Sheila Foster [Michael Bernet] — Soho Story

The Olympia Press London First UK Edition Very Good Condition 18cm x 11.5cm. [x], 181 pages. Pictorial wrappers. First UK edition, retitled from 'Soho Whore: The Making of a London Prostitute' (New York: Olympia Press, [1967]). Published under the pseudonym Sheila Foster, presented as the memoir of a London sex worker, the book was in fact written by the Israeli author Michael Bernet, one of the writers associated with Maurice Girodias' post-Paris Olympia Press ventures. The change of title presumably reflects the requirements of UK retail distribution, "Soho Whore" being rather more blunt than British high-street booksellers of the period were accustomed to displaying. Published during the brief final phase of Girodias' operations under the Olympia Press imprint in London. Minor tanning and handling wear. Very minor creasing to wrappers. Category: Sexuality; Sexuality::Sex Work; Sexuality::Erotic Fiction; United Kingdom & Ireland; 20th Century: 1970s; Pulps. ISBN: 0700410503. ISBN/EAN: 9780700410507. Inventory No: 0037383.