Kahane jack (27 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: The Obelisk Press, 1946
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. A book by semi-underground literature publisher Jack Kahane who wrote using the pseudonym of Cecil Barr for his production at Obelisk Press. Censorship drove Jack Kahane to form the Obelisk Press in 1929 in an attempt to publish books in France, (in English), and bypass the strict censorship that…was practiced in Britain at that time. This is a 1946 reprint of of the 1937 title. Some chipping and creasing to the cover edges. book.
Verlag: Bretano's, London, 1929
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: good. First edition. The Browsing Goat was written by Jack Kahane and was first published by Brentano's of London in June 1929. The first edition consisted of two printings in June 1929. The first printing comprised 2000 copies. This copy is one of 1500 copies of the more rare second printing (Pearson C7b). T…he text block is bright and clean. The board edges are frayed in many places. The cloth on the board hinges is starting to separate. At lest one page loose, but none missing. The cloth spine shows creasing. book.
Verlag: The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1951
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Printed wrappers. Modest age-toning on the wrappers, a very good or better copy.
Verlag: Obelisk Press, Paris, 1936
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In den Warenkorbsoftcover. Zustand: very good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest i…ssue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the Obelisk July 1936 "11th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Creasing, soiling to the covers. Pages are a bit age-toned. book.
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Verlag: The Obelisk Press, 1932
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. [KAHANE, Jack]; NEAGOE, Peter - Storm (two volumes) First edition - Paris: New Review Publications (1932), Second edition - Paris: The Obelisk Press (1932) First edition: 8vo; original beige wrappers, with the titles and design printed in navy blue and orange; pp. [viii], 9-179, [i];…a crease to the top right-hand corner of the upper panel, with some minor wear to the spine ends, overall, a nice copy in very good or better condition. Second [first Obelisk] edition: crown 8vo, original green wrappers printed in black; pp [x], 11-304, [i]; printed with the contents at the back; The spine sunned, the front panel with a couple of ink spots and other soiling, edges and endpapers a little spotted, the flyleaf with an old price written in red pencil, overall, good to very good. Peter Neagoe came from Romania, and his childhood was spent around farmers and sheep herders. He immigrated to the US, but it was his early experiences that would form the basis of his writing career. It all started for him through Eugene Jolas and his renowned Paris based magazine Transition. He wrote short stories about his childhood. Then in 1932, as assistant editor of New Review Magazine he persuaded the editor to publish his own short story collection Storm, with his friend Eugene Jolas providing an introductory letter. Neagoe, with freshly minted copies in his possession, flew back to the United States, but to his dismay US customs officials banned the publication for [occasional] erotic content. This alerted a certain Jack Kahane, who agreed with Neagoe a second expanded edition, without a contribution from a disgusted Jolas. A friendship was ruined, and a controversial book was born. Kahane made sure the rear panel of the second edition highlighted its status as a controversial book in all its glory, with various quotes establishing its credentials.
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Verlag: The Obelisk Press, 1934
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. BARR, Cecil [KAHANE, Jack] - Bright Pink Youth Paris: The Obelisk Press (1934) 8vo; Heavy paper wrappers with fold-over flaps; The striking illustration on the upper cover by G. Goursat, of a topless woman smoking a cigarette in a long holder; the spine and lower cover shows the press… logo; The front flap displays a reprice sticker of 60 francs, with the lower flap providing information of the press's releases including Miller's Tropic of Cancer; pp [x], 11-332, [iv]; The upper cover with one small stain below the letter U in Youth, a gentle lean and creasing to the spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges; overall a very good or better copy that is without loss and retains much of its colour. First edition published in August 1934. One of publisher Jack Kahane's six books written under the pseudonym of 'Cecil Barr', used according to Kahane / The Obelisk Press Bibliographer Neil Pearson in homage to his favourite bar in the Cecil Hotel in Paris. Kahane would become depressed by the success of his 'Barr' books, given the heavyweight literary company he kept, that these books were often a source of deep embarrassment for him. Salacious, gratuitous and successful they were though with copies of the adventures of 'Tommy Trans-Wood and his Wife' selling so well, it needed a second printing and then a second edition in 1955. It is rare to find a first edition in such good condition. [Pearson A-31].
