Description
For sale: a Rare first edition, first printing paperback copy of Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anaïs Nin. First Pocket Books Edition, stated January 1990 Pocket Books . First Printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page and a $4.95 cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Good condition, with clean, bright covers with two partial creases, toned page blocks, heavy surface wear with small bare spots, strong title on a cracked spine, a tight binding with no interior spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, a few chips on the edges and heavily rounded corners.
The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and evenly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
In this story collection, Anais Nin pens a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents. Among these provocative stories, a Hungarian adventurer seduces wealthy women then vanishes with their money; a veiled woman selects strangers from a chic restaurant for private trysts; and a Parisian hatmaker named Mathilde leaves her husband for the opium dens of Peru.
Small pocket size edition ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
