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The Olympia Press

   
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The story of Maurice Girodias and The Olympia Press lurks in the background of the entire sleaze book enterprise.  Girodias' father Jack Kahane forged a trail for his son to follow by publishing the very first editions of of Henry Miller's TROPICS in English for the world to read in the mid-to-late 1930s via his publishing organ The OBELISK PRESS.  After publishing more Miller, some Joyce, Lawrence Durrell's first work, the war side-tracked Kahane's presses and a premature death left his young son Maurice to take up the mantle of publishing both revolutionary and scandalous books in English from Paris.  The history of Girodias' OLYMPIA PRESS is capivatingly told in John De St. Jorre's VENUS BOUND as well as in the reminiscences of friends and colleagues in Earl Kemp's ezine/memoirs.  Suffice it to say that the world would be a different less enjoyable domain absent the contributions both father and son made in the name of literay art, freedom of expression, and the pursuits of pleasure. 

Be sure to cross-check the "Writers" and "Artists" and "Themes" areas also!  
New books will be added as they become available.  

Check out this interesting article on Maurice Girodias in SIR! Feb. 1974
and
Also read this piece on the lost book PRESIDENT KISSINGER

   

Here's the current catalog of Olympia Press books. 

LOLITA First Printing Vol. 1 & 2

Vladimir Nabokov
First Printing
Volume One & Two (1955)
VERY GOOD
$3950
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DESIRE AND HELEN

Frances Lengel
Travellers Companion 29
Fourth Printing (1962)
VERY GOOD PLUS
$25/SOLD
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THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHERS

D.A.F. De Sade
Travellers Companion 49
Second Printing (1960)
VERY GOOD
$20/SOLD
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DISSOLVING

Tim Harrack
Travellers Companion 59
First Printing (1959)
NEAR FINE
$35
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LOLLIPOP

Maxwell Kenton
(Southern & Hoffenberg)
Travellers Companion 64
First Printing Thus (1959)
FINE MINUS / UNREAD
$395
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PLEXUS

Henry Miller
Travellers Companion 68
Fourth or fifth Printing (1962)
NEAR FINE
$40
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THE BLACK BOOK

Lawrence Durrell
Travellers Companion 77
First Thus (1959)
NEAR FINE
$95
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BLACK SPRING

Henry Miller
Obelisk Press (1960)
NEAR FINE or better
$50
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NEXUS

Henry Miller
Obelisk Press (1960) / First Prtg.
VERY GOOD or better
$65
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THE GINGER MAN Third Olympia Printing

J.P. Donleavy
Third Printing (1960)
VERY GOOD or better
$50
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LOLITA Fourth Printing

Vladimir Nabokov
Fourth Printing (1961)
VERY GOOD
$60
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FUZZ AGAINST JUNK

Akbar Del Piombo (Norman Rubington)
Citadel / Olympia Press
First American Printing (1961)
FINE MINUS
$35
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THE HERO MAKER

Akbar Del Piombo (Norman Rubington)
Citadel / Olympia Press
First American Printing (1961)
NEAR FINE
$35
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S.C.U.M.

Valerie Solanas (Commentary by Paul Krassner)
An Olympia Press Special
First Edition (1968)
FINE MINUS or better/ UNREAD
$150/SOLD
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SPEED

William Burroughs Jr. (Intro by Allen Ginsberg)
The Olympia Press OPS-2
First Printing (1970)
VERY GOOD PLUS
$45
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SCREEN by Barry Malzberg

Barry Malzberg
The Olympia Press OPS-8
First Paperback Edition 1st Printing (1970)
FINE / AS NEW
$55
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BUSY BODIES by Ed Martin

Ed Martin
The Olympia Press OPS-15
First Printing (1970)
FINE MINUS or better
$75
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THE LOVER'S CRUSADE by Mary Sativa (pseudonym of Sharon Rudahl Peters)

Mary Sativa (pseudonym of Sharon Rudahl Peters)
The Olympia Press OPS-23
First Printing (1971)
FINE MINUS
$65
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WITCH POWER

Salambo Forest (pseudonym of Tina Bellini)
The Olympia Press OPS-35
First Printing (1971)
NEAR FINE or better
$40
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THE GINGER MAN

J. P. Donlevy
Ophelia Press
OPH-102 (1968)
VERY GOOD PLUS
$18/SOLD
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SPREADEAGLE by Marcus Van Heller

Marcus Van Heller
(John Stevenson)
Ophelia Press
OPH-107 (1968)
VERY GOOD PLUS
$22
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FOREVER ECSTASY

Tor Kung (pseudonym of Jean McLean and Jack Gilbert )
Ophelia Press
OPH-119 (1968)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$45
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WORLD WHERE SEX WAS BORN by Peter Kanto (pseudonym of Hugh Zachary )

Peter Kanto (pseudonym of Hugh Zachary )
Ophelia Press
OPH-123 (1968)
FINE MINUS
$50
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BELOVED CAPTIVE by Florent d'Asherville (pseudonym of ? )

Florent d'Asherville (pseudonym of ? )
Ophelia Press
OPH-129 (1968)
FINE MINUS
$60
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A CERTAIN GREEK TYCOON by Douglas MacCauley

Douglas MacCauley
Ophelia Press
OPH-134 (1968)
FINE MINUS
$75
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THE CANNIBALS NEXT DOOR

Norman Singer
Ophelia Press
OPH 158 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$45
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NUDES IN A LANDSCAPE

