[Rarebooks] FS: Aphrodite -a Naughty 1919 Play in the new Bookin'!

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An item from our new edition of Bookin'!
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Aphrodite Promotional Book.
New York; F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest: 1919.

A wonderful Art Decoesque promotional book for the stage play Aphrodite, A
Romance of Ancient Egypt, featuring stunning full-page color plates by
Carl Link showing costumes and scenes. The play was based on a novel by
Pierre Louys, and the producers thank David Belasco for his help in the
staging, "solely in the interest of art". The costumes were designed by
Percy Anderson and Leon Baskt. The 1896 book on which the play was based
was a runaway best-seller in France and Louys first full-length novel. The
book, a depiction of courtesan life in Alexandria, was loved by critics
and loathed by censors and the morality police, and Dorothy Parker
remarked on the difficulty of finding a copy in New York. The play was
declared obscene by the mayor of New York, which did nothing to hurt its
popularity.

Softcover. 9"x12", 35 pages, 10 color plates (2 double- page). Minor soil,
light wear, middle leaves pulling away from the staples. [39756] $125

Pictures?
Sure, of this and more, in the new Bookin'!
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