Verlag: Keimeisha,, Tokyo,, 1950
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. pp 245. Paperback. Original publisher's brown covers, lettered red on the front cover and spine. Text in English. No date, circa 1950. Appears to be a Japanese piracy from Obelisk 1937 edition. Erotic novel. Slight wear at spine ends, otherwise very good.
Verlag: London, Michael Joseph 1939., 1939
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition. 287 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine and part of covers faded, inside of front cover has trace of some kind of label.
Verlag: Michael Joseph, London, 1939
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. 8vo. pp 287. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Sound, used copy: covers somewhat marked and a little discoloured with a neat name and number on front pastedown - otherwise sound with complete text; good only.
Verlag: London: Michael Joseph (1939)., 1939
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition. 287 pp w/index. Foxing to page edges and first and last few leaves, top edge dust soiled. In all, very good in full blue cloth. Lacks dust jacket.
Weitere BilderVerlag: The Obelisk Press,, Paris,, 1932
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fair. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 436. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated bookplate of Peter Hardiman Scott (1920-1999) journalist, broadcaster, poet and thriller writer. He served as the BBC's first political editor, from 1970 to 1975 and was a… well known and much respected television personality. During his time at the BBC, he reported on, and grew close to, four prime ministers: Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson and Heath. Some wrinkling to front pastedown, with slight slackening at front spine hinge and some wear and rubbing and covers, overall used, very good minus with clean text.
Verlag: Michael Joseph, London, 1939
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Very good hardback copy. Unmarked. No dustjacket but photograph and blurb from the dustjacket have been cut from dustjacket and inserted loosely. Jack Kahane founded the Obelisk Press in Paris (1929) and was the father of Maurice Girodias, who created the Olympia Press. 287pp. Book.
Verlag: Vendome Press, 1931
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest issue… printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the August 1931 "5th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Top half of the spine protected with magic tape, small creases, soiling to the covers. Pages are age-toned. ffep has previous owner's small bookplate. book.
Verlag: Brentano's, New York, 1929
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. blue cloth, 288 pp, cloth stained and partially frayed, foxing from front end paper through to p 21 Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Verlag: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1939
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. 287pp. Blue cloth boards w silver title to spine. Spine v grubby, bumped and worn at head and foot and w 2cm split to front edge. Both boards lightly soiled. Contents very good, v minor foxing to edges and first and last few pages o/w clean and tight, a nice copy.
Verlag: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. According to correspondence between Kahane and his literary agent J.R. Pinker [Berg collection, NYPL], Kahane had submitted the manuscript of "Suzy Falls Off" by the end of 1926. By the autumn of that year proofs had been submitted to John Long and it… was published in London in 1928. This is the first American edition published the following year. Soiling rubbing to the edges, a small crack to hinge, in a facsimile dust-jacket. 5½" - 7¾". G. Goursat (illustrator). book.
Verlag: Bretano's, London, 1929
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. The Browsing Goat was written around the time that Kahane met Henri BBabou, who would shortly become his partner in his first foray into the publishing business. Facsimile dust jacket with front panel color illustration, on a cream background of the inte…rior of a rural inn. Proteted in removable transparency. Brown boards stamped in gilt. All edges trimmed with top edge stained black. Pastedown with remnants of lending library register, front endpaper with lending library stamp. Slight lean to binding. First edition. 5½" - 7½". book.
Verlag: Michael Joseph, London, 1939
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Spine a little faded, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Memoirs of the founder of the controversial Obelisk Press in Paris.
Verlag: Brentano's, Paris, 1923
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. First US Edition with a preface by Kahane not carried by the first Grant Richards, British edition with original title Mado VIII. On May 1923 Brentano made an agreement with Richards topublish the book in the United States, initially paying a r…oyalty of ten per cent. By early 1925, 4155 copies of this edition have been sold. In facsimile dust jacket with artwork by Higgins, in protective cover. Near fine condition with very clean pages. 6" - 8". Higgins (illustrator). book.
Verlag: Obelisk Press, Paris, 1937
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 320 pp covers worn on the edges 60 franc sticker on endflap spine sunned.
