Search Results: Sexuality from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

[Newark, New Jersey: Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education, Inc.], 1927 (copyright) but probably issued in 1931). 16mo (6.5" x 4.75"), 24 pages. Publisher's light card covers, stapled.
Slight edge wear & soiling, soft vertical crease throughout, internal toning, otherwise very good.
Book ix in a series of sex booklets for "adults only" by the prolific Dr. Krauss, who describes himself as "The Evangelist of Health."
"What are some of the incentives to produce abortion? An unmarried woman seduced under false representations of a man who feels no responsibility for his own offspring, suffers alone all the shame and contumely of the act, and is tempted to cause miscarriage to shield her good name ..." ~Dr. Krauss, excerpted from the text.

Hollywood, California: Twilight Pub., (1970). First edition., Small octavo (7.75" x 5.25"), 162 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages providing "Glossary of exual Terms," with 63 frequently graphic plates from photographs within the pagination (many in color). Publisher's pictorial card covers. OCLC locates a single copy at, natch, Indiana University's Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex as of 6/12/2023.
Brief edge wear, some creasing, lightly rubbed, otherwise very good.
"A manual on total sexual satisfaction from preliminary play to total fulfillment."

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 5 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled.
Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good.
"Joyce had neither been a virgin or a fool when she married. She had taken George for better or worse and so far she quietly admitted to herself it had been much worse ..."
Quite like those spurious imprints from the 40s with "illustrations from life," we have been unable to locate any other examples of this title or imprint

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, [1945]. First edition. Folio (14" x 9"), 13 leaves printed recto only in color on thick paper. Publisher's plastic comb binding
Lightly toned & soiled, moderate wear at comb binding, trace edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
A splendid bevy of scantily clad beauties, one for each month of the year!
"Is my turban disturban'?"

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, [1948]. First edition. Folio (14" x 9"), 13 leaves printed recto only in color on thick paper. Publisher's plastic comb binding.
Lightly toned & soiled, brief wear at comb binding, trace edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
A splendid bevy of scantily clad beauties, one for each month of the year!
"From the sketch pad of Freeman Elliot, a new discovery among portrayers of the tantalizing torso, these pages come to you. Their appeal is timeless ... as old as the pyramids ... as modern as the cyclotron ..." 
~George E. Harvey, excerpted from the text.

New York: Arlington House, (1986). First American edition. Quarto (11.75" x 9.25"), 107 unnumbered pages, profusely & rather graphically illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's plain white cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket.
Remainder mark at the bottom edge of the text block, lightly soiled, brief edge wear, corners bruised, otherwise very good in about fine dust jacket.
"You are invited to partake of a pleasure once considered forbidden fruit. Here, in a feast of full color photographs, are scenes of perhaps the most deeply personal of sexual experiences, oral love ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

No place: no publisher, no date [1960s]. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated [48 pp.], including several full page illustrations from drawings. Pictorial stapled stiff paper wraps.
Slight edge wear, briefly rubbed, lightly soiled, staples rusted, Very Good. A horrifying tale of aggressive sex. The rear wrap indicates that the title was "printed in the USA." Unlocated via OCLC.

New York: James J. Kriegsmann (photographer), no date (circa 1940's). Original glossy photograph on single weight paper measuring 10 inches by 8 inches (including borders). Signed in the negative by Kriegsmann, verso blank.
Trace edge wear, verso slightly toned & soiled, otherwise very good or better.
A stunning image of sexy Lulu, almost certainly a Burlesque/ striptease performer for whom we could no further information. Photographer Kriegsmann, who was considered one of the best photographers in the United States, was the official in-house photographer for Harlem's Cotton Club.

[Newark, New Jersey: Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education, Inc.], 1929 (copyright). 16mo (6.5" x 4.75"), 24 pages. Publisher's light card covers, stapled.
Margins sunned, internal toning, otherwise very good.
The first in a series of sex booklets for "adults only" by the prolific Dr. Krauss who was the president of the Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education.
"SEX is SEX: - And the operation of it is the biggest force in LIFE. Abnormalities in its expression are perhaps mostly the result of supersensitiveness , due to retcence and repression; there is nothing wrong in proper expression of SEX ..." ~Dr. Krauss, excerpted from the text.

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: [Olympia Press], Traveller's Companion Series number 19, no date (ca. 1960's ?). Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 171 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed light card covers.
Trace edge wear, minor internal toning, otherwise very good or better.
An erotic adventure which began with rape. The protagonist searches the jazz clubs & beat bars of New York in search of her violator from whom she wants revenge & more sex.
Author Owens wrote five erotic novels for Olympia, this a pirated edition quite probably actually published in London.

[Newark, New Jersey: Bureau of Moral And Hygienic Education, Inc.], 1927 (copyright). 16mo (6.5" x 4.75"), 21 & [3] pages. Publisher's light card covers, stapled.
Margins sunned, internal toning, otherwise very good.
Book viii in a series of sex booklets for "adults only" by the prolific Dr. Krauss, who describes himself as "The Evangelist of Health." Includes a page titled "To Cut Off Viscious Families" on the 1927 Supreme Court decision approving sterilization.
"Of all the diseases to which flesh is the heir, none bring so much misery, moral and physical, as those called sexual or venereal..." ~Dr. Krauss, excerpted from the text.

Milan, Italy: Visualbooks, (1992). First edition. Quarto (11.75" x 9.25"), 79 unnumbered pages, profusely & rather graphically illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's plain light gray cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Not found in OCLC as of 11/16/2023.
A fine copy in very good dust jacket with unobtrusive rippling affecting upper & lower panel
"... In these pages you'll find everything you'll need to be driven around the bend of erotic race-tracks. The best thing that could happen to you is a little skid, while rounding a curve." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

[Los Angeles]: Flag Publications, no date (ca. 1960's). Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), 48 pp. including 4 full page illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, stapled card covers.
Worn: soiled, stained, edge wear, creasing, staples replaced, rubber-stamped "#300" on the upper cover, still engaging & quite useful.
Despite what might seem to be difficult circumstances, Estelle eventually realized "what an exciting thing it was to be spanked."

