 3rd trimestre of 1956.]

71. Michel Mars. – La Voluptueuse croisière. [English
text?] 1956. pp. 203. British Library: YA.1996.a.
13453. Kinsey: 843.8 M36 v9 1956
72. B. Van Kleft. – The Voluptuous Experiment. 1957.
pp. 178. Library of Congress: PZ4.K64 Vo (Delta).
British Library: P.C.13.h.23.

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73. B. Van Kleft. – What Makes Monique Run? 1957.
pp. 175. Library of Congress: PZ4.K64 Wh. British Library: YA.1996.a.14034.
74. Patrick Roland. – Quete d’amour. [English text?] [c.
1956] pp. 205. Kinsey: 843.8 R744 q5 1956
75. L. H. Walker. – The Lascivious Abbot. 1958. pp.
198. Library of Congress: PZ4 .W179 Las Delta. British
Library: P.C.14.g.33.
Reprinted in 1967 by Greenleaf Classics. pp. 192. Series no. GC303. There is an Introduction and A Note on Transvestism by ‘L.
T. Woodward’ [i.e. Robert Silverberg]. In satirical mood, Steve
Gertz adds: “I eagerly await the sequel: The Salacious Costello.”29

Volu-Publo
All books allegedly published in Tangier, andcopyright Volu-Publio, 1962.
Blue wrappers with title and border in red. No price.
Printed on cheap paper with thin wrappers.

76. Anthony Delbruck. – Madchen und Manner. [German text.] pp. 128.
77. Alfred Denkryden. – Many About Eve’s Daughters.
pp. 121.
78. Arthur Mills. – Sweet Melody of Love. pp. 119. Kinsey: 823.8 M657 s9 1962.

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Week End Books
Prop. Bronislaw Kaminsky, aka ‘Bruno Durocher.’ 5, rue Git-le-Cœur, Paris 6.
The same printer, price and appearance as the Mediterranean Books. The rue Git-le-Cœur address also appears on
books published by Pall Mall Press and MediterraneanPress.

79. Joan Ayres. – Lady Susan’s Cruel Lover. pp. 175.
The wrapper of this work are red with the title, author’s name,‘Week-End Books’ and border all in black. The titlepage, however,gives: ‘Mediterranean Press,’ and the book is copyrighted by Mediterranean Pres, Paris, 1957. Reprinted by Collector’s Publicationsin 1967.

80. Sames Maxwell. – No More Child’s Play. 1958. pp.
191. On the wrapper, titlepage and copyright page:‘Week End Books’. Library of Congress: PZ4.M4657
No (Delta). British Library: P.C.14.g.53. Kinsey pressmark: 823.7 S46 r72 1959.
The Kinsey Inst. copy of this novel has the authorship credited to
Edward Sellon, a mid-Victorian pornographer. Reprinted about
1967 as Les Enfants Terribles, and subtitled “Children no more,”by Continental Classics. pp. 160. Series no. 118. Copy in the Kinsey
Institute at pressmark: 823.8 M4558 e46 1967. A reprint by Collector’s has been reported from adverts in their other publications.

81. Sames Maxwell. – Restless Love. 1958. pp. 185. On
the wrapper, titlepage and copyright page: ‘Week End
Books’. A sequel to No More Child’s Play. Library ofCongress: PZ4.M4657 Re (Delta). British Library:YA.1996.a.13475.
A reprint by Collector’s has been reported from adverts in theirother publications. I’m obliged to John Eggeling for drawing myattention to a piracy of Restless Love, probably published at London

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about 1969. It was produced in imitation of the Olympia Press’s
Traveller’s Companion series, but with dark red wrappers rather
than the customary green, and priced fancifully at ‘Francs : 29,90’.
The pagination is (vi),7-186,(vi). The author is given on the front
cover as ‘S. Maxwell’ but as ‘Sames Maxwell’ on the titlepage. Boththe ‘Sames Maxwell’ titles are essentially re-written version of thefirst part of The Romance of Lust, or, Early Experiences, a 4-volume pornographic novel published originally at London in the
1880’s. Jan Moret obligingly provides comparison passages:

The Romance of Lust

No More Child’s Play

“There were three of us – Mary,
Eliza and myself. I was approaching
fifteen. Mary was about a year
younger and Eliza between twelve
and thirteen years of age.”“We were three children. Lilian,
Dorothy and I: I was nearly fifteen
years old. Lilian was one year younger
and Dorothy around thirteen.”

