Le Marseille Curieux
Pierre d'AgranonParis: L. d'Autrec, No date.
Nouvelle Edition.
22cm x 13cm. 78 pages, xxviii, [10] advertisements, 1 folding map, black and white illustrations in the text. Lettered wrappers, pictorial onlay. Text is in French.
The Curious Marseilles. Guide-Souvenir des Touristes et des Etrangers dans l’ancien Quartier Noble de Marseille Devenu Le Celebre Quartier Reserve. 1922 illustrated guide for sex tourists to the brothels of Marseille in the south of France. Copious illustrated with photographs of working women, a folding map of the area, and numerous advertisements.
Pictorial onlay on upper wrapper with small chip to top right corner. Even tanning to text block. Minor creasing to wrappers. Minor soiling. Good Condition.
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AU$500