Rarest of the rare. This book, first published in '57 as no. 45 in the Traveller's Companion series, is among the toughest works to find. (No. 44 was a little something called The Story of O, a title that initiated yet another French government crackdown on Olympia, perhaps explaining Rainbow's scarcity.) Whatever, scored a copy. Seeds of the Rainbow is the tale of Sid, a man as gifted in the priapic arts as he is lacking in physical beauty. Not without his charms, he still finds himself b...

First title by Robert Desmond, Olympia's second-most mysterious author after "Ataullah Mardaan." The Sweetest Fruit, published in 1951, is a contrast between two men, arrogant Ben and humble, clergyman David. The book details, in graphic detail, just how these two gentlemen go about things with their women and their mistresses. David loves Connie despite being afraid of her, Connie loves Ben, despite how he treats her, David finds solace in the chaste, virginal, Dorothy, Dorothy at the end...

Robert Desmond was among the most prolific authors for Girodias' Travellers Companion series, writing eight books in all, the last in 1962. Little is known about him today, biographies we have about Girodias and others barely mention the man, only remarking how upset Mr. Donleavy was to be published alongside him. This title, Professional Charmer, about a gigolo of course, is one of Desmond's most-reprinted works.

One of at least three Olympia Press titles to chronicle the life in publishing, Iniquity presents Lydia Steele, a teenage girl with a well-developed chest and a passion for writing erotic tales. Of course, they didn't let her in for that second talent. Desmond, who worked with Maurice for years, may be drawing on his fellow Olympians here. As you'd expect, a Frog-Prince of sorts plays a key role.

Chronicling the lives of persons in and around Europe and the Netherlands for a period of 30-odd years, Without Violence by Olympia stalwart Desmond offers changes in attitudes concerning politics, class, money, women... and sexuality, with a healthy emphasis on that last. Interesting attempt at longitudinal study by Desmond, with a fascinating end showing how new generations can learn from old....

When Monsieur Dormeuil calls upon a certain Mademoiselle for a spot of lascivious, he is surprised to learn of her humble origins as a convent Sister and of her tale of eventual liberation, of sexual and of her habit, by a man even more predisposed to licentiousness than he; Monsieur Alexis Lorille!When the true object of Dormeuil's lust arrives, Pauline, the three make their way to Hotel X and to the company of Count Alexis. With the rooms of this palatial abode all manner of orgi...

Eerily prescient tale that seems straight out of those Levitra ad disclaimers. Edward Champdick has a problem; one that keeps growing. He consults with doctors, tries any number of women to get the thing down, ends up in a Turkish Harem at the mercy of a Sultana. Rubington, later a top illustrator, had his moments. Title was originally published in 1956 as number 27 of the Traveller's Companion Series.

Inside the Loop, a down-on-his-luck gumshoe finds himself encountering the fun, female side of filthy Chicago.

Perhaps initially named in honor of the Charles Carrington classic, Beatrice Bude is one of the best-written Gargoyles. The story of a young woman who marries a man much older, becomes an actress, and later discovers (and satisfies), the incredible, burning sexual desires within.

The fiery tale of a Prussian banker's son who held women in simultaneous reverence and contempt, who used them for his own purposes and then discarded them without conscience. A novel unsurpassed in revealing Germanic ruthlessness and character, tenderness and brutality. Additional: Novel originally titled James Grunert. Ein Roman aus Berlin, one of the classics of Germanic erotica first translated (Kearney) 1930s, or (Stormgart) early 1900s.

Marcus van Heller, author of such world-famous classics as Kidnap, The House of Borgia, and Roman Orgy, now sets his sights on the vicious traffic in black-market drugs and the innocent lives ruined by lust and greed. Cruel Lips is the startling expose of the seamy side of London which tourists and royalty seldom ever see a dead end where love is sold on street corners and death is commonplace. This is a work of extraordinary power by one of England's best-known writers.

Hilton Williams has been living the good life pumping out "lust pills" from his office. A one-man shop, he watched as the dough piled in, and now he's ready to hire someone else to help take over editing duties. Even in the '60s, women were dying to get into any publishing in NY. So, there will have to be plenty of auditions. One of the rarest Savages.