The Victorian Imagination: A Sampler: Tastings from Forbidden Books ~ Edited by Richard Manton
New York: Grove Press‚ 1984‚ Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
*** First Edition ***

CONDITION NOTES

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper and age tanned on the verso. Minor age-toning to the edges of the text block. The contents complete‚ clean and tight.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

From the cover: “For the first time in one volume‚ Grove Press has collected excerpts from the masterpieces of Victorian erotic literature. Assembled here are some of the best-known underground favorites: My Secret Life‚ A Man with a Maid‚ Suburban Souls and Eveline. Also included are several of the newly discovered Victorian gems: Birch in the Boudoir‚ The Amorous Adventures of Capt. Charles De Vane‚ Beatrice‚ and The Days at Florville. All attest to the daring‚ ebullience‚ and voluptuousne…

  • Cover art by Roy Colmer
  • 8½” x 5¾”
  • (vi) 200 pages.
  • ISBN: 0-3946-2036-4
  • Dustwrapper over Quarter-Bound Blue on Blue boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
  • Packed Weight: 1.20 Kg.












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