Mike Kilpatrick
Ophelia Press
OPH 161 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$45
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THE MAN WHO RAPED SAN FRANCISCO

Norman Singer
Ophelia Press
OPH 169 (1969)
NEAR FINE or better
$45
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DING DONG BELL, PUSSY'S IN THE WELL by Scott Simeon

Scott Simeon
Ophelia Press
OPH 191 (1970)
FINE / AS NEW
$60
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PAN ON A RAMPAGE by Salambo Forest

Salambo Forest (Pseudonym of Tina Bellini)
Ophelia Press
OPH 198 (1970)
NEAR FINE or better
$60
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A DICK FOR ALL SEASONS

Pablo Kane (Peter Kanto)
Ophelia Press
OPH 206 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$45
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THE GAS

Charles Platt
Ophelia Press
OPH 216 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$50/SOLD
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THE BIKE FREAKS by Alf Derfall

Alf Derfall
Ophelia Press
OPH 233 (1971)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$60
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THE SEXUAL LIFE OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

Humphrey Richardson
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC-205 (1967)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$30
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SIN FOR BREAKFAST

Mason Hoffenberg
Beeline/Traveller's Companion Series
TC-210 (1967)
NEAR FINE MINUS/UNREAD
$65
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MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

Tor Kung
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC-214 (1967)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$45
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CRAZY WILD BREAKS LOOSE

Jett Sage (James Jurgens)
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC-429 (1968)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$60
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FRANKENSTEIN '69 by Ed Martin

Ed Martin
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC-440 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$75
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THE SPY WHO CAME (AND CAME AND CAME AND CAME) by Ray Kainen

Ray Kainen
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC-441 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$95
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HOUSE IN LODZ by Akbar del Piombo

Akbar del Piombo
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 462 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better
$75
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SOOKEY by Angelo D'Arcangelo

Angelo D'Arcangelo
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 465 (1969)
FINE MINUS
$60
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NAKED JOY

Peter Kanto
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 472 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$50/SOLD
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ANGEL IN THE FLESH

Orson Durand (Charles Gorham)
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 475 (1969)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$95/SOLD
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MAKE LOVE, NOT WATER

William Furber
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 477 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$75
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THE GLASS CROTCH

Keith Kerner (Arnold Benson aka Alistair Galt)
American Traveller's Companion Series
TC 478 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$60
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GIVING IT AWAY

Gerrold Watkins (Barry Malzberg)
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 479 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$75/SOLD
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INTO THE PLAYHOUSE

Rowena Scott
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 481 (1970)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$60/SOLD
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THE GAY HAUNT

Victor Jay (Victor J. Banis)
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 484 (1970)
FINE MINUS
$60
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SEXPO DANISH-STYLE by Peter Kanto

Peter Kanto (Hugh Zachary)
US Traveller's Companion Series
TC 485 (1970)
FINE MINUS
$60
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THE ORGANIZATION

Harriett Daimler (Iris Owens)
Beeline/Traveller's Companion Series
TC-2218 (1968)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$35
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THE WHIP ANGELS

Selena Warfield (Diane Bataille)
Beeline/Traveller's Companion Series
TC-2220 (1968)
FINE MINUS or better / UNREAD
$35
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CRAZY WILD

Jett Sage
Olympia Press Book Society
Hardcover in Dustjacket (1968)
NEAR FINE/FINE MINUS
$20
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THE CANDY MEN

Niles Southern
Arcade (2004)
FINE MINUS/ FINE MINUS
$20
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VENUS BOUND

John De St. Jorre
Random House (1994)
NEAR FINE / NEAR FINE
$20
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THE SECRET RECORD

Michael Perkins
Morrow (1977)
NEAR FINE
$35
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The Paris Review 1967

Vladimir Nabokov Interview
Summer-Fall 1967
VERY GOOD
$8
buy!
SIR 30.9

SIR 30.9
October 1974
VERY GOOD ONLY
$40
buy!
SIR 31.2

SIR 31.2
January 1975
VERY GOOD ONLY
$50
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CHECK OUT THIS BOOK!

Miles Underwood
OB-501 (1967)
FINE MINUS/ UNREAD
$18
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THE CHAINED!

A. De Granamour (Paul Little)
OB-507 (1968)
FINE MINUS/ UNREAD
$35
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TONGUE IN CHEEK by Darren Bruce

Darren Bruce
OB-587-K (1969)
VERY GOOD PLUS OR BETTER
$25
buy!
DARK LUST by Joseph Reynolds

Joseph Reynolds
OB-590-K (1969)
NEAR FINE
$40
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THE WHOREMASTER

Alexander Keith
OB-597 (1969)
NEAR FINE/UNREAD
$30
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BLACK CULT by Joseph de Winter

Joseph de Winter
OB-611 (1970)
NEAR FINE or better
$35
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DO IT AGAIN by Martin Henry

Martin Henry
OB-624 (1970)
VERY GOOD PLUS or better
$30
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THE SEX COMMUNE

Mike Kilpatrick
632 - T (1970)
FINE MINUS/ UNREAD
$30
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MARATHON OF LUST

Ward Cleaver (?)
644 (1970)
VERY GOOD PLUS or better
$20/SOLD
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BLACK SUPERSTUD by Buck Adams

Buck Adams (Dalton Edwards Ph.D)
709-T (1971)
VERY GOOD PLUS OR BETTER
$30
buy!
THE OLYMPIA PRESS
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