Love Lust Desire: Masterpieces of Erotic Photography for Couples
New York: Thunder's Mouth, 2001. Many erotic photos. 223pp., 4to, glossy, pictorial wrappers. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (2001). A very good (+) copy. More
New York: Thunder's Mouth, 2001. Many erotic photos. 223pp., 4to, glossy, pictorial wrappers. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (2001). A very good (+) copy. More
Amsterdam & Paris: la Veuve Duchesne, 1786, 1786. 2 engraved frontispieces, 1 hand colored. 2 vols., 16mo, full contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, marbled end-papers and edges. Amsterdam & Paris: La Veuve Dechesne, 1786. Near fine. An attractive edition. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Profusely illustrated, many in color. 256pp. 4to, red boards. (boards soiled, else very good). New York: McGraw- Hill, 1972.A very good copy. More
Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. Numerous glossy color plates featuring Phillips famous "fadeaway girls". Additional decorations are by E. Stetson Crawford. Thin 4to, blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Bobbs-Merrill, (1912). Very good (+). One plate is chipped at bottom edge, well outside of image area, else near fine. More
Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. Numerous glossy color plates featuring Phillips famous "fadeaway girls". Additional decorations are by E. Stetson Crawford. Thin 4to, blind-stamped brown cloth (extremities of spine lightly rubbed), lettered in gilt. Bobbs-Merrill, (1912). A near fine copy. More
42 color photographs, 77 black and white photographs. 159pp. 4to, cloth. N.Y.: Crescent Books, 1980. Very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Paris: 1909. Color vignette on title page, many other erotic illustrated plates in color and black & white with lettered tissue guards. Thick 4to, 3/4 red calf with raised bands and gilt lettering. Marbled boards and endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g. Paris: H. Piazza & Cie, (1909). Fine. Limited edition, number 219 of 275 copies printed on Hollande paper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. With a few b/w photographic illustrations. 371pp. Tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (spine of wrapper a bit faded). Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1994). A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. Illustrated with lovely and delicate line drawings by Eugene Karlin. 208 pages. Small 4to, full gilt-stamped brown leather, silk moire endpapers, all edges, gilt. Norwalk: Easton, (1979). A fine copy. 'Dialogues on Love and Friendship'. More
Bombay: Taraporevala's, 1967. With 110 photographs and 350 line drawings. 217 pages, 4to, green leatherette, dust wrapper; edge wear and rubbing. Bombay: Taraporevala's Treasure House of Books, (1967). A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Paris: Academie des Beaux Livres, 1896. Illustrated with 8 magnificent colored etchings by Felicien Rops, protected by tissue. Each plate is followed by an uncolored duplicate etching. Each page of text is printed within a wide floral border, printed in colors. 208pp., Tall 8vo, beautifully bound in full crimson crushed levant with wide and ornate gilt borders; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; inner and outer dentelles; doublures & endleaves of red silk moire, a.e.g. The original beautiful color wrappers (including..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Illustrated in black and white. Frontispiece. 106 pages. 16mo, red flexible leather. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (no date, circa 1910). A very good(+) copy-- leather is lightly rubbed. More
Illus. 448pp. Tall 8vo, blue cloth,. N.Y., (1969). Very good. More
Amsterdam: Chez La Veuve Nihof & Fils, 1769. Decorative title page. 153 pages, slim 12mo, full CONTEMPORARY mottled calf, ornately gilt spine, rubricated edges, early heraldic bookplate, occasional foxing. Amsterdam: Chez La Veuve Nihof & Fils, 1769. Very good(+). More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. A follow-up to the author's earlier work, "Intimate Partners". 249 pages. 8vo, green & cream two-toned boards with gilt lettering, d.w. New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2000. Edited by Beverly Ornstein. Profusely illustrated with 243 stunning photographs in color and b/w. Folio, red cloth, d.w. (New York: Harper Collins & The Wonderland Press, 2000). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Paris: D'Abel Ledoux, 1834. 2 volumes bound in 1, 335 + 352pp. Thick 8vo, 3/4 black pebbled morocco, gilt spine, marbled boards and edges (lightly rubbed). Paris: D'Abel Ledoux, 1834. Fourth Edition, augmented and advertised as the only complete edition. In this book, published for the first time in 1806, the author made a real plea for divorce; he studied love and the various issues related to it, from the standpoint of reason and natural consciousness. Very good. More
London: Privately Printed, 1931. 116 pages, slim 8vo, 3/4 orange morocco, ornately gilt spine. all edges gilt. London: Privately Printed, 1931. Fine. More
London: Triphook, 1814. Collection of 4 stories. lxi, [xi]; xxxvii, [vii]; xxxv, [vii]; cxlviii pp. Contains: Hippolyto e Lionora, Le Amorose Novelle di Giustiniano Nelli, Gianfiore e Filomena, & Novelle Tre... attributed to Marco di Mantova. Short 8vo, occasional light foxing, beautifully bound by F. Bedford in full crimson morocco; ornate gilt-stamped covers and spine; inner & outer dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Londra: Presso R. Triphook, 1814. Text in Italian. One of only 50 copies. A scarce collection of romantic..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. viii, 338 pages. 8vo, black boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2006). Inscribed by editor at flyleaf. Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Boston: Faber & Faber, 1984. 81 pages. Slim 8vo, light blue cloth with silver lettering, d.w. Boston: Faber & Faber, (1984). First American edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. Broadway edition. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 554 pages, large 8vo, navy blue cloth, dust wrapper. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1996). Near fine. Signed in full and dated "9 May 1996" by the editors on the title page. More
Bombay: Taraporevala, 1959. Mounted color frontispiece, and 224 line and half-tone illustrations. 151 pages. 4to, cloth, worn d.w. Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala, (1959). Reprint. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Padua: Josephus Cominus, 1749. Engraved title page in red & black (foxed), rubricated edges, uncut pages. 4to, vellum (darkened), leather labels. Padua: Josephus Cominus, 1749. Very good (+). "Dr. Harwood says, that this edition surpasses all the preceding ones. It is...illustrated with the copious and learned Commentary of Vossius." Moss 271. An important edition of the love poems of Albius Tibullus, a first century BC contemporary of Horace and Virgil. More
b/w photo illus., 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w.; d.w. soiled. (New York, 1991). More
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