Paprika
1957 · New York
by VON STROHEIM, ERICH
New York: Beacon, 1957. First Paperback Edition. First novel written by Erich Von Stroheim, the famed director of such films as Greed, The Merry Widow, The Wedding March, etc. The spicy tale of a lusty and adventurous half-white Hungarian Gypsy queen named, appropriately enough, Paprika. Paperbound. Fine in printed wrappers. The front cover is a bright colorful illustration of a sexy looking woman with long platinum blonde hair and dark red lips wearing lots of jewelry and little else surrounded by a montage of darkly erotic scenes from the book. (Inventory #: 11972E)