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University of Chicago Press, 1985. Cloth. Octavo. 223pp., index. Near Fine.

Paris; nd: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. #35 of 300 copies (total 320 copies) on hand made Montval paper, text in English, nicely illustrated with mildly erotic engravings by Jean Dulac, 239(1)pp. handsomely bound in dark brown morocco and marbled paper with decorative gilt inlays to small brown squares near fore-edge of boards. minor rubbing to spine with just a bit of soiling or foxing along bottom edge of upper board, otherwisea lovely copy, in paper covered slipcase with a short splits to head opening.

np/nd (ca.1930): Privately Printed. Octavo. 91 pages. One of the scarcest of the underground erotic authors. Yale University has the only recorded copy of the author's "Memories of an Hotel Man". The title page mentions he also wrote: "Love in a Taxi" (no recorded copy). This copy is unrecorded in any database and is among the most graphic depicting a variety of mutual female sexuality and varieties of male-female couplings as well as a menage a trois. 16 very graphic illustrations of the above. Fine copy in original red pictorial stapled wraps depicting a women bae naked except her heels. very light wear to spine ends. A near fine copy with no names or bookplates.

New York; (1966): Grove Press, Inc. First Thus. Small Folio. With the exception of the introduction by Henry Miller, this would truly be a facsimile edition of the first 1923 German edition published for the first time in America. no pagination, illustrated in color and in black & white, bound in pictorial beige cloth depicting the artist and letter in black. A very good copy in unclipped $15.00 price (with the early pre-sale price clipped) pictorial dust jacket lettered in blue and black, fore-edges rubbed, a few short closed edge tears, piece missing from head of jacket, some finger soiling. In all a very good copy.

(Treilleres, 1981): Pierre Guathier. Limited Edition. Folio. Signed by artist and limited to 1000 copies. French text. Unnumbered pages (100), with 23 full page color images. Each of the model's images are accompanied with a poem from classic French literature. Most of the images have full frontal nudity of the female model but are done tastefully so not to offend those with Victorian values. In the original folio portfolio in slipcase with the pastedown on front cover of his main model. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.

Quarto. 5 pages, typed original.Unlike the Tiajuana Bibles (also called 8 page literatures), this very graphic description of a man and woman in the throngs of passion is suprisingly literate though not with the excellence of a Robert Frost in poetry though indicating a good knowledge of vocabulary; nevertheless, it is a remarkable description of copulation. Judging from the paper, typescript and language it would appear to have been written in the early half of the 20th Century. His use of the word "pussie" [sic] is an archaic spelling found only in the OED 1790 by A. Tait. It would seem his use of the term marriage was intended for protection against morals police since clearly in the larger part of the 20th century this would have been considered pornographic and could not be sent through the mails. He does use the forbidden "c" word twice but has a sufficiently wide choice of words to describe sexual relations in a reasonably literary fashion. We do not know the author but judge the item to be of… Read More

Paris: for the Author and His Friends, 1902. Limitd Edition. Octavo. Limited to 375 copies. The present copy is unnumbered. 227 pages. The hunger for erotica was strong while the forces in power in late 19th century England and America attempted to prevent the sale of literature that dealt openly with sex. Charles Carrington and others attempted to sell titles using the titles suggesting they were merely of an anthropological nature. Besides the more scandelous items printed underground such as Fanny Hill, My Secret Life, and others on sexual proclivities, he also notes works on flagellation and details some of the more prominent French titles. Bound in paper covered boards, spine had been taped with old clear tape,paper spine label, spine ends chipped. A good copy.

Secaucus, New Jersey, (1975): The Citadel Press. First Edition. Octavo. 264p. The life of girls in the brothels of Nevada with imput from not only the girls but also law enforcement officers, hotel managers and bellmen, and everyone involved in making it work from the legendary Mustang Ranch to the ways in which it exists, though illegal in Reno and Las Vegas. Bound i mustard papaer covered boards backed in black cloth spien lettering fushia, a very good copy in clipped dust jacket rubbed along the edges and chipping to spine ends.

Tokyo: Asoka Shobo, 1953. Octavo. Book 2, 195 pages, illustrations, some in color, some folding and with one folding color wood block print used as frontispiece. Japanse Lanaguage. [Suzuki] Harunobu (1724-1770) was a Japanese designer of beautiful woodblock prints in the Ukiyo-e style. He was also the originator of the polychrome print. A handsome copy in original slipcase and shipping box. With the end of the American Military Occupation of Japan in 1952, the Japanese culture including their interest in an honest view of the erotic could easily be distributed. Here is a very nice example of a scarce item which shows the work of Suzuki Harunobu. Bound in white pictorial paper covered boards, spine lettering black, near fine with just a hint of toning to edges.

(Frankfurt, 1989): Zweitausendeins. First German Edition. Small Octavo. First German translation. 340(1)pp. Translated and edited in German by Varl Weissner. Bound in red paper covered baords resembling snakeskin, black leather spine label lettered in white, a near fine copy in near fine publisher's slipcase.

New York: Popular Publications, Inc, 1956. First Edition. Chiriacka. Quarto. 96pp, This issue has the first appearance of "Jail Bait," John D. MacDonald's steamy story. Includes "Tom Runyon: The Way Back" by Erle Stanley Gardner, a true account of Sailors Union of Pacific and the American Justice system. --this with facsimile of Gardner's Western Union telegram. Men's magzine with usual cartoons and ads. Bound in illustrated wraps. A Very good copy.

Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 127 pp. First half "Transvestites & Drag Queens," second half "Transsexuals." Warning: this book is very explicit and kept in our back room for mail order only.

Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux, 1921. First Edition. Octavo. 287 pp. A very good copy bound in black library buckram, with black place stamp to title page, red numbers to upper right corner.

London; New York: Erotica Biblion Society, 1932. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 134 pages. The Erotica Biblion Society were published in Victorian London by Leonard Smithers and Henry Sidney Nichols in small printings or limited editions to allow the seller to know they would shortly be moderately scarce. This book begins with a drugged virgin who is defiled by the malevolent Valentine St. Giraud who was a rake like most of the characters in this volume. Unlike most of the American editions, these were often more literary (among the unknown authors of the Society are Aubrey Beardsley, Arthur Symons, and Oscar Wilde as well as lesser known figures such as Vincent O'Sullivan who was a better writer (John Cooper Powys' listed him as one of the top 100) and also known for his decadence which he shared in his early years with Oscar Wilde. There are six very erotic illustrations.(our picture is covered).

Paris; [1924): L'Editions D'Art. Limited Edition. 12mo. A limited edition of 1600 sets of the text. (100 copies on Japon) The present set is # 912 on pure white and Kleber wire rod. A unique set of this work in three volumes, 281, 205, and 264pp. with a preface by Albert Pauphilet. Each volume was illustrated in watercolor and pencil sketches by Georges Pavis (1886-1951), French painter, illustrator, and humorist containing his charming and erotically light-hearted illustrations to Ronsard's love poems originally published in 1584. This special set contains 30 original illustrations in rich watercolor and 30 matching original preliminary pencil sketches of the watercolor nudes, lovers, seductions, and other whimsical erotic endeavors, bound in at the rear. Each pencil drawing is presented on various lined or unlined papers. This set was originally issued without illustrations. These illustrations were added by Pavis as a personal undertaking to enhance this unique collection for his personal library,… Read More

[London]: The Casanova Society, 1925. Limited Edition. Quarto. . Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is #262. 311 pages translated by Francis Macnamara. Originally published in 1829 when he was 30 years old preceding his 96 novels. This was a satire on marital infidelity as was common in his period of French history but what is interesting is how he considered women's considerations so important for the marriage, he writes: "if her mind has not entirely destroyed by your having kept her in a state of ignorance, you will find...it is still possible for you to be feel drawn to one another from time to time." Bound on 1/4 brown cloth over blue paper covered boards, blue paper spine label lettered in black. A very good copy with just a few spots of rubbing or soiling. Extra spine label laid in.

Paris; (1929): Marti-Dupuis. Limited Edition. Folio. 228p. 78 porchoirs by Edith Follet of which forty are full page with tissue guards. Limited to 895 copies, this is copy 579. She was the second wife (from 1918 to 1926 ) of the writer Louis-Ferdinand Celine. The pochoir stenciling process, characterized by its crisp lines and brilliant colors, produces images that have a freshly printed or wet appearance. A number of these images are on the erotic side which was typical of those not devoted to fashion. This was near the end of the art deco era. Bound in full brown morocco, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, silK endpapers, with the original paper wrappers bound in, upper joint cracked but not through binding, tiny worm hole with old tape mends. Color plates are beautiful and with tissue guards for protection.

1939. Photograph of Sally Rand's famous "Nude ranch [facsimile signature] was housed inside the fairgrounds at the Golden Gate International Exhibition at a club called The Music Box. she supposedly would perform in the buff but when she was challenged in court cases, she claimed there are audience never saw a thing because "the Rand is quicker than the eye" often leaving judges laughing (or frowning). Although she had been arrested at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair on the same charge, she had found the middle ground between absolute nudity and the illusion of being naked. Most collections lack this copy. The Bancroft Library has one picture of the girls standing before a fence. The Pennsylvania State University has four pictures but the photos are different. It is possible this is the only one not found in any of the standard libraries or museums. She was born as Harriet Beck and known originally as Billy Beck but Cecil B. DeMille created the name "Sally Rand" for her.

Octavo. The 1935 volume issued by the "dirty old men" of the club whose book not only was replete with nudes but did not hesitate to include pubic hair. P. 44 and four others can be viewed through the original cellophane For this reason, the copies could not be sent through the mails and were available only through club meetings or from personal delivery by friends (90% of the members resided in New York). Signed by , James Montgomery Flagg on front endpaper, Clarence Buddington Kelland, the club President, on FFEP, Sigmund Spaeth (p. 40), Athur William Brown on his drawing (p. 65) and 21 other signatures of club members. All copies have a hole punched through the bottom though the reason is not explained in the many "in" jokes on the printed pages. Wear on edges of paper covered boards.

N.l.: Self-Published By Lawrence Block, 1995. Perfect Bound. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NO. 60 of 100, fronispience color photograph hand mounted of Lawrence Block. Signed by Block. Erotic tales of seducing a virgin and her delight as she calls on all the saints during the experience (though as he notes she is an atheist). A large paper copy.