The Frog Prince. An Autobiography
by Girodias, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517541955
- ISBN 13
- 9780517541951
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Crown, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. a very clean copy, with no damage, and an interesting silver foil applied to the spine section by the publisher. The dustjacket has a short tear at the top of the spine and at the bottom right hand corner of the rear panel. the author was the founder of Olympia press, the Paris publishing house to which so many talented 20th-century writers gravitated when their works were considered too scandalous that everyone else.  William Burroughs  Samuel Beckett  Donleavy  Terry Southern  Nabokov etc. His father was first to publish Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Lawrence Durrell, and Frank Harris, and these literary giants were frequently houseguests when he was a young boy. This is the first of a project of 3 parts autobiography telling in this volume of his childhood and adolescence in Paris between the wars. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; books on books. ISBN: 0517541955. ISBN/EAN: 9780517541951. Inventory No: 0249987. . 9780517541951
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0249987
- Title
- The Frog Prince. An Autobiography
- Author
- Girodias, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517541955
- ISBN 13
- 9780517541951
- Publisher
- Crown
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Olympia press Obelisk press pornography literature publishing Biography & Autobiography; books on books. Unbranded ISBN: 0517541955 EAN: 9780517541951 Girodias, Maurice The Frog Prince. An Autobiography
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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