Paris and London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Love Adventures of Young Maidens" at top of each page. Scarce erotica, handsome copy. Not found in Bibliography of Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English 1885-1930. No records found in any holdings. Light shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred.....
Price: $225.00
Self-published, nd [circa 1920]. Unique. Hardcover. Full sheets, mimeo printed (recto only). Flagellation and submission themes. As this came from a small collection of an early erotica printer, we suspect that this was likely a final draft that was subsequently printed...though we find no evidence of publication. Early mimeo sexually.....
Price: $145.00
Providence, RI: Headmaster, 2010-2013. First Printing/Limited Edition. Original Wraps. 8 projects spread out over 440 pages. Strong art and well crafted text...one of the most sophisticated offerings of its kind. "Headmaster is the biannual print magazine for the sophisticated man-lover who appreciates smart writing and thought-provoking art. From its home.....
Price: $145.00
London: Printed for the Erotica Biblion Society, 1899 [cicra 1925]. Reprint. Hardcover. "How to Raise Love or Modern Studies in the Science of Stroking." Nineteenth century 'sex manual' proportedly for young inexperienced ladies providing dozens of unique sexual positions, advanced methods for the onanist, and lessons in birth control. English.....
Price: $225.00
nd [circa 1920s]. Hardcover. 4 cards demonstrating 18 positions. Quite simple yet elegant pen sketches. Touch of soiling, else bright; portfolio shows light shelf/edge wear, else clean. Brown suede leather portfolio with mounted paper flaps; yellow cardstock sheets. Small 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
nd [c1908]. Reprint. Original Wraps. First published 1898 and reprinted in 1908, both very challenging to locate (vs. the much more common 1930 Biblion Society reprint). The book examines sexual activities which do no damage to ladies' health or reputation. There are also discussions of contraceptives and their use, and.....
Price: $145.00
Self-published, nd [circa 1920]. Unique. Original Wraps. Full sheets, mimeo printed (recto only). As this came from a small collection of an early erotica printer, we suspect that this was likely a final draft that was subsequently printed...though we find no evidence of publication. Early mimeo sexually explicit series. It.....
Price: $75.00
Self-published, nd [circa 1920]. First Edition. Hardcover. The full title of the first is Memoirs of the Life and Voluptuous Adventures of the Celebrated Courtesan of Mademoiselle Celestine of Paris. Full sheets, mimeo printed (recto only). Three different stories bound togther, strong flagellation themes. As they came from a small.....
Price: $475.00
New York: The Pleasure Chest, 1978. Third Edition. Original Wraps. This is a relatively early adult toys catalog...the first third rather vanilla, the rest on the fetish end of the spectrum. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown paper wraps, brown ink lettering. Small 8vo. 192pp. Illus. (b/w.....
Price: $45.00
[France]: [1980s]. First Edition. Underground French sex paper featuring challenging sex and sexuality topics, including fringe fetish communities, alternative kink lifestyles, and LGBTQ communities. A combination of fiction, edgy softcore photos, serious writing and drawings with plenty of socially redeeming context. Contains titles: Super-Gags (V6N8-9), Sexy Gags (V5N3,5); Fou Rire.....
Price: $150.00
[Paris]: [circa 1920]. First Edition. Printed wraps. Translated from the French. This privately printed French translation is limited to 500 copies and sold only thru advance subscription... Chapter One: The Mistress and the New School, Chapter Two: The New Assistant, Chapter Three: Later Scenes. BDSM self-produced publication for dirty readers.....
Price: $125.00
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
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
Massy (Seine-et-Oise.): Select Bibliothèque, 1906. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The three illustrations are not signed, but resemble those by ‘Tack’ to be found in later works in this series. Early uncommong flagellation novel, quite sought after in any state. Overally, a very presentable example. "The Select-Bibliothèque was one of several.....
Price: $45.00
Chicago: Advanced Thought Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, stain at rear board, gilt toned, light toning at endpages, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. Small 8vo. 317pp plus adverts.
Price: $45.00
Paris: Librairie Drouint and New-Editions, 1912 [1920. First English Language Edition. Original Wraps. Miss is a famed French spanking novel by Sadie Blackeyes, a pseudonym of Pierre Dumarchey, published in 1912 by Collection des Orties Blanches and illustrated with six illustrations by Louis Malteste. It is the first part of.....
Price: $125.00
New York: The Review of Reviews Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. A 'scholarly' discussion of the inherently different characteristics of blondes and brunets and the evolutionary and environmental causes...and of the evolution of white and 'dark-skinned' races. Includes such sections as "Why Excessive Light Exterminates White People," "Faults and Weaknesses.....
Price: $45.00
[1930]. Privately Printed for Members Only. Hardcover. Scarce, sort of a how-to for newly-weds, very tame erotica. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth, yellow paste-on titles on front cover and spine, black ink lettering. Small 8vo. 128pp.
Price: $45.00
New York: Four Swords, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Original Wraps. Cover stories: Is Homosexuality Catching? A Lesbian Raps., The Gay Witch Hunt. A large review The Homosexual Handbook, with a photo of Angelo d'Arcangelo! Al Goldstein was listed with Jim Buckley as "wizards." Executive directors Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols.....
Price: $350.00
Privately Printed, c. 1930s. New and corrected edition. Hardcover. Account of the fortunes of a poor country girl who arrives in London at the end of the 18th century and of her adventures in the bawdy houses and brothels of the sinful city. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at.....
Price: $75.00
London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1885 [1890]. First Edition, Second Printing/Variant. Hardcover. Early reprint, most likely for Avery (the original publisher). A renowned Victorian work on flogging and discipline, reprinted repeatedly. It quotes many extracts from "The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine," relating to the pros and cons of flogging girls. Other.....
Price: $175.00
New York: Fairchild Publications, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Brief and illustrated history of lingerie. Moderate shelf/edge wear, paper cover of spine missing, rear board shows even toning, two small moisture stains at rear, tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue paper boards. Small 8vo. 81pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. First edition, second issue (with price at rear wrapper). One of the earliest Olympia imprints. New translation by Austryn Wainhouse, as 'Pieralessandro Casavini.' A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of ghosting from a paper dustwrapper a prior owner had.....
Price: $125.00
Self-published, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition. Original Wraps. Early 20th century fetish erotica, this involving submission and flagellation. Identified as 'Book 1', but there is no record of a later volume, nor is there any indication that it was, in fact, 'translated from the French.' Early mimeo sexually explicit series.....
Price: $65.00
Chicago, IL: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece designed by Frank Hazenplug. "In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history, I have found and noted much of interest that has not.....
Price: $75.00