Stradella by James Sherwood - 1966

New English Library. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Mass Market Paperback edition. Owner's name on endpage.

The Grove Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. Nice copy in jacket. 235 pages. Revised version of author's first book (originally published by the Olympia Press, 1961); classic erotic Hollywood novel.

CollectibleGood. The olympia press. 1966. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

NY: Grove Press. NF. 1967. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing. First printing of the revised edition. A near f ine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Dust soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. The jacket is dust soiled and has rubs to the head of its spine and to its corners. The price on the inside front flap is blacked out with a black marker. .

New York: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. Revised Edition. Hardcover. DJ has some sun-fading. .

New York: Olympia Press, 1967. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. A paperback reprint of a first novel by a young California writer, as originally released by the Olympia Press in Paris a few years ago. It is not without interest to not that Grove Press has recently published a slightly modified version of James Sherwood's novel, in hard covers. (Would this suggest that our copyright laws are still imperfect?) Stradella herself has the flavor of the authentic: whoever she is, it is possible to identify her with one of those super-glossy dieties, a Brooklyn Eve gone Hollywood, another one of those sex-symbols-for-the-millions. And out of those multitudes Stradella singles out the most inhibited of her admirers, Archie Flum the diffident nincompoop. We see him being turned overnight into the greatest lover of all times, by the merest brush of her magic wand; we see him breathe at last, and discover love, life, and adulthood. Alas! Poor Archie discovers in fact too many things too quickly, and… Read More

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. Fine/good. 1st printing of revised edition. Dust jacket chipped or torn at edges.

London: The Olympia Press /The New English Library, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. 191pp. An erotic novel. No. 101. Originally published at Paris in July 1962 by the Olympia Press as No. 89 of The Traveller's Companion Series, one of the volumes resulting from the unfortunate business arrangement between the Olympia Press in Paris and New English Library/Four Square Books in London. A humorous portrait of an over the-hill Hollywood "goddess" and the rise and fall of Archie Flum. 101.

Olympia Press, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. Reprinted. 191 pages. Green paper covers. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking to hinges and light tanning. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

The Grove Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Cloth boards in good condition; Sound binding; Lightly foxed top page edge; Unmarked text; Unclipped dust jacket protected in archival mylar; Stored in protective polybag. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.