Kahane Jack (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Minor wear to boards & foxing to some interior pages, otherwise very good.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First American Edition. First American edition, Brentano's 1923. Very good+ brown cloth with green lettering. Binding square and sound. No writings, text clean and unmarked. Novel by the publisher of the Obelisk Press. Very attractive copy of this scarce title. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition (NAP) Hardcover, brown cloth, green lettering, 325 pp, untrimmed edges. Very good, no DJ. Corners bumped, with a bit of cardboard exposed there, rubbed, with a few approx 1/8th inch nicks at head and foot of spine, faint, approx 1 1/2 x 2 inch blotted up water spot on front board, approx 1/4 x 3 inch similar spot on lower edge of rear board, darkening on top edge of textblock. Internally, paper lightly age yellowed, slightly shaken, side edge of 1 leaf a bit jagged from careless opening (text unaffected) , o/w tight, clean and unmarked. Life, loves and adventures of an expatriate Englishman in post World War I Paris. Author wrote a somewhat erotic first novel, "Daffodil" under the nom de plume Cecil Barr, and was founder of the Obelisk Press, which first published Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, some of Anais Nin, James Joyce and other then controversial writers. Rare. Travel; autobiography; modern first.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A book by semi-underground literature publisher Jack Kahane who wrote using the pseudonym of Cecil Barr for his production at Obelisk Press. Censorship drove Jack Kahane to form the Obelisk Press in 1929 in an attempt to publish books in France, (in English), and bypass the strict censorship that was practiced in Britain at that time. This is a 1946 reprint of of the 1937 title. Some chipping and creasing to the cover edges. book.

Hardcover. Condition: good. First edition. The Browsing Goat was written by Jack Kahane and was first published by Brentano's of London in June 1929. The first edition consisted of two printings in June 1929. The first printing comprised 2000 copies. This copy is one of 1500 copies of the more rare second printing (Pearson C7b). The text block is bright and clean. The board edges are frayed in many places. The cloth on the board hinges is starting to separate. At lest one page loose, but none missing. The cloth spine shows creasing. book.

Small 4to. 200pp. First published by the Obelisk Press in 1937. Price 175 Frs. Original printed green wrappers. Shelfwear, some small nicks, split to foot of spine, and signatures loose at top front hinge. Else very good.

Hardcover. 325p., preface, ownership name, good first US edition bound in brown buckram cloth boards with green titles and light green topstain, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge. Possibly the first book under his own name by Kahane, founder and publisher of Obelisk Press and father of Maurice Girodias.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Printed wrappers. Modest age-toning on the wrappers, a very good or better copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good+ hardcover First Edition in original orange cloth. Foxing to edges of textblock, free end-papers and preliminaries. Front and rear board speckled (light fish work. Loosely inserted at front is publisher's latest list from1924. 323pp.

softcover. Condition: very good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest issue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the Obelisk July 1936 "11th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Creasing, soiling to the covers. Pages are a bit age-toned. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, 1939. Hardback book with dust jacket. The price-clipped jacket has soiling and some small chips/tears (see photo). I've added a fresh mylar cover. The book is sturdy, clean and complete with some foxing to the closed page edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [KAHANE, Jack]; NEAGOE, Peter - Storm (two volumes) First edition - Paris: New Review Publications (1932), Second edition - Paris: The Obelisk Press (1932) First edition: 8vo; original beige wrappers, with the titles and design printed in navy blue and orange; pp. [viii], 9-179, [i]; a crease to the top right-hand corner of the upper panel, with some minor wear to the spine ends, overall, a nice copy in very good or better condition. Second [first Obelisk] edition: crown 8vo, original green wrappers printed in black; pp [x], 11-304, [i]; printed with the contents at the back; The spine sunned, the front panel with a couple of ink spots and other soiling, edges and endpapers a little spotted, the flyleaf with an old price written in red pencil, overall, good to very good. Peter Neagoe came from Romania, and his childhood was spent around farmers and sheep herders. He immigrated to the US, but it was his early experiences that would form the basis of his writing career. It all started for him through Eugene Jolas and his renowned Paris based magazine Transition. He wrote short stories about his childhood. Then in 1932, as assistant editor of New Review Magazine he persuaded the editor to publish his own short story collection Storm, with his friend Eugene Jolas providing an introductory letter. Neagoe, with freshly minted copies in his possession, flew back to the United States, but to his dismay US customs officials banned the publication for [occasional] erotic content. This alerted a certain Jack Kahane, who agreed with Neagoe a second expanded edition, without a contribution from a disgusted Jolas. A friendship was ruined, and a controversial book was born. Kahane made sure the rear panel of the second edition highlighted its status as a controversial book in all its glory, with various quotes establishing its credentials.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BARR, Cecil [KAHANE, Jack] - Bright Pink Youth Paris: The Obelisk Press (1934) 8vo; Heavy paper wrappers with fold-over flaps; The striking illustration on the upper cover by G. Goursat, of a topless woman smoking a cigarette in a long holder; the spine and lower cover shows the press logo; The front flap displays a reprice sticker of 60 francs, with the lower flap providing information of the press's releases including Miller's Tropic of Cancer; pp [x], 11-332, [iv]; The upper cover with one small stain below the letter U in Youth, a gentle lean and creasing to the spine, minor rubbing to corners and edges; overall a very good or better copy that is without loss and retains much of its colour. First edition published in August 1934. One of publisher Jack Kahane's six books written under the pseudonym of 'Cecil Barr', used according to Kahane / The Obelisk Press Bibliographer Neil Pearson in homage to his favourite bar in the Cecil Hotel in Paris. Kahane would become depressed by the success of his 'Barr' books, given the heavyweight literary company he kept, that these books were often a source of deep embarrassment for him. Salacious, gratuitous and successful they were though with copies of the adventures of 'Tommy Trans-Wood and his Wife' selling so well, it needed a second printing and then a second edition in 1955. It is rare to find a first edition in such good condition. [Pearson A-31].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library, usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. pp 245. Paperback. Original publisher's brown covers, lettered red on the front cover and spine. Text in English. No date, circa 1950. Appears to be a Japanese piracy from Obelisk 1937 edition. Erotic novel. Slight wear at spine ends, otherwise very good.

