Grand Horizontal : The Erotic Memoirs of a Passionate Lady.
Pearl, Cora; Blatchford, William (editor).
Place Published: Lanham, MD, U.S.A.:
Publisher: Madison Books, Incorporated,
Date Published: 1983.
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 186 pages. The book is in NEAR FINE condition with a bump to front bottom corner--a very tight, bright copy. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with some minor shelf wear. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines and other treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor..and other other curious people...and FAMOUS COURTESANS. Dust jacket reads: Anais Nin's Delta of Venus and John Cleland's Memoirs of Fanny Hill were fiction. Frank Harris's erotic memoirs were allegedly fact, though perhaps exaggerated. But did a real woman ever keep such a diary? Apparently so, in these entertaining and unexpurgated reminiscences, written by one of Paris's most celebrated courtesan's. The men who visited Cora Pearl's bed- room were among the most dashing and prominent members of royal society - even the Emperor Napoleon III himself. From a woman with very humble beginnings in Eng- land, Cora Pearl became one of the best known and wealthiest "grand horizontals" in Europe. Originator of trends still pursued today, such as haircoloring and suntanning, she was paid for love, and it was a profession in which she truly delighted. She writes in this very intimate memoir about the sexual predilections and prowess of lovers from every level of society - famous and humble; tells of her erotic exploits in odd places, even on horseback; invents, then ignores, the motto "jamais avec les domestiques" (never with servants); and describes her presentation at dinner, cream-decked, as an exquisite final dish. Cora Pearl's intimate memoirs are recorded here in some of the most tastefully but sexually explicit passages written by any female author before our own time. These memoirs were originally published in 1890 in a very small edition, of which only one copy is known to exist. William Blatchford, who lives in England, is a compulsive reader who has always been particularly interested in what used to be described as exotica of the nineteenth century.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 0812829174
Book Id: 9940
Price: $25.00
