The Chastity of Gloria Boyd
- New York: The Vanguard Press, 1932
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1932. Good. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); [vi],302pp. Publisher's red cloth with blue stamped lettering; blue topstain. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with scuffing to lettering and some rubbing to corners and joints. Spine quite cocked, with some fading and dulling down length and bumping to head and tail. Spotting to top edge of textblock. Endpapers toned. Scattered thumbprinting and toning to interior, else pages unmarked. Binding opens easily between gatherings but is still sound.
Later-career novel by the reporter-turned-racy-novelist. The book appears in the May 1932 issue of Canada's The National Revenue Review among five titles prohibited from importation for being "of an immoral or indecent character." In her study Literature, Obscenity, and Law, Felice Flanery Lewis also mentions it among a number of titles reportedly accused of obscenity in American courts, but for which no case records have been located. First Editions appear uncommon, with the novel gaining new life later in pulp reprints.
Later-career novel by the reporter-turned-racy-novelist. The book appears in the May 1932 issue of Canada's The National Revenue Review among five titles prohibited from importation for being "of an immoral or indecent character." In her study Literature, Obscenity, and Law, Felice Flanery Lewis also mentions it among a number of titles reportedly accused of obscenity in American courts, but for which no case records have been located. First Editions appear uncommon, with the novel gaining new life later in pulp reprints.