sex & smut
BUXOM BELLES: The Magazine for Artists and Photographers - Special Edition
New York: Delmar Publishing, nd [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. Old price stamped to front cover. Mild rubbing, edgewear. a couple of pages creased at the corners. Else sound. [32]pp. "36 Art Poses." All B&W and full-page. Most arty studio semi-nudes.
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ACTION PUBLICATIONS BOOKS [Catalog of Erotic Literature]
Studio City, CA: Action Publishing Co., [circa 1960]. First Edition. Brochure. Single sheet, 11'' x 17.5'' approx, folded in half and again in thirds, as issued. Light wear to edges and fold lines, with a few very small tears and creases. Faint toning. Very good plus. Undated mail-order catalog of.....
SEX MACHINES: Photographs and Interviews
Carrboro / Los Angeles: Daniel 13 / Process, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Minor edgewear, slight bumping to corners. Near fine. INSCRIBED by author on title page: "It was so great to have you @ the Atomic lecture + then hang out.....
EROTICA
(Woodstock, NY): (Woodstock Press), (1974). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial wraps. Near fine. Touch of curl to wraps, some mild surface wear. Internally about fine. Bright and clean. 21pp. A collection of erotic poems by Berge herself and Pat Jackson, Andrea Price, Vera Cochran, Andrew Gebert among several others. Scarce.....
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC PICTORIAL STUDIES IN SEX ANATOMY AND THE TECHNIQUE OF COITUS
New York: Falstaff Press, Inc., (1935). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed card wraps. Stapled. Illustrated throughout. Moderate soil, discolor to wraps. pp.15-18 loose from bidning.Overall good internally clean. A psuedo-scientific, illustrated work on sexuality, anataomy and the act of intercourse, with diagrams and photograph reproductions to each page. Includes a......
BABY OIL AND ICE: Striptease in East London
London: The Do-Not Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. Corners bumped, interior unmarked: near fine overall. 176pp. Over 100 color photographs of East End strippers and strip clubs, accompanied by written contributions from both workers and customers. Includes a foreword, "Why I Love.....
AUTO-EROTIC PRACTICES
El Segundo, CA: Banner Books, (1950). Later printing. Wraps. 12mo. Saddle stapled faux leather printed wraps. About very good plus. Corner crease to front cover, tiny chip to corner. Pages slightly toned with age, else clean throughout. Good and sound. 63pp. Fourth printing. OCLC finds an apparent first printing (1949).....
MUCK RAKERS, INC.
New York: Brookwood Publishing Corp. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Mild edgewear and scuffing, with a small closed tear to upper edge of front panel. Small closed tears to margins of pp.125-132, not affecting text; large closed tears to pp.139-140. Good only, in very good.....
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DISTRIBPIX PRESENTS [Cover Title]
New York: Distribpix, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle stapled faux leather wraps. A near fine copy. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. Overall sharp. 112pp. Official catalogue of 35mm films available through this pornography production and distribution company, founded in 1965. Published a year before the release.....
DEVIL SEX: The Erotic Lure of Witchcraft
North Hollywood: Barclay House, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Mass market paperback. Minimal edgewear; a small amount of pen marginalia (text not obscured.) Very good plus. Pseudo-historical guide to witch sex, cribbed from a variety of sources, with a bibliography ranging from Aleister Crowley to the author's own "Study of.....
MISTRESS JOANNA
New York: Star Distributors, (1980). First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. Illustrated wraps. Mild handling wear. Square of toning to front. Otherwise clean, sound. Smut. The story of a Manhattan dominatrix. Catalog number MS-120 from the publisher's Maitresse Series. 180pp. Plus six leaves of publisher's ads to rear.
SEXUAL CONDUCT: The Social Sources of Human Sexuality
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Light gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in a very good plus DJ. Mild edgewear and surface rubbing to jacket. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 316pp. Sociological study of sexuality. Includes sections on adolescence, male and.....
EL TORO: Volume 1, Issue 1
[San Francisco?]: np, [ca. 1965]. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial color wrappers. Stapled. Mild handling wear creased at spine. A single folded leaf loose from staples. Overall sound, clean. An uncommon, [likely] pre-Stonewall gay men's magazine. With 32 full page, full male nude, color photograph reproductions. No place of publication, though backgrounds.....
