588 - 717 EROTICA
= Facs. reprint of the original ed. Vienna, 1921. Deakin 72: "A very detailed catalogue of Stern-Szana's excellent private collection, containing 264 rare items. All possible information is provided (...) The book is exceedingly useful also for its detailed synopses of the contents of books and periodicals."
Bertolotti, A. Books of Nudes. New York, Abrams, 2007, 279,(1)p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to (fine). - AND 6 other bibliographic works on erotica, incl. N. MAAS, Seks!... in de negentiende eeuw (Nijm., 2006, num. ills., orig. wr.) and a reprint and the Dutch ed. (1983) of the first work.
- Vol. 2 one quire loose(ning). Binding sl. rubbed. Good copy. = Hayn/ Gotendorf IX, p.342.
AND 31 other (illustrated) erotic books, incl. GENTIL-BERNARD, l'Art d'aimer. Ed. F. de Donville (Paris, 1889, Petits poèmes érotiques du XVIIIe siècle, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g.) and E. POWYS MATHERS (transl.), Eastern Love Poems (London, 1953, ills. by R. VAN ROSSEM, orig. hleather).
= Rare. Erotic, photogr. comic strip about a microbiologist who develops a serum that metamorphoses himself into an ape and women into she-cats; eventually, the she-cats manage to overpower the ape and take the antidote.
AND 10 issues of GANDALF (1967-1970) and 3 loose magazine issues i.a. SUCK. FIRST EUROPEAN SEXPAPER (no. 2, 1969).
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints and corners sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Very explicitly illustrated, banned in the UK. Published on the occasion of the First and Second Wet Dream Festival, organised by Suck, The First European Sex Paper in Amsterdam in 1970 and 1971. Includes a film catalogue of the two festivals and contributions by Felix de Mendelssohn, Jim Haynes, Betty Dodson a.o.
AND 2 issues from SUCK. No. 2 and 5 (London/ Amst., 1970-1971, 2 vols., ills., orig. unif. wr., folio).
- Horizontally folded (as usual).
- Dustwr. sl yellowed, otherwise very fine.
Helbig, K. Ragazzi. Ed. W. von Wangenheim. Heidelb., Edition Braus, 2001, German/ Italian ed., 128p., num. photogr. plates, orig. boards. folio (fine). Stahel, U. and Visser, H. (ed.). Peter Hujar. Eine Retrospektive. Zurich, Scalo, 1994, 207p., ±120 photogr. ills., orig. board w. dustwr., 4to (fine). - AND 2 photogr. works by/ on ERWIN BLUMENFELD.
- All vols. dustwr. sl. worn/ dam. (2x repaired w. sellotape). Otherwise a fine set.
Idem. Moderne Enzyklopädie der Erotik. Sexologia-Lexikon. A-L./ Supplementband A-Z. Ibid., idem, 1963/ 1966, 2 (of 3) vols., 398,(3); 392,(9)p., num. (full-p.) ills., printed in a numb. ed., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr. (almost unif. with the preceding), 4to.
- Lacks vol. 2 (entries M-Z). Dustwr. sl. dam., otherwise fine.
- All fine.
- First vol. spine split. = Dutel 1028; Pia 70; Perceau 344; Private Case 1053.
- Paper over boards partly torn off (backcover)/ worn along edges.
= The artist's name is probably a pseudonym. One plate monogrammed "LV.RI." One of the very rare 50 separate (deluxe) portfolios with only the plates for "Sammler und Kunstfreunde". In the same year also a quarto size text edition was published by the same publisher with the plates bound in C.M. WIELAND, Idris und Zenide. Cf. Hayn/ Gotendorf IX, p.625. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
- Dustwr. w. dam. spot (repaired w. tape on verso). Otherwise very fine.
Ferrer, L. and Lahr, J. (ed.). Eros. Hedel, Librero, 1998, Dutch ed., 191,(1)p., 117 photogr. ills., orig. boards w. (trifle rubbed) dustwr., 4to. - AND 5 others similar, i.a. F. GARDUÑO, Inner Light. Still Lifes and Nudes. Introd. V. Volkow (Boston/ New York/ London, 2002, 1st Engl. ed., 62 photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- WIthout the orig. silver col. sealing bag and orig. protective printed board box.
Haskins, S. Five Girls. New York, Crown Publishers, 1962, 143p., photogr. ills. and orig. cl. w. (torn) dustwr. by S. HASKINS, folio.
