In the original dust jacket. Green cloth binding with black title plate and white title on the spine and front board.

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(Paris Edition as restored, copyright 1958) by J.P. Donleavy

Hardback. First unexpurgated version published in English in the UK. ‘Remarkably authentic’ – New Statesman. ‘Comic, dirty, and delightful’ – The Listener.

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958. 8vo, 382 pp. Publisher’s green patterned boards with title labels on upper cover and backstrip, red endpapers, original color-printed dust-jacket with the flaps cancels as always. A near fine copy with very light wear to the bottom edge of the dust-jacket. Second Olympia press edition, third overall. First publication of the book as intended by Donleavy – free from association with the pornographic “Traveller’s Companion Series” and with the text uncensored – the triumphant fruit of a 21 year legal battle.

James Patrick Donleavy, popularly known as J. P. Donleavy, (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was an American-Irish author, short story writer, novelist, and playwright. Known for the usage of dark humor in his writings, he first achieved critical acclaim with his picaresque novel The Ginger Man (1955), first published in Paris. The novel became an international bestseller, selling 50 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling books of all time, and has been translated into over 30 languages. The novel is Donleavy’s best-known work, and in 1998, it was named by the Modern Library as “one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century”.

Donleavy is also the author of A Fairy Tale of New York, published in 1973, and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, published in 1968. He received the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, funded by Bord Gáis Energy, for his contributions to Irish literature in 2015.

Warning: This book was part of the erotic library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG, along with medical friends and family involved in Freudian research. Sexual instincts or drives have deeply hidden roots in the unconscious mind. Instincts act by giving vitality and enthusiasm to the mind through meaning and purpose. The range of instincts is in great numbers. Freud expressed them in two categories. One is Eros, the self-preserving life instinct containing all erotic pleasures. While Eros is used for basic survival, the living instinct alone cannot explain all behavior, according to Freud. In contrast, Thanatos is the death instinct. It is full of self-destruction of sexual energy and our unconscious desire to die. The main part of human behavior and actions is tied back to sexual drives. Since birth, the existence of sexual drives can be recognized as one of the most important incentives of life. The enclosed book was part of this research. A photograph is enclosed, should you seek further details please contact Martin Frost on martin.frost@gmail.com