MEMOIRS OF A COXCOMB; The companion Volume to MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE in an Unexpurgated Edition with an analysis of the life and works of John Cleland by Franklin S. Klaf., M.D. by Cleland, John - 1963: Lancer Special

N.Y.: Lancer Books Inc., 1963. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY, USA.: Lancer Books., 1963. Book. Illus. by Illustrated Cover art!. Fine. Soft cover. First American Edition.. 192 pages "The Suppression - In 1747 Fanny Hill was lauched into circulation and immortality . (John Cleland) had dared to described in public what many people were doing in private. How could he be silenced? 'The answer seemed simple . the Privy Council gave him a pension of l 100 a year, exacting his promise not to write a sequel to Fanny Hill.' The Sequel: 'Cleland called the sequel Memoirs of a Coxcomb. He used the same basic plot, substituting a rake for a whore. 'Fanny Hill's male counterpart follows a career of debauchery familiar to English Soiety . Whereas Fanny Hill was a potboiler written to pick up some quick money, Memoirs of a Coxcomb is the work of a skilled craftsman. 'No man can ever hope to fully understand the psychology of women without reading the works of John Cleland.'." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read More

New York: Lancer Books, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Mass Market Paperback. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stiff red wraps. Lancer 74-826. Slight handling wear, slight crease to top front cover corner, toned inside covers. New old store stock, in storage for years. 192 pp. 1st American edition. Very scarce..