- Sl. yellowed along edges.
AND 2 others.
- Lacks CD; otherwise fine.
= Very rare catalogue of works painted by Italian artist Marcello Mondazzi (1954) between 1981 and 1983.
Eigeltinger, W. Graffiti fur Vespasian. Die Kunst im Pissoir. Berlin, R. Winkel, 1983, 95,(1 advert.)p., num. (photogr.) ills., orig. stiff paper wr., 4to.
- Wr. sl. worn, otherwise fine.
= Rare publication on sexually suggestive graffiti in public toilets, including photogr. material and two essays on resp. urinal art and cottaging.
AND 4 others, incl. P. THOBEN (ed.), Violonfemme. Vrouwen in het werk van Peter Linnartz (Eindh., 1994, 8 tipped-in col. plates, 25 ills., orig. wr. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Fine and rare).
- Lacks plate 29 and 30 (supplemented with mounted reproductions). Originally spiral bound but (clumsily) rebacked w. use of cloth tape. Occas. sl. (finger)soiled; a few tears repaired w. tape. Covers worn along extremities/ creased/ sl. soiled.
= Rare.
AND a series of 12 sm. photogr. plates showing naked women (n.pl., n.d. (±1930), mostly 9,2x6,7 cm., (8x) numb. in lower right corner, loose in envelope).
- Fine. = Presumably part of a larger photogr. series.
- Bookblock loose(ning); occas. sl. foxed. Spine splitting and dam. at top (repaired w. tape)/ foot; backwr. sl. frayed.
= Nice publication w. plates after i.a. H. Baudot, M. Benner, J. Boucher, M.-P. Carpentier, A. Edouard, A. Guillaume, L. Hodebert, A. Penot, T. Ralli, L. Royer and J. Verdier.
Lorelle, L. Lumière et couleur sur le nu. Paris, P. Montel, 1966, 120p., num. (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. giltlettered boards w. dustwr., 4to.
- Hinges weak; a few lvs. loosening. Dustwr. sl. worn along edges (repaired w. tape). Otherwise fine.
AND 2 others similar.
- Lacks the suite "Hors text" called for in the colophon; stain in lower part of orig. wr.
= One of 9 Roman numb. copies on "Japon Imperial". Pia 351; Monod 258; Dutel 1413. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
(Louys, P.). Les véritables chansons de Bilitis. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (prob. Paris, Maurice Duflou, 1937), 102p., num. col. lithogr. ills., printed in 350 numb. copies, bound unif. w. the above, orig. wr. pres.
- Two leaves w. (large) repaired tear. = Dutel 2588.
AND 2 others: P. VERLAINE, Oeuvres libres (Segovie, 1868, num. tinted woodcut ills., contemp. giltlettered faux snake) and G. DONVILLE, Le Libertinage du retroussé (Paris, n.d. (1937), 16 helio-engr. plates, later giltlettered hmor., orig. wr. pres.).
- Dustwr. sl. worn/ stained (on verso) along edges, otherwise fine.
Maricevic, V. Male to Female. La Cage aux Folles. Text by V. Goldberg. Kilchberg/ Zurich, Edition Stemmle, 1995, Engl. ed., 127,(1)p., num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to (trifle dam. spot at lower joint). - AND 5 others, incl. 2 other photogr. works on transvestism and A. DUPOUY, Scènes Orientales (Tübingen, 1998, num. col. photogr. plates, orig. boards, large 8vo).
- Large (closed) tear in horizontal fold.
= Rare naughty song: "(...) S Dat is mijn stijve Steven, Steven Stootgraag noemt men hem, Omdat hij veel houdt van stooten, steeds met nadruk en met klem (...)".
- Three vols. lack dustwr. All vols. wr. sl. worn along edges.; no. 8 w. library stamp and ticket on frontcover; no. 12 bookblock loose, dustwr. repaired/ strengthened w. tape.
= Rare collection of photogr. albums.
Marton, E. and Feher, E. Nus. Paris, Société Générale d'Éditions, n.d. (±1950), 16 full-p. photogr. plates, loose as issued in orig. wr., 4to.
- Sl. worn/ dam. wr., otherwise fine. = Rare.
Steiner, A. 45 Nus. Paris, Éditions Sun, 1947, (48)p., 45 photogr. ills., orig. wr. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Bookblock loosening. Backstrip sl. dam.; dustwr. sl. worn.
AND 6 others, incl. a duplicate of no. 3, 7 and 10 of the first periodical.