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Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. paperback. very good condition with a $2 handwritten price tag on the front
The Love Book by Kandel, Lenore - 1966
by Kandel, Lenore
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Paperback
San Francisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Later printing.
Collection of four psychedelic erotic poems by Leonore Kandel (1932-2009) that led to an obscenity trial. This is a later printing of the First Edition, with a blue overprinting to the figures on the front cover.
In May 1967, a jury in San Francisco found the book obscene and fined booksellers from the Psychedelic Shop and City Lights. Perhaps not surprisingly, that only made the book more popular. By the end of May, sales of The Love Book "had skyrocketed from a few dozen to at least twenty thousand." (Joy Lanzendorfer in The New Yorker, October 13, 2023). The verdict was overturned in 1971.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo, 6 leaves, printed rectos only, in stapled, brown illustrated wrappers, blue overprinting to the Shiva-like figure and naked woman on the front cover (soft cover).
CONDITION: Some edge wear and curling to corners. Internally, some creasing to pages. A Very Good copy.
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- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Stolen Paper Review Editions
- Place of Publication San Francisco
- Date Published 1966
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Used
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Berkeley, California, United States
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SGD 102.34
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- near fine
- Paperback
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Second Edition
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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SGD 136.46SGD 109.17Save SGD 20.00!
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San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions , 1966. Second Printing of the Stolen Paper editions, with the cover overprinted in blue. Her first book, the true first edition was self-published, then published by Jeff Berner of the Stolen Paper Review in various printings. Near Fine, slight browning to rear wrapper at spine edge. Red end papers, 6 pages, four poems; God/Love Poem, To Fuck With Love, Phases I, II, and III. The latter three poems caused the book to be banned as obscene. . Second Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine. Square 8vo.
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The Love Book
by Lenore Kandel
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- near fine
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- Used - near fine
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- second printing
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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SGD 102.34
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The Stolen Paper Review, 1966. second printing. Wraps. near fine. Color pictorial wrappers. 6pp. 2nd printing with address of publisher on verso of rear endpaper. Newspaper clipping regarding this book (dated May, 19, 1967) was laid in front page has toned the pages.
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THE LOVE BOOK
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Used - Good
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- Early Edition
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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SGD 113.26
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San Francisco, CA: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Early Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Good. Stapled pamphlet, 7.75 in. x 7 in., 7 leaves with 6 poems. Cardstock cover with brown and blue kama sutra imagery to front and back, and white title to front. Edgewear to spine, and light thumbing to bottom left front corner. Dampstains to endpapers, fore-edge, and final three leaves. This title was part of an exhibit about Tantra in the British Museum. The sexually provocative imagery led to an explosive obscenity/censorship trial - with a guilty verdict - in San Francisco in 1967.
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Paperback
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
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- Paperback
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Northridge, California, United States
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SGD 109.15
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San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions. Very Good+. 1966. Second Edition. Softcover. Pictorial stapled wraps. 2nd printing with the blue cover, red endsheets. Spine slightly sunned/rubbed. Inner covers faintly toned/foxed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- UsedVeryGood
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- Paperback
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San Rafael, California, United States
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SGD 170.56
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UsedVeryGood. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Mild tanning. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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THE LOVE BOOK
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Paperback
- first
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- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
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N. Potomac, Maryland, United States
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SGD 307.04
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San Francisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. [1st printing, 1966] Dark brown printing on wraps; olive green endpages, with publisher's name, but no address, printed in verso of rear endpage; text printed sideways on rectos. Of historical as well as poetical interst. Seized by police November 15, 1966, this book of poetry (with "To F*ck with Love"), was part of famous 1967 censorship trial, wherein it was deemed obscene and defendants found guilty. In 1971 the verdict was overturned. Rear cover has patches of soiling (food likely) and picking at soiling has caused scars (see scan); corner wear; minor creasing.. First Edition. Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.
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The Love Book
by Kandel, Lenore
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- Fine
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- Used - Fine
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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SGD 341.15
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[np]: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Fine. First edition, very early issue with cover printed in brown (rather than black) ink with no blue overprinting, text printed sideways, publisher specified on verso of rear endpaper but partial with no address (first issue apparently has no publisher listed there). [10] pp. printed on rectos only. Illustrated wraps with pale green endpapers. Basically Fine with tiny corner crease to one page, hint of shelf wear. An attractive copy of an uncommon banned book. It was the author's first, which became a cause celebre in the Haight Ashbury scene when it was banned as obscene.
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The Love Book.
by KANDEL, Lenore
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- first
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- Used
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- First edition.
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Berkeley, California, United States
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SGD 341.15
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[San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions,, 1966].. First edition.. [10 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Conforms to all the true first edition points but a variant issue with the cover printed in brown ink on white stock. The subject of one of the many major American censorship trials of its day.
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The Love Book
by KANDEL, Lenore
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- first
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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SGD 409.38
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San Fransisco: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Square octavo. Cover printed in brown. Suppressed due to obscenity charges that resulted in guilty verdicts for the defendants.
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SGD 409.38