[Anonymous] - Loves of a Sailor

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[Anonymous] - Loves of a Sailor - [N.p.] - [N.publ.] - [c. 1935?] - [Reprint?] - [124] pp - Hardcover - 12,5 x 16 cm.

Condition: Good - unnumbered copy, with some wear, faint spots on the cover.

Vintage clandestinely published booklet with 6 short pornographic stories, set in Japan. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings (western Shunga style). Text in English. Edition: 250 copies. Japanese binding, held together with a cord.

The stories are titled 1. Introduction; 2. The Paradise of Love; 3. The Juggler and the Nuns; 4. The Merchant Istoguyo; 5. A Royal Bridal Night; 6.The Hour of the Tiger.

A typical "Under the counter" item, undated but probably made somewhere between 1930 and 1950 in the USA. The title is mentioned in Gertzman p. 271 as one of the scabrous books for which American publisher Samuel Roth was jailed.

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