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...

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...

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....

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.

"Clinton Is A Superlative Carnal Craftsman, Whose Secrets Of Seduction--Unblushingly Dramatized In This Book--Threaten All Those Women Who Still Take Pride In Their Virginity!"--Kevin James, Recollections (London, 1891)James is a self-confessed lecher dedicated to "patrolling the continent in search of goods, overhauling every shape and make of female flesh between Constantinople and Calcutta."Beginning with his artful seduction of his father's 19-y...

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...

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.

When I look back at the strange vicissitudes that have chequered my existence, and compare the troubles of the past with the serenity of the present, I can scarcely regret the misfortune which made me retire from active service under the standard of the mighty Venus, and thus afforded me leisure to lay the fruits of my own bitter experience before those who may hereafter serve under the same banners. I am the fruit of the incontinence of the reverend Celestine Fathers of the town of B—. I ...

An awakening in a whore's bedroom is, as a rule, cheerless. One is vague as to one's whereabouts, as a rule sore on the John Thomas, and a general feeling of having made a bloody fool of oneself is most often mixed with a wonder whose pyjamas you've got on and whether you've got the clap or possibly worse. Charles Vernon St Just Osmond, fifth off the succession to the earldom of Osmond, very much a 'younger son', with a good deal less money even than most younger sons, turned over twice, f...

Who Pushed Paula? is the first work for Olympia by author Akbar del Piombo (Rubington). Published in 1956, this is a tale of observation and violation in the castle of a baron, with many guests, onlookers and participants.