EL TORO: Vol. 1, No. 1
New York: Tuxedo Books, (1964). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. Stapled. Mild handling wear. Ink price written to front. Overall sound, clean. With color and black and white photographs throughout as well as original art including a cover by Steve Masters, two pieces signed Santiago, and an advertisement.....
THE LUSTFUL SINNERS
np: Etienne Books, (1959). First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Original photographic wraps. Closed tear to front cover, else very good with some rubbing. 36pp. Almost-certainly psuedonymous ("Gentile" / "Sinner"? Please) "For Adults Only" "limited edition" relatively tame noir-ish erotic novella (and with apologies for the overly modified subject) divided into.....
AUTO-FELLATIO & MASTURBATION
np: np, nd. Wraps. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Some mild soiling and toning to wraps. Very good overall. Pseudo-scientific "study" masquerading as smut, with several illustrations. OCLC locates two copies of an apparently earlier 1968 edition. This likely later, ca. 1970s, early 1980s.
NOVEMBER GIRL
New York: Madison Square Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Grey cloth boards, very slightly rippled and toned along edges. In black and white photographic dust jacket. Previous owner's signature in blue pen to ffep. No other markings. Full-page black and white photographs, primarily of young women, primarily nude. Raincoats.....
MAVIS
New York: The Vixen Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth in black and yellow pictorial jacket. Scuffing and light dampstaining to jacket and boards at lower right corner; interior pages not affected. Moderate edgewear. Corners bumped. Very good minus overall. Early lesbian-themed novel by Kenneth Johnson, writing as.....
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EROTIC ART: Erotic Art, Volumes 1 and 2; A Survey of Erotic Fact and Fancy in the Fine Arts
New York: Bell Publishing Company, (1987). Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Previous owner's bookplate to interior. Mild handling wear. Overall sound, clean. A profusely illustrated, historic overview of the history of Erotic Art. Later printing. Out of print. 270pp. index.
KOREAN SEX JOKES IN TRADITIONAL TIMES: How the Mouse Got Trapped in the Widow's Vagina, and Other Stories
Washington DC: The Warm - Soft Village Press, (1972). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Printed wraps. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Levy to copyright page. Mild handling wear. Overall, clean, sound. A collection of traditional Korean sex jokes, compiled and translated by the author. The proliferation of sex jokes in Korea during.....
ORIENTALIA: Sex in Asia
New York: PowerHouse Books, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. Photographic wraps. Original pink obi present though torn. Lightly edgeworn; spine lightly sunned. Very good plus. 192pp. With an essay by Tracy Quan and an afterword by the photographer. Full-page color photographs of women sex workers throughout.
SEX
New York: Warner Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Metal boards with engraved title and spiral binding. A near fine copy with some light surface scratches and touches of soil to boards. Lacking the original foil wrapping. Internally fine. With laid-in "Erotica" CD in original envelope. The legendary photobook by.....
THE FIFTY MOST EROTIC FILMS OF ALL TIME: From Pandora's Box to Basic Instinct
(New York): Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group, (1996). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Photographic wraps. A near fine copy. Mild edgewear. Interior bright, clean, and tight throughout. 190pp. A thoroughly illustrated look at 50 films throughout history, as early as 1933's EXTASE.
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THE SEDUCTIVE ART OF JAPANESE BONDAGE; [Signed]
Emeryville, CA: Greenery Press, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. Pictorial wraps. Very good plus to near fine overall. Trace rubbing, minor shelfwear. Clean and sound overall. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by author Midori to front free endpaper. Details in diagrams and photos the art of Japanese rope bondage. Uncommon signed.....
THE SEXUAL DIGEST
Atlanta: Pendulum Books, 1968. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Mass market paperback. Minor edgewear and rubbing. Pages moderately toned. Very good plus. 156pp. Anonymously authored compilation of variously titled erotic vignettes (The Lesbian Victory, Brothel Bitchings, I Wield the Whip, et cetera.).