Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (A Genuine and Unexpurgated Reprint of the Rare Edition of 1749) .
by Cleland, John
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- Paperback
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Valhalla Books, 1963. Paperback Reprint Edition (1963). Very Good in Wraps: slightest spine lean; light wear to extremities with a quarter-inch tear at the top edge of the rear panel; very mild rubbing and the faintest soiling to wrapper covers; the binding is secure (sewn binding); the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and several minor flaws. Remains attractive. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 1 inches). vi, 287 pages. Language: English. Weight: 13.7 ounces. "The Kamashastra Society" appears on the title page and the pagination corresponds to the Kamashastra Society edition of 1907. Paperback: Pictorial Wraps.
Synopsis
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while the author was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica.
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- Black Cat Hill Books
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- 56150
- Title
- Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (A Genuine and Unexpurgated Reprint of the Rare Edition of 1749) .
- Author
- Cleland, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition (1963).
- Publisher
- Valhalla Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1963.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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- Reprint
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