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The Marquis de Sade in English  1950 - 1959
YEAR        TITLE (Biography Author)                                                                                                                        PUBLISHER
c1950s       Justine, Or the Misfortunes of Virtue                                                                                                          Paris: Le Ballet des Muses
n.d.             Reprint. White wrappers printed with red titles and black illustrations. The text includes illustrations.
             ($18.00)

1951          The Marquis and the Chevalier (Cleugh,James)                                                                                        London: Andrew Melrose
             "A Study in the Psychology of Sex as Illustrated by the Lives and Personalities of the Marquis de Sade and the Chevalier von Sacher-
              Masoch."  8vo, black cloth hardback, gilt to spine, with dust jacket.  255pp, black and white illustrations. First edition.
             ($25.00)

1952          The Marquis and The Chevalier (Cleugh, James)                                                                                      Boston: Little, Brown and Company
                                                                                                                                                                                New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
             Reprint of the 1951 Melrose edition on blue boards and with dust jacket.
             ($17.00)

1953          Must We Burn Sade (De Beauvoir, Simone)                                                                                              London: Peter Nevill Ltd.
             Translated by Annette Michelson with bibliography and chronology by Paul Dinnage.  Purple/mauve hardback boards with dust jacket,
             gold lettering on spine. B&W frontpiece and 4 b&w plates.  First English edition.  128pp
             ($27.00)

1953          Must We Burn Sade (De Beauvoir, Simone)                                                                                              London: Peter Nevill Ltd.
             Translated by Annette Michelson with bibliography and chronology by Paul Dinnage.  Blue hardback boards with dust jacket, gold lettering
             on spine. B&W frontpiece and 4 b&w plates.  Possibly first American edition. 128pp
             ($15.00)

1953          Must We Burn Sade (De Beauvoir, Simone)                                                                                              London: Peter Nevill Ltd.
             Translated by Annette Michelson with bibliography and chronology by Paul Dinnage.  Soft cover reprint of hardback edition. 128pp.
             ($20.00)

1953          Misfortunes of Virtue, The                                                                                                                          Paris: Obelisk Press
             Harriet Sohmers translation. 5-1/2'x7', wraps, 187pp. Pocketbook.
             ($15.00)

1953          The Bedroom Philosophers                                                                                                                       Paris: Olympia Press
             Casavini, Pieralessandro (Austryn Wainhouse) translation. Jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A paperback in a "sort of" dust jacket--the book's
             cardstock covers are wrapped in a gray cover which bears the printed author/title/publisher information usually found on book covers--as
             issued. There are traces of the celotape used to attach the flaps to the book's covers. This book represents the first Olympia Press edition.
             ($100.00)

1953          Selected Writings of De Sade                                                                                                                    London: Peter Owen
             Translated by Leonard de Saint-Yves.  First edition, limited to 1000, 306pp, pale blue cloth hardbound with dust jacket.  8vo - over
             7¾" - 9¾" tall. gold titles on red ground at spine.
             ($24.00)

c1953        
Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                New York: Lancer
             18x10.5x2cm, 288pg total, 288 numbered
             Mass market paperback binding.  White background with black, red and yellow print.  "A Lancer Edition 74-803 75c" in red on top of cover.
             Front Piece: Excerpt from Juliette and a teaser about Sade. [1]
             Disclaimer: "Complete and Unabridged" Selected Writings if DE SADE was originally published in hard cover by the British Book Centre,
             Inc. Its large sale in the higher priced edition makes possible this inexpensive LANCER reprint. [3]
             Title Page: Selected writings of de Sade / Lancer Books / New York [5]
             Copyright Page: Selected Writings of De Sade / A Lancer Book published by arrangements with the British Book Centre, Inc. / All rights
             reserved / Copyright 1953 by Peter Owen / Printed in the U.S.A. / Lancer Books, Inc. 26 West 47th Street New York 36 N.Y. [6]
             Body: [7-288]
             Note:  Reprinted edition of the British Book Centre edition, states being a unabridged publication but is missing 18 pages of text. Copyright is
             also off since the Centre's first edition was in 1954 and has the copyright under Peter Owen. Translated and edited by Leonard de Saint-
             Yves.               
             ($6.50)

1953          The Stripteaser                                                                                                                                          Paris: Olympia Press
             Color photograph. wraps. 64 pp. Promotional brochure/magazine excerpting early Olympia publications. Excerpts five Olympia books,
             including Bataille (writing as 'Pierre Angelique')'s TALE OF SATISFIED DESIRE (i.e. STORY OF THE EYE); Henry Miller's PLEXUS; Cleland's
             FANNY HILL; Sade's BEDROOM PHILOSOPHY and JUSTINE. Text is liberally interspersed with b&w pin-up photos of naked ladies.
             ($24.00)

1953          The Marquis de Sade, an Essay with Selections of His Writings                                                                New York: Grove Press
             Hardback gray boards with dust jacket.  236 pp.  1st printing Selection chosen by Paul Dinnage.  Includes "Must We Burn Sade" by de
             Beauvoir
             ($20.00)

1953           The Marquis de Sade, an Essay with Selections of His Writings                                                               New York: Grove Press
              Trade paperback with red wraps, 236pp. Selection chosen by Paul Dinnage.  Includes "Must We Burn Sade" by de Beauvoir.
              ($8.50)


1953          Justine or Good Conduct will be Chastised                                                                                                Paris: Olympia Press
             Yellow publisher wraps over paper boards, black lettering, Translator's note: "The text of which the present work is the first complete and
             integral translation to be presented in English, is entitled Justine ou les Malheurs de la Vertu, and was published in the year 1791. 333pp
             ($150.00)

