The good ship Venus : the erotic voyage of the Olympia Press
De St. Jorre, John1994
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This is an account of Maurice Girodias and his Olympia Press, publisher of many of the post-war classics of sexual liberation. Some of the titles which no one else dared to handle at the time were: both of Miller's "Tropics", Nabokov's "Lolita", Burrough's "Naked Lunch" and Southern's "Candy".
Main title:
The good ship Venus : the erotic voyage of the Olympia Press / John de St. Jorre.
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Imprint:
London : Hutchinson, 1994.
Collation:
332 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
9780091778743
Dewey class:
070.5094436
Local class:
338.7610705 OLYM
Language:
English
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BRN:
198671
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