8vo. pp 287. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Sound, used copy: covers somewhat marked and a little discoloured with a neat name and number on front pastedown - otherwise sound with complete text; good only.

First edition. 287 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine and part of covers faded, inside of front cover has trace of some kind of label.

First edition. 287 pp w/index. Foxing to page edges and first and last few leaves, top edge dust soiled. In all, very good in full blue cloth. Lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 436. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated bookplate of Peter Hardiman Scott (1920-1999) journalist, broadcaster, poet and thriller writer. He served as the BBC's first political editor, from 1970 to 1975 and was a well known and much respected television personality. During his time at the BBC, he reported on, and grew close to, four prime ministers: Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson and Heath. Some wrinkling to front pastedown, with slight slackening at front spine hinge and some wear and rubbing and covers, overall used, very good minus with clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good hardback copy. Unmarked. No dustjacket but photograph and blurb from the dustjacket have been cut from dustjacket and inserted loosely. Jack Kahane founded the Obelisk Press in Paris (1929) and was the father of Maurice Girodias, who created the Olympia Press. 287pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The text pages of this volume are clean, bright, and without highlighting, underlining or marginalia. There is a previous owner's sticker with their name and address affixed to the front paste down. There is also a letter with the publisher's letter head, Michael Joseph Ltd, typed and dated 4th November, 1959 signed signed by Ronald Whiting to the same person. On the front free paste down is a note in ink which reads "Henry Miller says he never got paid in full by Kahane or his son." An additional piece of correspondence is laid in from this writer to the family of the individual whose name is on the sticker, the text of the letter indicates the family's uncle collected Mr. Miller's books and was in correspondence with him in the 50's. The blue-green boards are faded, sunned, soiled and show wear at the edges and corners. The top edge is also soiled. The yellow end papers are bright and the gutters intact. There are 287 pages to this volume including the Index. The First Published in 1939 statement is present with no other publication dates indicated.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, protected soft cover, 7th reprint of the first edition of 1931 In very good condition. K22.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest issue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the August 1931 "5th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Top half of the spine protected with magic tape, small creases, soiling to the covers. Pages are age-toned. ffep has previous owner's small bookplate. book.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 296. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1939 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 296.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 10TH IMPRESSION. The most popular of all English novels first published in France, under the title COUCOU, it was one of the chief successes of the Paris season. 12mo. Pp, 301, [1] 10th printing of the first book published by the Oberlisk Press. Jack Kahane / Cecil Barr. founded the press operated from 1931 to 1939. this was the best selling book in English on the European continent from 1931 to 1939. . Original covers, published in paper wrapper , grayblue with title in gold lettering on spine. Front paste down has Library label , first few pages are browned , title page has drawing and title , and 10th impression written in red.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. blue cloth, 288 pp, cloth stained and partially frayed, foxing from front end paper through to p 21 Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 346. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 346.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Vg+ condition. Binding tight, boards and contents clean and unmarked; tiniest amount of rubbing to bottom spine edge. A very nice copy of a scarce title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 287pp. Blue cloth boards w silver title to spine. Spine v grubby, bumped and worn at head and foot and w 2cm split to front edge. Both boards lightly soiled. Contents very good, v minor foxing to edges and first and last few pages o/w clean and tight, a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. G. Goursat (illustrator). 1st Edition. According to correspondence between Kahane and his literary agent J.R. Pinker [Berg collection, NYPL], Kahane had submitted the manuscript of "Suzy Falls Off" by the end of 1926. By the autumn of that year proofs had been submitted to John Long and it was published in London in 1928. This is the first American edition published the following year. Soiling rubbing to the edges, a small crack to hinge, in a facsimile dust-jacket. 5½" - 7¾". book.