Book #57616

Venus Bound: the Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press and its Writers - 1st Us Edition/1st Printing

John De St. Jorre

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Random House, 1994.
ISBN: 0679443363

Price: $50.00

A Fine first American Edition/First Printing in a Fine dust-jacket that has some bumping to the upper corner.

This book is the story of the Olympia Press, a small, underground press which published groundbreaking erotica in the early 1960s. The press was founded by John De St. Jorre and its writers included such luminaries as William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Venus Bound is the story of the press and its writers, as well as the sexual revolution they helped to catalyze.; 8vo; 358 pages.