Verlag: Grant Richards, London, 1923
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Contemporary owner signature, foxing to the foredge, light soiling to the binding, still about fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A novel by the innovative publisher of the Obelisk Press. Very scarce.
Verlag: The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1937
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. A book by semi-underground literature publisher Jack Kahane who wrote using the pseudonym of Cecil Barr for his integration at Obelisk Press. Censorship drove Jack Kahane to form the Obelisk Press in 1929 in an attempt to publish books in Franc…e, (in English), and bypass the strict censorship that was practiced in Britain at that time. This is the scarce first issue of this title published June 1937, in very good condition, with a closed tear at the bottom fold of the front cover and a bit of browning to the covers only. First issue. book.
Verlag: The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1934
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very good. First edition. First edition August 1934. 'Cecil Barr' was the sometime pseudonym of Jack Kahane, proprietor of the Obelisk Press, whose favorite watering hole in Paris was the bar of the Cecil Hotel. This tale recounts the marital, and extra marital, adventures of Tommy Trans-Wood and his 'charmin…g' wife. This is a very good copy in wrappers illustrated by by G. Goursat. A little spotting on the wraps, but still a remarkably fresh, fine copy. The rear flap of the wrapper advertises the publisher's list including the upcoming *Tropic of Cancer*. A beautiful copy. 5½" - 7¼". G. Goursat (illustrator). book.
Verlag: The Obelisk Press, 1933
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dedicated to Kahane's friend Stuart Gilbert, scholar and early champion of James Joyce. Fifth impression, Jan 1933, or so stated, with Kahane's tendency to inflate reporting on edition reprints. In very good condition slight edge-wear, and discoloration to the spine. Extremely uncommo…n in any impression. Dani (illustrator). book.
Verlag: Brentano's, London, 1929
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In den Warenkorb8vo, pp. 288. Original dark blue boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Neat contemporary (1932) ownership signature to front free endpaper, corners and spine ends just a little bumped, but a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with a little loss to head of spine affecting 'THE' of tit…le. First edition, 'second impression'. In a letter to his agent dated 10 October 1930, Kahane wrote: 'I can pretty safely state that of The Browsing Goat [the publisher] made a first printing of two thousand copies, and before going to print he ordered another 1500.' This 'second impression' was published simultaneously with the first 2000 copies, in June 1929, and given it was ordered before going to print it's likely that all copies carry the information about the second impression on the publication page. Kahane's bibliographer cannot remember seeing a copy without this information, and the typo to the rear panel of the dustwrapper ('BY THE SAME AUTOR') suggests this is the first state of the book. Pearson C7(b).
Weitere BilderVerlag: Obelisk Press, Paris, 1932
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In den Warenkorb300, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nominally a seventh printing, February 1932 (first issued in June 1931). 300, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mildly erotic novel of an ingenue's progress through life in Paris by Manchester-born Jack Kahane (1887-1939), founder of the Obelisk Press and publisher of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller and many other…works. Quarter olive calf and snakeskin patterned paper over boards, preserving wrappers. Very good plus Nominally a seventh printing, February 1932 (first issued in June 1931).
Verlag: Obelisk Press, Paris, 1955
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In den Warenkorb8vo, pp. 282. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Small snag and faint crease to leading edge of front wrapper, 1cm closed tear to foot of spine. A very good copy. Second edition. First published by the Obelisk Press in 1934. 'Cecil Barr' was the sometime pseudonym of Jack Kahane, proprietor of the Obelisk Press, whose fa…vourite watering hole in Paris was the bar of the Cecil Hotel. Kahane died in 1939 and Obelisk as a going concern died with him, but his son Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press would revive the imprint's name from time to time, conferring as it did a commercially useful promise of smut on books bearing its name. Upon consulting his own bibliography of the Obelisk Press (Obelisk: A History of Jack Kahane and the Obelisk Press, LUP 2007), your cataloguer found the following entry for this book: 'Second edition. 1955. Not seen.' Given the compiling of the bibliography took four and a half years, I have no hesitation in pronouncing this book rare. Pearson A31c.
