SCHOOL LIFE IN PARIS. Social Studies of the Century Series.
Paris & London: Privately Printed, no date (circa 1920s?). Early reprint. Hardcover. 83 pp., 4 tipped-in illustrations from photographs; small octavo (8 x 5.5 inches), black cloth spine and decorative boards (no cover title), paste-paper endpapers. Edges of covers worn, text somewhat tanned and fairly grubby with a few small stains, offsetting from plates, overall near very good. Item #21969
Originally published in 1897 this explicitly erotic tale of sexual initiation is told in the form of "A Series of [6] Letters from Blanche, Aged Seventeen, Who Has Just Been Sent to a Paris Finishing School, to Her Cousin Ethel, in England, With Whom She Had Formerly Been at School." The illustrations in this edition are reproductions from photographs of 2 young ladies engaged in explicit sexual activities. This edition not found on OCLC/Worldcat, not in Kearney Private Case (or Supplement), not in Mendes. Scarce.
Price: $250.00