n.p. Privately Printed, c.1920s. 8vo. A curious volume dedicated to the art of flatulation and its importance throughout history, profusely illustrated with beautiful woodcuts. 109pp. red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. A lovely edition. More
London: Cassell, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very scarce turn-of-the-century how-to from the wooden club era. 134pp. Illustrated color wraps. Period advertising throughout. Historic black and white photos and illustration. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. A crease or two to spine..... More
Paris: Horizons de France, 1950. 1st Edition. 8vo. Large octavo-sized portfolio with three ties. Quarter tan cloth over tan-paper covered boards, with typographical front. 28-page booklet of text with illustrations. 70 loose plates. Sporadic notations booklet. Mild rubbing and edge wear. More
Los Angeles, CA: Cocorico Graphics, 1970s. Original 1970s black-light poster illustrated by Warren Dillon. The mildest of edge wear to poster, with no pinholes. This vintage poster measures approximately 26" X 21" and is perfect for framing and display! More
Los Angeles, CA: Cocorico Graphics, 1970s. Original 1970s black-light poster illustrated by Rick Griffin. "Rick Griffin (1944 – 1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. As a contributor to the underground comix movement, his work appeared regularly in..... More
New York: Christie's, 2022. 1st Edition. Quarto. Two volumes complete, comprising the collection of iconic bookseller William Reese, widely regarded as the greatest Americana dealer of the 20th and 21st centuries. Black cloth with pictorial pastedowns to each volume. Profusely illustrated and containing detailed descriptions of some of..... More
New York: George Sully, 1926. 1st edition. 8vo. Red cloth with titling stamped in black. Square tight binding. Interior generally clean, save for some writing to both endpapers. 289pp. Rubbing and edge wear to binding with outer pages lightly foxed. Spine ends and corners frayed. More
New York: The Erotica Biblion Society, 1900. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce turn of the century 1st Edition limited to just 125 copies, this novel, published anonymously "tells the story of a young lady, initiated into the forbidden debaucheries that flow naturally from the pleasure and pain of chastisement, brought..... More
Bath, England: Mentory Publishing Company, c.1895. 8vo. A later work by Field, this work of coming-of-age erotica was intended for male audiences only and attracted the attention of Anthony Comstock and his New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which attempted to suppress a few of Field's more ribald..... More
Paris: Horos, 1921. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful folio-sized naturist portfolio with folding flaps. Twenty plates, 12 in black and white and eight in duotone, each with protective tissue. This is the 1st Edition after a Limited Deluxe edition with a 21st plate. Preface hymn by de Saint Pol..... More
Munchen: Verlag der, n.d. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful large portfolio, string-bound, consisting of 12 color reproductions of Munzer paintings, mostly the female nude, each pasted down to a tan stiff cardboard sheet. Each work is titled on the front page but no text accompanies the works. "From..... More
Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981. Quarto. Handsome two volume set which includes every maritime picture received by the Peabody Museum of Salem since its founding in 1799. Oversized hardback books with over 1,500 illustrations of which some are in color.. Dust jacket of volume I shows..... More
Oxford: Oxprint, 1978. 8vo. Very Good copy of the Kukukuku peoples of Papua, New Guinea. Clean copy. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Edited by C. R. Hallpike from Beatrice Blackwood's published article and unpublished field notes. Interesting sociological and ecological study of these unique peoples. More
Charleston, SC: Charleston Courier, 1817. A visually striking 1817, pre Civil War, Charleston newspaper with three front-page illustrated ads for runaway slaves, each offering a reward, as well as two front page ads offering 'NEGR0ES' for sale, including one for an entire family. This newspaper is dated June 6..... More
London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, c.1920s. 1st Edition. 8vo. Portfolio in purple cloth with fore edge cloth tie. 35 color plates of various stitches. Mild rubbing with moderate edge wear and sunning. A lovely copy. More
India: Asia Publishing House, 1960. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice copy of this RARE 1960 true 1st edition from the outspoken 20th-century South American activist. "One of the main works of Miguel Serrano. Translated and published in many languages, it also has a prologue written by CG Jung..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice of this unique and quite scarce occult work from the outspoken 20th-century South American activist. Serrano (1917 – 2009), was a Chilean diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist. In 1942, he joined an occult order founded by..... More
Liverpool, England: City of Liverpool, 1974. 1st Edition. A beautiful and quite scarce 1974 pictorial map featuring landmarks associated with the Fab Four in the city where they got their start. This map was part of a promotional package issued by the city of Liverpool to capitalize on..... More