MY SECRET LIFE. [Complete in Two Volumes; Vols. 1-6; 7-11]

My Secret Life by Anonymous
Grove Press, Inc., New York, 1966. Stated first printing. 9 1/4″ X 6 1/4″, 2 vol. 1291pp 1069pp [2nd vol. numbered 1291-2359], hardbound with dust jackets . Condition - The books are good and unmarked inside. The book binding is bowed - particularly the first book. The jackets are edge-worn (please see photos) and the boards show some wear. Note - the books together are very heavy (over 7 pounds) and will require buyers to cover the cost of shipping.

About My Secret Life: My Secret Life, by "Walter", is the memoir of a Victorian gentleman's sexual development and experiences. Between approximately 1883 and 1895, someone, presumably an Englishman of means, had printed on the Continent an eleven-volume sexual autobiography limited, so he thought, to just six copies.
The Grove Press reprint of 1966 is the first complete edition to be openly available. It was prepared from an eleven-volume typescript made directly from the copy in Hamburg referred to above. All subsequent reprints stem, legally or otherwise, from this. Gershon Legman's Introduction to the Grove Press reprint is a mine of fascinating information, and includes a closely argued case for My Secret Life having been written by Henry Spencer Ashbee, the famous Victorian bibliographer and collector of erotica.