Lolita and The Story of O were published by Olympia Press launched in 1953 by Maurice Girodias as a rebadged version of the Obelisk Press he inherited from his father Jack Kahane .
Olympia Press is a Paris - based publisher .
Lolita and The Story of O were published by Olympia Press , a Paris - based publisher , launched in 1953 by Maurice Girodias as a rebadged version of the Obelisk Press he inherited from his father Jack Kahane .