Trois Fables de La Fontaine.
Pasadena, CA: Dawson, Karen, 1965. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Vellum wraps, gilt lettering on spine, frontispiece. 34x26mm. 21pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $200.00
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Two Circa 1980s Trans Magazines [Hard TV IV; Hung & Horny TV's].
Gourmet, nd [circa 1982. First Printing. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Neither title appears in any institutional holdings, though "Hard TV IV" is listed among banned titles in an Australian governmental ruling. N.B. both titles are very graphic. Hard TV IV: Gourmet Special #43. Hung & Horny TV's: A Gourmet Special. Vol.....
Price: $45.00
Two Original Erotic Watercolors.
Germany: nd [circa 1920]. Unique. While there is no collaborating information, the images came from a German collector who stated that they images were from the Weimar era and the images are completely consistent with that as is the paper/card used. "The Weimar Era came to a near crashing halt.....
Price: $225.00
Two US Capitols Photography Albums. [764 Original Photographs].
nd [circa 1930s]. Unique Edition. Hardcover. The collection consists of 764 b/w images of the 48 US state capitols and that of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Vol. 1 (364 images) starts with Washington, DC and covers Alabama through Montana. Vol. 2 (400 images) covers Nebraska through Wyoming. The.....
Price: $1,500.00
Typewriter Etiquette.
New York: Ingenue Magazine/Olympia Division, 1963. First Edition. Staplebound. A 40-page pocket guide to etiquette aimed at young women was published by Olympia Typewriters in 1963. Prepared by Ingenue magazine editors, the booklet advises that one’s popularity and success in dating hinges upon typewriting skill and etiquette. Light shelf/edge wear.....
Price: $50.00
The University And The City.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Today Publications, 1969. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. The second of a series on broad Harvard/Boston matters (the first being "The University and its Resources"). A rather nice copy of this interesting period piece. Very minor shelf wear, touch of sunning at top and spine, else tight, bright.....
Price: $35.00
Urban Assault rave flier collection.
c. 1999-2001. Unique. Appears to be an album collection of rave 'party' fliers laid in from the late 1990s to early 2000s, for the Norfolk, VA and DC area. A common DJ name throughout is "Tasha" who resided, it seems, in both Virginia and San Diego. This is probably the.....
Price: $150.00
The Venus of London // Illustrated Edition.
Paris: Privately Printed, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Early reprint/pirate of Flossie, A Venus Of Fifteen. Illustrated with 1920-1930's graphic photographs, including at least one including a black male. Not found in Bibliography of Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1885-1930. No records found in any holdings. Light.....
Price: $250.00
Views of Portland.
Portland, ME: C.S. Woolworth & Company, nd [circa 1900]. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Approximately 48 images of Portland and the vicinity. A reasonably scarce iteration from the "Views of Portland" family. Overall, a lovely copy. Light toning to first and last page, minor shelf/edge wear, bottom corner very gently.....
Price: $25.00
Views of Portland and Vicinity.
Portland, ME: Chisholm Bros. nd [circa 1885]. First Edition. Hardcover. 12 accordion style pages with near photographic illustrations including a two page "bird's eye view." Overall, a very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf wear and rubbing, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red faux-leather boards, gilt lettering.....
Price: $125.00
Viking Motocross photographic product catalog.
San Diego, CA: [Edison Dye], c.1976-1979. Unique. Edison Dye is considered to be the father of motocross in the United States. In the late 1960s, Dye brought over many of Europe’s top motocross stars to race against the scrambles racers of America. During this time, Dye also founded a motocross.....
Price: $325.00
Watercolor Illustrations for a "Clandestine" and Unknown Work [12 Loose Images; Original Art].
nd [circa 1950]. Unique Edition. "N.B. Posing and Sequencing of images is in homage to "Idyalle Printainere" [Fedor Rojankowski's Idylle Printaniere (Paris Spring, 1933), a story without words telling of an encounter between two travelers on the metro]. Pencil notations at the rear of the first image, else bright and.....
Price: $1,250.00
A Week in Dowie's Zion.
nd. First Edition. Original Wraps. A very interesting/unusual bit of racial/racist erotica and fetishism. The book was an overt, debauched, attack on Dowie and his utopian community, in large part due to his support of changing racial views. "Zion was founded by the charismatic preacher and faith healer John Alexander.....
Price: $450.00
Where Tigers Roar from Silence:. A Book of Riddle Poems.
Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, 1980. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. 'Where tigers roar in silence, where moose and monkeys hide, a cage as light as cardboard holds elephants inside. And grizzly bears are gentle where lions are so sweet, you never need to worry about whom they'd like to.....
Price: $125.00
Where Tigers Roar from Silence:. A Book of Riddle Poems.
Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, 1980. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. 'Where tigers roar in silence, where moose and monkeys hide, a cage as light as cardboard holds elephants inside. And grizzly bears are gentle where lions are so sweet, you never need to worry about whom they'd like to.....
Price: $125.00
Wild Flowers.
Artists Society, nd. [circa 1850]. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Six beautifully executed hand-colored plates. A significant collection, despite the foxing. Light to moderate shelf/edge wear, wear at head and tail, rubbing to boards, small ink spots at ffep (cleaning fountain pen marks), sporadic foxing throughout, else tight and unmarred. Halfbound.....
Price: $250.00
William Caxton: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Quincentenary of the Introduction of Printing into England: British Library Reference Division, 24 September 1976-31 January 1977.
London: British Library, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue. Caxton, considered the first English printer, moved to England in 1476 and set up his first press near Westminster Abbey. A solid overview of Caxton's life and work. A handsome copy, increasingly hard to find in presentable condition. Minor shelf/edge.....
Price: $25.00
Winter street scene in Russia. [Undisclosed town in Russia with two figures in the foreground and a Russian Orthodox Church in the background].
[c.1910-1930]. Limited Edition. The engraving is delicately framed with the starkness of the barren trees of winter and the two shadowy figures quietly making their way through a fenced pathway in the snow. A tall Russian Orthodox Church with a typical onion dome and bell tower looms in the distance.....
Price: $250.00
The Witch's Child: Sabotage, Sex, & Celebration zine.
San Francisco, CA: 2011. First Edition. Staplebound. Zine celebrating May Day with "sabotage." Essay on witches and the act of political action. Like new. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Unstapled, digest size with illus. (unpaged).
Price: $50.00
Women of the World: Being a New Oxford Thesis on Love: wherein L. Erectus Mentulus, Ph.D, late fellow of Oxford establishes incontrovertibly that the sexual enjoyment of women of divers [sic] races... [Complete in Two Volumes].
Oshkosh, WI: Self-published, 1939. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Two volumes, printed on mimeo, with blue sheets bound in for the addition of tipped-in photographic images (this was sometimes done prior to sale, sometimes by the owner. Uncommon generally, very scarce compete. The work is comprised as a collection of Socratic.....
Price: $225.00
XVII Olympiad - Rome 1960:. Organization of the Games in Rome; History of the Games (in Two Volumes).
Rome: Banca Commerciale Italiana, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Unusual to find in such nice condition. A handsome set. Hint of toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, light toning at rear and top, else tight and clean. Halfbound, beige cloth spine cream stiff.....
Price: $75.00
Zigarren.
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Lovely little illustrated tome about cigars. Text in German. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown faux leather boards, in blind colored marks on front and back covers, gilt "Z" on spine, top edge gilt, rough endpapers. 21x19mm. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 26 of.....
Price: $100.00
Curiosa of Flagellants. Facetious Anecdotes of Ladies Fond of Administering Birch Discipline. The Provocative Experiences of Flagellants of Both Sexes [together with] History of Flagellation Among Different Nations: A Narrative of the Strange Customs and Cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc. With An Account of tis Practice Among the Early Christians.
Privately Printed, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The facts [of the History of Flagellation] are taken from Historia Flagellantium, by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau (John De Lolme)." Appears to be a reissue of the rather scarce 1888 edition. Increasingly hard to find in good condtion. Light toning to.....
Price: $45.00
Curiosa of Flagellants. Facetious Anecdotes of Ladies Fond of Administering Birch Discipline. The Provocative Experiences of Flagellants of Both Sexes [together with] History of Flagellation Among Different Nations: A Narrative of the Strange Customs and Cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc. With An Account of tis Practice Among the Early Christians.
Privately Printed, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The facts [of the History of Flagellation] are taken from Historia Flagellantium, by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau (John De Lolme)." Appears to be a reissue of of the rather scarce 1888 edition. Increasingly hard to find in good condtion. Light toning.....
Price: $45.00
Toll Gate No. 4 - Shoo! Fly!
Buffalo, NY: Dr. E.C. Abbey, 1884. Trade Card. Victorian Trade Card. Approximately 60 different images (over 100 images total) hidden within the image on the front of the card (a truly exeptional engraving). Verso includes list of hidden images and two other ads. One for a book titled, "The Sexual.....
Price: $35.00