SIR CYRIL BLACK by Grimm, Benjamin [Spencer Lambert] - 1969: The Ophelia Press

New York: The Ophelia, 1969. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 230pp. Vol. 139 of the Ophelia Press series. One of the scarcer Ophelia Press titles owing to it being successfully prosecuted for libel by the real Sir Cyril Black, an English politician. Black was involved in organising British tours by Billy Graham, and was instrumental in having the novel Last Exit to Brooklyn banned in the United Kingdom. An erotic novel.. From the blurb on the rear cover: Ophelia books are published in association with The Olympia Press-- "...a literary enterprise that has profoundly influenced contemporary writing and culture." The New York Times.. ...:. OPH139.