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(RISQUE LITERATURE). DE KOCK, CHARLES PAUL. John; Or the Darling of Nature and the Ladies. A Novel Translated from the French?Ķ New York: Holland & Glover, 1843. 1st American edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Double-column. Removed. Traces of original yellow wraps along inner edge. Quite foxed, otherwise very good. $2,500.00

 

     First and perhaps only translation into English, rare. Title incompletely listed on pp. 5 & 12 in McCorison's Risque Literature Published in America Before 1877.

     Not in American Imprints. WorldCat records a single copy, at the Library Co. of Philadelphia. A year later (1844), Holland & Glover, at their ?��Depot for Cheap Publications,?�� issued The Genuine Works of Charles Paul de Kock. Containing All the Acknowledged Works of the Celebrated Author, also recorded by WorldCat in a single copy, at the American Antiquarian Society. The output of Holland & Glover during a short-lived existence in the mid-forties included Becklard?��s Physiological Mysteries and Revelations in Love and his Onanism and Its Cure, as well as two titles in the ?��city mysteries?�� genre, Great City, and Mysteries of London.

     Only edition returned by a search of WorldCat by author/title/date range (1825-1850); only copy returned removing any date range.