New York: David McKay Company, (1970) Fourth printing. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), ix & 342 pages. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with brief wear at the top of the spine.
"... a unique, lively, utterly candid guide to the facts of life that not only brings so-called "unmentionable" aspects of sex out into the open, but explores, explains, defines, and clarifies the almost unlimited range of human sexual behavior - and tells how actually to utilize your own physical capabilities to fullest capacity in order to achieve the greatest sexual satisfaction possible ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

New York: The Claremont Printing Co., 1922. 24mo (6" x 4.75"), [1] & 44 pages. Publisher's stapled paper wraps.
Lightly toned & soiled, otherwise near fine.
Features important information Including "Some Facts the Young Man About to Marry Should Know," "Sexual Congress After Marriage," The Mistakes of the Bride-Groom," "Mistakes of the Honey-Moon," "Why Girls Are the Home Makers," "The Immorality of the Marriage Relation," and much more.
Dr. S[amuel] Dana Hubbard (1869 - 1937), dermatologist, was a member of the New York Board of Health for 40 years where he led efforts to expose quacks and investigated violations of medical practice acts. Additionally, he published numerous pamphlets presenting 
"facts" related to sex, motherhood, marriage, etc. Of note, Dr. Hubbard provided "scientific and medical facts" for at least two movies including "The Naked Truth, The story of a fellow who sowed his Wild Oats" and "Some Wild Oats," both of which are promoted in this pamphlet.

New York: The Claremont Printing Co., 1922. 24mo (6" x 4.75"), [1] & 28 pages. Publisher's stapled paper wraps.
Slight edge wear, light toning, otherwise near fine.
Features important information Including "Needs of the Expectant Mother," "Reasons Why a Mother Should Nurse Her Baby," "Whipping: Some Ideas About Training Children Humanely," "Developing Truthfulness," and much more.
Dr. S[amuel] Dana Hubbard (1869 - 1937), dermatologist, was a member of the New York Board of Health for 40 years where he led efforts to expose quacks and investigated violations of medical practice acts. Additionally, he published numerous pamphlets presenting 
"facts" related to sex, motherhood, marriage, etc. Of note, Dr. Hubbard provided "scientific and medical facts" for at least two movies including "The Naked Truth, The story of a fellow who sowed his Wild Oats" and "Some Wild Oats," both of which are promoted in this pamphlet.

No place [Los Angeles]: Viva Vox Press, 2009. First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), 22 unnumbered pages & covers, with black & white illustrations. Pictorial, stapled stiff paper wraps. OCLC locates a single copy at the University of California, L.A. as of 6/27/2023.
Slight edge wear, lower cover with a couple of small stains, otherwise near fine.
Presents slice of life vignettes & poetry. Includes: "Childhood 01;" "Birth of a Revolution, Ad Infinitum Magazine;" "The Lining of my Uterus;" "Road Trippin;" etc.

Paris: Ed. Monnier & Cie, Editeurs, 1885. First edition, presumably limited to 30 copies 8vo, [6], [3] - 108 pp. plus frontis & 12 plates. Contemporary half black morocco & marbled paper over boards lettered & decorated in gilt on the spine with the original illustrated paper wraps bound in. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, text in French.
Lacking morocco corners, edges & joints rubbed, small loss of marbled paper along the top edge of the lower cover, text tanned, old catalogue slip at front pastedown, small label at p. 107, light, small stain at the upper margin of the final two leaves, about Very Good Although a limitation page prior to the frontis indicates that this is one of "30 exemplaires sur japon signes, numreotes," this copy is neither signed nor numbered. None-the-less, a charming series of vignettes with themes of lesbianism, voyeurism, narcissism, & more, enhanced by the naughty llustrations of Felicien Rops & Bac (Ferdinand-Sigismond Bach). The striking lithographed upper wrap is most… Read More

[Tokyo, Japan]: Victor's Pearls/ Imperial Hotel, no date (circa 1960s). 32mo (4.5" x 3"). Publisher's striped blue & red cloth over flexible boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover.
Gilt dull affecting legibility, lacking "magic Glass," otherwise very good.
A splendid & sexy guide apparently given to gentlemen patrons of Victor's Pearls which had a location in Tokyo's Imperial Hotel. Provides 38 pages of color illustrations from photographs featuring gorgeous nude & semi-nude girls, mostly Asian, & a few examples of suggestive but not explicit Shunga. 92 pages follow for diary entries (unused), addresses, memos, & a chart for determining time world-wide. In conclusion are 6 "Stereo Nude Pictures" from photos. Sadly, the "Magic Glass" for viewing the girls in 3 dimensions is lacking.
Quite uncommon, we have been unable to locate another example.

Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Press, (1973 & 1974). Two volumes, First editions. Quartos (11.25" x 8.25"), each volume with 126 unnumbered pages, profusely & provocatively illustrated in color from photographs throughout. Publisher's dark brown or orange cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spines & decorated with the Playboy rabbit symbol on the upper covers. Lacking dust jackets.
The first volume is bound upside down and both pastedowns are inexplicably damaged where pasted to the boards at the vertical edges. The second volume is bruised at the top of the spine. Both volumes show light edge wear, brief soiling, & internal toning in the margins, still good or better.
"Where, over the past couple of decades, could one find the most beautiful photographic tributes to women?The answer would overwhelmingly be, in Playboy Magazine ..." ~Excerpted from the Intruduction.