Castrated: My Eight Months in Prison
by Ginzburg, Ralph
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0913568007
- ISBN 13
- 9780913568002
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Avante-Garde Books, 1973. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good+. True, first-person account by the controversial publisher who was jailed in 1972 on obscenity charges following a decision by the US Supreme Court against his quarterly magazine, Eros, which featured erotic literary works on love & sex. Speaks chillingly to challenges today--more than 50 years later--to our right to free speech & our freedom to read. In 35 pages with photo endpapers, this is a FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1973. Hardcover 8vo has black cloth-covered boards lettered in white to spine & blindstamped with the book's title wrapping front & back across fore edge. Condition is Near Fine: virtually flawless save for small rubbed area/sticker residue? to front board & teeny spot to lower edge of same. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is just Good+, downgraded due to chipping at both ends of spine, unclosed triangular tear to lower front cover near spine, & chipping to top edges/spine flaps; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022774
- Title
- Castrated: My Eight Months in Prison
- Author
- Ginzburg, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0913568007
- ISBN 13
- 9780913568002
- Publisher
- Avante-Garde Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- publishers literature porn pornography crime imprisonment jail incarceration obscenity law erotic erotica censorship banned books sixties 1960s United States Supreme Court cases magazines
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- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Writing/Publishing/Journalism/Writers/Words; Books About Books;
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- Chipping
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- Fore Edge
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