82. Adam Peters. – Business as Usual. 1958. pp. 191. On
the wrapper, titlepage and copyright page: ‘Week End
Books’.
Business as Usual was sold by its author to two publishers, Bruno
Rabinsky of Week End Books and Maurice Girodias’s Olympia
Press. Under the Business as Usual title the Olympia Press published
it in their Ophelia Press series in February 1958, with the authorshipcredited to ‘Soliman Peters.’ When Girodias discovered the deception, he re-issued the novel (still in the Ophelia Press series) as
Springtime in Paris by ‘Theobald Lovelace.’ The two Ophelia editions are in general identical, the sheets of the first issue being merely
given the new titlepage of the second. However, the first page oftext in the second issue was re-written to further conceal the book’s
origin. Reprinted by Collectors Publications in July 1967 with an
Introduction by Edward S. Sullivan. pp. 189. Type re-set.

83. Paterson, Carol [Jacques-Henry Juliett]. – Nuits
ecossaires [English text]. 1956. pp. 178. Library ofCongress: PZ4 P297 Ni (Delta)
Presumably the same work as that published by Editions du Grand
Damier, qv. above.

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84. McClyde, Alan. – The Cruise of the “Bizarre.”[Paris? c. 1958] pp. 185. Pale green wrappers printed inblack. Printed on the back wrapper: ‘Prix. 48 NF. Not
to be sold in the U.K. or U.S.A.’ British Library: P.C.
13. h. 26.
Reprinted by Gargoyle Press in 1968, with the same uthor, but retitled Susan, or the Ravaged Innocent Unveiled. pp. 219. Also reprinted, with the original title, by Collector’s Publications. (Series
no. 21223. pp. 161+ads.)

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Miscellaneous
85. The Bagman’s Book of Limericks. ‘Milan: Regalia
Press’ [Paris: Brentano’s, 1962?] 12mo. pp. 100. Reprinted the following year, with the imprint ‘Excel
Books’.
Listed in G. Legman, The New Limerick (New York: Crown Publishers, 1977, pp. 562,3.) Mr. Legman notes that the volume includes 250 limericks extracted from his earlier, 1953, collection ofLimericks, and adds that the title ‘The Bagman’ is a ‘satirical allusion’ to his own name.

86. D’Orsay, Hélène. – Yvonne or The Governess and
Her Children. “CARACTERES” 5, rue Git leCœur, Paris 6e, 1958. 8vo. pp. 115. The front wrapper
carries the title and simply “CARACTERES” as theimprint, both contained within a three-line frame. The
colophon gives: ‘PRINTED IN FRANCE | [rule] |Printed July 1958 by Imprimerie Caractères | 3 rue
Hautefeuilles, Paris 6e | Dépôt légal : 3e trimestre 1958’.

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I am greatly obliged to Jorma Toivonen of Stockholm for drawing
my attention to this item, which clearly has a close relationship withthose appearing under the Mediterranean & Pall Mall impresses,
above. The bibliographical history of this novel is a perfect tangleof confusion, including the edition under notice here. It is not evencertain the language in which it first appeared, but from the information laid out below I believe it safe to believe that the novel wasof English origin. The first known edition is Yvonne or the Adven-tures and Intrigues of the French Governess with her Pupils. A Real
Tale Translated from the French by Mary Suckit, (London andParis, 1898). In the absence of any earlier edition in French (or any
other language), the lack of references to it in clandestine cataloguesof the period, and in the catalogues of libraries and private collections, the suggestion on the title page that the novel is an English
version of a French original may I think be ignored as a publisher’s
promotional gimmick.
The next edition is: Yvonne, oder Die Abenteur und Intriguen
einer französischen Erzieherin mit ihren Zoeglingen. Eine wahre
Geschichte. Aus d. Französ. übersetzt, (Paris-Berlin, 1900). Although a German translation, typographical evidence indicates that
it was issued in Paris, and probably by Renaudie and Duringe, thesame printer/publisher duo who produced the edition of 1898.
In 1908, two French editions appeared: Yvette ou l’institutrice Pervertie par Marie la Goule. One had the imprint ‘Paris-Cologne’ andthe other ‘Paris-New-York’. The ‘Paris-Cologne’ edition, likethose of 1898 and 1900, were the handiwork of Renaudie and Duringe. The ‘Paris-New-York’ edition may also be by the pair, or elsea good piracy by another hand.
To return to the ‘Caractères’ edition, there is another advertised bya Seattle bookseller, almost identical, save for its pagination, which
is pp. 136.
Mr. Toivonen has in addition drawn my attention to two othereditions from the same period or slightly later, both poorly produced. The first of these is stated to have been published by ‘Obelisk
Press’ and to have written by ‘py [sic] Mademoiselle Blanche’. The
last page is numbered 48. The first page of text is headed: ‘The
Goerness [sic] and her pupil’. From what I can see of the text, it was
set by somebody whose first language was not English as it is full of
blunders.
The second of Mr. Toivonan’s editions is a totally anonymous affair,
but is probably pirated from his ‘official’ ‘Caractères’ edition because35the pagination is the same (pp. 115) and the front wrapper carries
the author and title in the same configuration as the ‘Caractères’edition – illustrated above – but without the publisher’s name being
given.

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