first edition Hardcover
1958 · New Hyde Park, NJ
by Huysmans, J. K. (Joris-Karl); Translated by Keene Wallis; Introduction by Robert Baldick
New Hyde Park, NJ: University Books, 1958. Reprint; First University Books printing). Hardcover. Very Good. 317pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering against black ink stamped backgrounds on the backstrip. With light wear to the spine and boards. No dust jacket. A novel dealing with Satanism, set in France, first published amid controversy in 1891. The book sparked controversy due to the fact that it included detailed desciptions of the Black Mass. (Inventory #: 69524)