'Under the Counter' Erotica.-

Three typed erotic novellas,

to include: My Grandmother’s Tale; La Rose D’Amour; Tommy Comes of Age, the first two originally published in the underground publication The Pearl, some spotting and staining, wrappers or boards, one with a loose preliminary, n.p., [1950's] [with] [Aragon (Louis)] Irène, second authorised edition, one of 100 copies printed on Verge d'Archès, uncut, variant binding: blue stiff paper wrappers, some discolouration, white title label, Chez L'Auteur [Jean-Jacques Pauvert], 1952, 8vo (4)

*** In the 1950s, Soho was the country’s main provider of pornography and typed novels were often sold under the counter. Exceptionally scarce.