Hardcover volume 230 x 135 mm, bound in brown buckram with gilt lettering to spine, in craft paper dust jacket with lettering and vignette, and blurb on flaps; collated 8vo: A-O8, i.e. 112 sheets, pp: [1-8] 9-221 [222] [2 blank], plus frontispiece in colour and four leaves of b/w plates after p. 96; First UK edition.
Title-page (in cresting frame): THE MEMOIRS | OF AN | EROTIC | BOOKSELLER | by | ARMAND COPPENS | assisted by his | tired wife | CLEMENTINE | and her | distant lover | VOLUME ONE | ⚜ | LONDON: LUXOR PRESS ||
Imprint: © Armand Coppens, 1969 | Made and printed in | Great Britain by | C. Tinling and Co Ltd | Liverpool, London and Prescot | and | published by | LUXOR PRESS LTD | 50 Alexandra Road | London s w 19 […] ||
Contributors:
Schors, Willem Nicolas [Coppens, Armand] (Dutch, 1925 – 2014)
Luxor Press (London) — owner Charles Skilton (British, c.1922 – 1990)
Additional Information
| Collection | Books about books , Erotica , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Banned books , Book about books , Books , Booksellers , Erotic books , Memoirs , Publishers , Publishing , Rare books |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1969 |
| Size | 8vo |
| Binding | Buckram , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Edition | 1st British edition |
| Location | Bookshelf 3.4. |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
