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Paris, France: Obelisk Press, 1935. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Fourth edition. Octavo (8vo). 271 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear and soiling, and minor vertical creasing to the spine. Pearson A-37 [unrecorded variant] with all points identical to A-37 with these exceptions: 1) Does not have the statement "Banned in England May 1935" printed on the front cover; 2) the front flap contains the price 50 francs; 3) the front flap edition statement differs slightly in that it states "This is the only existing edition of James | Hanley's most famous work, recently sup- | pressed in England."; 4) rear flap price for the (truncated) 11 titles listed at "50 francs each". One page edge with a tiny black mark in the extreme margin, but the text is clean and unmarked. Fourth edition, variant of the first impression. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Prosecuted in 1934 after Hanley's publisher (Boriswood Limited) lost a court case with the UK government against a charge of obscenity; the ban was lifted in 1992.. (Inventory #: 019565)