Le Journal de Marinette

Paris: L'Edition, 1918.
New Edition.

18.5cm x 12cm. 242 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Text is in French.

Anonymous novel of a young lady’s adventures in Paris attributed to the same pseudonymous author as ‘L’Art de Seduire les Hommes suivi de l’Amour et les Poisons’, and published by the same curiosa imprint of Robert and Georges Briffaut. Whether Une Femme Curieuse here is Maurice Magre as suggested for ‘L’Art de Seduire’ is unknown. This new edition, reset with a denser line count, bringing the work from 308 pages to 242. Cover illustration by Danish illustrator Gerda Wegener, known for her distinctive lesbian erotica works. Her husband was one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery in 1930. In the 1910s, her husband was regularly crossdressing and was Gerda’s primary model.

Light creasing to wrappers, small chip to fore-edge of upper panel. Good Condition.

AU$400