Lollipop
by Kenton, Maxwell (Terry Southern & Mason Hoffenberg)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
A$1,100.70A$990.63
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paris: The Olympia Press, copyrighted 1959, but actually printed (and so stated) in October, 1958, hence publication date is1958. See scans in that regard. First edition of the "Lollipop" re-issue of "Candy" in response to censor confiscation and burning under that original title. 12mo, green wrappers, 189 pp. See scans for copyright/printing points as noted above; price "Francs 1.200" has been above-stamped with the New Price NF 15" (see scan). Dedication here is "To Master Boon and Master Badj" (see scan), an alteration from the "Candy" dedication, which was "To Mister Hadj and Mister Zoon". Very Good; tape at spine bottom, minor soiling on back cover, very small scale peripheral wear, light dustiness to page edges. See scans. The story of a naive and gorgeous young blond girl - who quickly finds out in exactly what way we men are all, instantly and always, the same - borrows its plot structure from Voltaire's Candide and uses that strangely juxtaposed vehicle to shine a light on all the vagaries of modern western life which beg to be lampooned. Considered by many, then and now, to be a classic of "black (dark) humor". In 2006, Playboy Magazine included Candy on its list of the "25 Sexiest Novels Ever Written". A nice, and rare, copy of one early publishing step en route to the coming-out of this timeless bit of erotic fiction. Please see scans. L50n
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001326
- Title
- Lollipop
- Author
- Kenton, Maxwell (Terry Southern & Mason Hoffenberg)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Olympia Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 189
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- erotica, black humor Classics, Erotica
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics of Fiction From All Eras; Erotica;
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