Hi Everyone,
In this discussion I would like to speak briefly about the publishing giants of Paris in the early 1900's, Obelisk & Olympia Press.
Obelisk Press was created by Jack Kehane, the man that brought us treasures like "The Tropic of Cancer" and the erotic stories of Anais Anin. Jack also published James Joyce when other publishing houses refused to print his risqué stories. The Obelisk Press built a reputation for printing works that other companies were too scared to touch. At that time erotica was very taboo and mostly kept underground.
Jack had a son called Maurice who decided to take his mothers name Girodias, Maurice controlled the Olympia Press and brought us the wonderful stories from Lolita to The Gingerman and Candy to Story of O. Girodias, although a brave publisher, wasn't a great businessman his "easy-going" view of paying (or not paying) his writers eventually caused the failure of his fantastic empire, but not before he gave the world a number of, now famous, erotic literature.
Let me know your thoughts?
Thursday 31 January 2013
Monday 28 January 2013
2013 A New Year of Erotica - Summary of 2012
Hi All,
Well, what a fantastic year it was last year! And I hope this year will be even better. Over the last 12 months we covered a multitude of material, from Artists to Illustrators and postcards to Authors. The support for my new blog has been amazing and I have all of you to thank for that. So make sure if you have a subject you want discussed or a particular Artist/Author/Item......Just let me know, I'm more than happy to keep you happy ;)
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Over the next few months I have planned to cover an article on the famous "Olympia Press" and it's colourful creator along with some of it's even more colourful Authors/Titles. I also must return to one or two Aritsts of which I promised some of you would make an appearence on my blog.
In addition........your humble requests to showcase some of my own Erotica Collection will be answered. I'm not a professional Collector but I have a strong interest in any form of Vintage Erotica. If you would like to share some of your own Collections, please do, the more selection we have - the spicyer the articles.
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I hope to have your support throughout 2013 as I did in 2012 and remember....there is no such thing as a silly suggestion/comment, all will be considered and most, actioned. Hope to hear from you soon.
Well, what a fantastic year it was last year! And I hope this year will be even better. Over the last 12 months we covered a multitude of material, from Artists to Illustrators and postcards to Authors. The support for my new blog has been amazing and I have all of you to thank for that. So make sure if you have a subject you want discussed or a particular Artist/Author/Item......Just let me know, I'm more than happy to keep you happy ;)
.jpg)
Over the next few months I have planned to cover an article on the famous "Olympia Press" and it's colourful creator along with some of it's even more colourful Authors/Titles. I also must return to one or two Aritsts of which I promised some of you would make an appearence on my blog.
In addition........your humble requests to showcase some of my own Erotica Collection will be answered. I'm not a professional Collector but I have a strong interest in any form of Vintage Erotica. If you would like to share some of your own Collections, please do, the more selection we have - the spicyer the articles.
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I hope to have your support throughout 2013 as I did in 2012 and remember....there is no such thing as a silly suggestion/comment, all will be considered and most, actioned. Hope to hear from you soon.
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