1954          Justine or Good Conduct will be Chastised                                                                                                Paris: Olympia Press
             333pp, June 1954, soft cover. Reprint of 1953 release by the same publisher. Yellow publisher wraps over paper boards, black lettering,
             ($273.00)

1954          The Marquis de Sade, an Essay with Selections of His Writings                                                               New York: Grove Press
             Trade paperback with red wraps, 236pp. Selection chosen by Paul Dinnage.  3rd printing. Includes "Must We Burn Sade" by de Beauvoir.
             ($8.50)

1954        Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                       New York: British Book Centre
           Hardback red cloth covers, gilt title on spine with dust jacket, 6x8.5" Chosen and translated by Leonard De Saint-Yves; 1st edition/printing
           306 pp. PRICED 6.75 on dust jacket
           ($18.00)

1954        Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                       New York: British Book Centre
           Hardback with dust jacket, 6x8.5" Chosen and translated by Leonard De Saint-Yves; reissue, 306pp..
           ($10.00)

1954        Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                       London: British Book Centre
           Blue boards with dust jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall First printing of this edition. " Chosen and translated by Leonard De Saint-Yves; 1st
           printing this edition 306 pp
           ($18.00)

1954        Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                       New York: Castle Books
           Reissue, Hardback, 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Castle Books edition, translated by Leonard de Saint-Yves. Cheap acidic paper. 306 pp
           (?)

1954        
Selected Writings of de Sade                                                                                                                  New York: Castle Books
           19x12x1.5cm, 128 pages total, 127 numbered (sans last page)
           Gray boards, hardbound with black print on spine.  Unknown dust jacket.
           Trimmed pages.
           Cover Page: Selected Writings of de Sade [1]
           Title Page: Selected Writings of de Sade / Selected and translated by Leonard de Saint-Yves / Castle Books New York / Distributed to the
           Trade by Book Sales, Inc. / 352 Park Avenue South New York 10, N.Y.
           Copyright Page: Copyright, 1954, by British Book Centre, Inc. / 122 East 55th Street, New York, N.Y. / Manufactured in the United States
           of America
           Note: Reissued and an edited version of the British Book Centre 1954 edition.  Manufactured on cheap acidic paper with several sections
           missing.
           ($12.00)

1954        Eight Essays (Wilson, Edmund)                                                                                                                   New York: Anchor Doubleday
           Vintage trade paperback with blue wraps. 238pp.  Collection of 8 of Wilson's essays on a variety of topics including: Bernard Shaw, Theodore
           Roosevelt, Dickens, A.E. Housman, The Marquis de Sade, Lincoln, The Holmes-Laski correspondence, and Hemingway.
           ($13.00)

1954        Adelaide of Brunswick                                                                                                                                  Washington,D.C.:Scarecrow Press
           Hardback, gray boards with red lettering on spine, 8vo, 168pp.  Translated by Hobart Ryland of University of Kentucky. 1st edition.
           ISBN: 081080574X.
           ($34.00)

1954       120 Days of Sodom or the Romance of the School for Libertinage                                                              Paris: Olympia Press
          Translated by Austryn Wainhouse, single volume edition, 575 pages, soft cover with jacket.
          ($45.00)
YEAR        TITLE (Biography Author)                                                                                                                        PUBLISHER
1957        120 Days of Sodom or the Romance of the School for Libertinage, Volume 1                                             Paris: Olympia Press
           Mass market paperback, green wraps.  No 50 in Traveler’s Companion Series. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Includes the introduction by Georges
           Bataille. First printing -- no green border on title pages. Translated by Pieralessandro Casavini (Austryn Wainhouse), 192pp.
           ($65.00)

1957       120 Days of Sodom or the Romance of the School for Libertinage, Volume 2                                             Paris: Olympia Press
          Mass market paperback, green wraps.  2nd volume, No 50 in Traveler’s Companion Series. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Includes the introduction
          by Georges Bataille. Translated by Pieralessandro Casavini (Austryn Wainhouse), 203pp
           ($45.00)

1957       120 Days of Sodom or the Romance of the School for Libertinage, Volume 3                                             Paris: Olympia Press
          Mass market paperback, green wraps.  3rd volume, No 50 in Traveler’s Companion Series. Black text in a white field on green spine. Includes
          essay by Georges Bataille.  Translated by Pieralessandro Casavini (Austryn Wainhouse), 223pp.
          ($40.00)

1957       Bedroom Philosophers                                                                                                                                 Paris: Olympia Press
          Reprint of the 1953 Casavini, Pieralessandro (Austryn Wainhouse) translation. 226 pp. Price of 1200 Francs on rear cover. Number 49 in The
          Traveler's Companion series.
           ($17.50)

1958      The Story of Juliette or Vice Amply Rewarded, Volume 1                                                                              Paris: Olympia Press
          A Casavini, Pieralessandro (Austryn Wainhouse) translation. 16mo. Original green wrappers. First Edition, first integral English translation of
          part two of Sade’s La Nouvelle Justine. Traveler’s Companion #52
          ($40.00)

1959       Justine or Good Conduct Will Be Chastised                                                                                                 Paris: Olympia Press
          Reprint of the 1953 release by same publisher. Paperback, Traveler's Companion series # 67, 330 pages, 16mo, sage green wrapper papers
          ($32.50)

1959       The Story of Juliette or Vice Amply Rewarded, Volume 2                                                                             Paris: Olympia Press
          A Casavini, Pieralessandro (Austryn Wainhouse) translation. Paper back, The Traveler’s Companion Series. #53 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall,
          270 pp.
          ($32.00)
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