Sleeveless Errand

James, Norah C

Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, 1927

Condition: Very good

Jacket: very good

Edition: First edition

Printing: First printing

Attributes: Obelisk, softcore, Jack Kahane, Marcelle Kahane, Henry Babou, G. Goursat, Eric S. Pinker, Scholartis, Bow Street Police Court

$1275.00

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Preface by Edward Garnett. A letter from Kahane to his literary agent Eric S. Pinker, dated 29 March 1929,suggest April 1929 as the publication date. Originally to be published in London by the Scholartis Press on 21 Febuarty 1929. The publisher was prosecuted at Bow Street Police Court and the novel condemned before publication as obscene on 4 March 1929. Published inNew York, with some expurgations by William Morrow. This is the first edition published in Paris. Dust jacket with some stains to the back panel, foxing to the edges, endpapers, ffep. Price on spine 100 Fr. Net. The dustwrapper is the only difference between first and second-issue. The publisher overestimated demand for the book in 1929 and was left with piles of unsold copies. These were sold during the 1930s in the second-issue dustwrapper with the price on the spine changed to 50 Francs. First printing with the scarce dust wrapper. 6" - 8¾"