Sheila Cousins – To Beg I Am Ashamed (1st/1st 1938 Hb With Dw) Graham Greene Sex
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7078093 | Non-Fiction Subject: Biographies & True Stories |
| Author: Sheila Cousins | Year Printed: 1938 |
| Language: English | Binding: Hardback |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket |
Title: To Beg I Am Ashamed – The Authentic Autobiography of a LondonProstitute
Author: Sheila Cousins
Published: 1938
Publisher: The Vanguard Press
First edition/first impression (‘THE VANGUARD PRESS……..1938’); US; hardbackwith dust wrapper (not price-clipped, showing $2.00); covered in clear, removableprotective wrapperVery Good +/Very Good: some bumping at head & foot of spine, somecolour fading at board & spine edges, pages clean & unmarked & al...ittle age-tanned; scarce dust wrapper has chipping and tears at head &foot of spine, chipping at inside flap fold corners, some shelfwear to edges, rubbing to spineBilledas the ‘autobiography of a Londonprostitute’. The original 1938 publication of this book (by Routledge) wasstopped in England due to the sexual subject matter (most copies were seizedand only a few are known to have survived); the (French, but English-language) Obeliskpaperback edition, published in Paris, followed in June 1938, and this, theAmerican first edition, in hardback, in the same year.Allis not what it seems, however. The book was not written by a working girl atall. It was, in fact, written by Ronald Matthews, together with a bit of inputfrom his drinking buddy Graham Greene (whose level of involvement is unclearand disputed - he probably contributed some passages, and suggested someimprovements). Certainly Greene hung out in seedy parts of Londonwith Matthews and went on pub crawls with him.Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask, and please take a look at myother rare & collectable books for sale.Postage is £9.50 within UK(Royal Mail 1pm Special Delivery). Please ask before bidding for internationalpostage rates.Thanks for looking.
Author: Sheila Cousins
Published: 1938
Publisher: The Vanguard Press
First edition/first impression (‘THE VANGUARD PRESS……..1938’); US; hardbackwith dust wrapper (not price-clipped, showing $2.00); covered in clear, removableprotective wrapperVery Good +/Very Good: some bumping at head & foot of spine, somecolour fading at board & spine edges, pages clean & unmarked & al...ittle age-tanned; scarce dust wrapper has chipping and tears at head &foot of spine, chipping at inside flap fold corners, some shelfwear to edges, rubbing to spineBilledas the ‘autobiography of a Londonprostitute’. The original 1938 publication of this book (by Routledge) wasstopped in England due to the sexual subject matter (most copies were seizedand only a few are known to have survived); the (French, but English-language) Obeliskpaperback edition, published in Paris, followed in June 1938, and this, theAmerican first edition, in hardback, in the same year.Allis not what it seems, however. The book was not written by a working girl atall. It was, in fact, written by Ronald Matthews, together with a bit of inputfrom his drinking buddy Graham Greene (whose level of involvement is unclearand disputed - he probably contributed some passages, and suggested someimprovements). Certainly Greene hung out in seedy parts of Londonwith Matthews and went on pub crawls with him.Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask, and please take a look at myother rare & collectable books for sale.Postage is £9.50 within UK(Royal Mail 1pm Special Delivery). Please ask before bidding for internationalpostage rates.Thanks for looking.
