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GINZBURG, RALPH; INTRODUCTION BY DR. THEODOR REIK. PREFACE BY GEORGE JEAN NATHAN. AN UNHURRIED VIEW OF EROTICA. New York: The Helmsman Press, 1958. First edition Slipcase Very Good Collectors Edition, in slipcase. An exploration of the universal interest Anglo-Saxons had and have in all aspects of sex. It shows the powerful undercurrent of pornography that runs faithfully with the great stream of literature. Following the erotic trend that moves under the surface of literature from its beginning of the ANglo-Saxon Exeter Book (manuscript that gathers the largest collection of Old English poetry. It was given by Bishop Leofric to his cathedral in 1070), until the pornographic work of our time. The author has woven choice expamples of English erotic literature into an interpretive and explanatory context. Bibliography of 100 titles to rear of book. Black cloth boards & spine, lower half of boards, blind stamped decorative 'E' design, gilt lettering to spine. Slipcase, black, rubbing to edges. Tight very clean copy. First Ed.
