{"product_id":"pretty-thing-robert-turner-1st-edition","title":"Pretty Thing, Robert Turner — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, The Olympia Press, 1970\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The blue cloth boards remain remarkably clean and bright, with the silver gilt titling to the spine still striking and unoxidised. The binding is firmly tight with no leaning or looseness, and the text block edges are crisp. Internally, the leaves are clean and free from notable foxing or standard ownership signatures. The original dust jacket presents well but shows light surface rubbing to the panels, minor shelf-wear with tiny nicks at the spine extremities, and a touch of mild toning to the white rear panel, maintaining an overall sharp and highly presentable appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first UK edition, published by Maurice Girodias's legendary Olympia Press (England) Ltd in 1970, following the 1968 New York publication. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth, this edition is physically distinct from its American counterpart (which was issued in purple cloth) and the much more common paperback printings of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe Olympia Press is renowned for championing transgressive, avant-garde, and heavily censored literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eHardcover survivals from this imprint in their original dust jackets are increasingly sought after by collectors of 20th-century countercultural fiction, making this an excellent representative copy of a provocative publishing era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eA striking mid-century novel published under the infamous Olympia Press imprint, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"88\"\u003ePretty Thing\u003c\/i\u003e captures the uninhibited, boundary-pushing spirit that defined Maurice Girodias's publishing ethos. With its bold, graphic dust jacket and notable scarcity in the hardcover format, it stands as a compelling artefact of a fiercely independent era in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55729771610451,"sku":"6760","price":30.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261028_105816.jpg?v=1793734565","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/pretty-thing-robert-turner-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}