Donleavy (J.P.) The Ginger Man
£175
(Paris edition)
Paris, The Olympia Press, 1958.
The Traveller’s Companion Series. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.
The first Olympia Press hardback edition, with the text that had been removed from the previous year’s UK edition restored. Banned both in Ireland and the United States of America for perceived obscenity. The work was first published in Paris by the Olympia Press, as part of their Traveller’s Companion series, normally reserved for risqué erotica, much to the chagrin of Donleavy. The author ended up in long-running legal wranglings with the publisher, finally actually taking ownership of the publishing house when it came up at auction.
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A very good copy in very good dust-jacket.
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