THE PASSION FLOWER HOTEL (Pocket Books , GC-179)
by Erskine, Rosalind
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/None as Issued
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1962. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Good/None as Issued. Text/heavy soiling (coffe spill allowed to dry?) to pgs 52 & 53, and faint margin discoloration. Softcover/Good; strong w/light humidity stain to lower back edge. An outrageous, erotic, comic, satire on sex in the 1960s explored by teens. Author, reputedly "15-year-old Rosalind Erskine", was actually advertising directior and author Roger Erskine Longrigg. Story of Bryant House, an exclusive private girls' school, whose 6th-formers find themselves unable to meet boys or learn about sex. Over at Longcombe school for boys, the equivalent problem was present. exists. The solution is shocking: the girls set up a brodello on campus with a menu of categories and prices. Not suprisingly, book spawned inferior sequels and even a musical. A response to changing mores in America?
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017576
- Title
- THE PASSION FLOWER HOTEL (Pocket Books , GC-179)
- Author
- Erskine, Rosalind
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction/Novel/Prostitution/Roger Erskine Longrigg
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