11. Lucie-Smith, Edward.

Adam. Het Mannelijk Naakt in de Kunst. [Rare Dutch Version of “Adam: the Male Figure in Art”]

Dutch Version. Hedel, Librero, 1998. 28,5 cm x 24 cm. 192 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke kleuren illustraties / With many colour illustrations throughout book. Originele Hardcover met stofomslag. Met een mylar beschermlaag / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

12. Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

13. Hanson, Dian / Kroll, Eric.

The New Erotic Photography [With an essay in three languages by Dian Hanson: “Shedding some Light” – Im Lichte besehen – Un peu de lumiere / And with an essay in three languages by Eric Kroll: “What is” – Zur Sache – Ce qu’il en est].

Hong Kong / Cologne / London / LA / Madrid / Paris / Tokyo, Taschen, 2009. 4°. 420 pages with erotic photographs by leading international photographers. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

14. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

15. Greer, Germaine.

De Jongen. [The Rare Dutch Edition of “The Beautiful Boy” by Germaine Greer].

Dutch Edition. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 2003. 28,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 256 pagina’s / pages. Originele Hardcover met stofomslag. Met een mylar beschermlaag / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

16. Mathers, E. Powys.

The Eastern Anthology – Anthology of Eastern Love. Eastern Love: Volumes I & II & III: The Lessons of a Bawd and Harlot’s Breviary. English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra. Volume I: The Lessons of a Bawd of Damodaragupta. Volume II: The Harlot’s Breviary of Kshemendra. Volume III: The Book of Women and The Education of Wives.

3 Volumes in one (complete set). London, John Rodker For Subscribers, 1927. 15.2 cm x 23.5 cm. Pagination: Vol I: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 92 pages / Vol II: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 100 pages / Vol III: Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 152 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful, actually stunning, private full morocco in Art Deco – Style (see images), Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Deckled edges. Top edge gilt. Gilt on spine and red leather hardcover. Minor discolouration and staining to front and rear pastedown enpapers and endpapers. This edition of the Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta, the Samayamatrika of Kshemendra, the Zenan-Nameh of Fazil-Bey, and Ta’Dib Ul-Nisvan, being Volume I, II and III of the “Eastern Art of Love”, are here translated into English for the first time, by E. Powys Mathers. This edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux, 3 & 4, New Street Hill, London. The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd. This copy is No. 695.

17. Sacchi, Luisa / Sartori, Cristina / Francone, Marcello.

The Pirelli Calendar – 40 Years Complete.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2004. Folio (29 cm x 28 cm). 519 pages with hundreds of photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Binding firm and strong. Stunning because it is now in a protective sleeve. The price of this very heavy, oversize publication, includes worldwide free shipping per Courier !

18. Gerhardie, William Alexander / Kingsmill, Hugh / Youngman Carter, Philip.

The Casanova Fable. A Satirical Revaluation. Illustrated by Philip Youngman Carter.

Rare, limited and signed first edition (No.20 of only 150 copies). London, Jarrolds, 1934. 15 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 223 pages. With seven full-page illustrations in colour. Hardcover / Original, spectacular quarter vellum binding. Signed by William Gerhardie and Hugh Kingsmill. Bookplate / Exlibris of Liverpool book-collector, John Raymond Danson, to pastedown. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

19. Karwath, Cary von / Fuchs, Eduard.

Die Erotik in der Kunst. Privatdruck des Verlages C.W.Stern / Wien, 1908. (Als Manuskript gedruckte Publikation der Gesellschaft oesterreichischer Bibliophilen – nicht im Handel erhältlich). 236 Seiten plus 40 Tafeln [Hayn-Gotendorf III, 518 / Stern-Szana 252]. Dem Werk vorgebunden: Ernst Fuchs – L’Élement érotique dans la caricature – (Das erotische Element in der Karikatur / The Erotic Element in Caricature).

Wien, Stern, 1906-1908. 4°. Eduard Fuchs – L’élément érotique dans la caricature: VI, 259 pages with 223 illustrations. / Cary von Karwath – 236 pages plus 40 tipped-in plates on titled cardboard. Both publications in their original wrappers bound in a beautiful private half – leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly rubbed. The publications in unusually excellent condition. All tipped-in plates complete and in their place. Spectacular publication in a worthy binding.

20. [Lynes, George Platt] Leddick, David.

George Platt Lynes 1907-1955. Foreword by Anatole Pohorilenko [Including portraits of Thomas Mann, Aldous Huxley and other important figures in Literature].

Trilingual (English/Deutsch/Français) Köln, Taschen, 2000. 33,5 cm x 27 cm. 239 pages/seiten. With black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The rare Hardcover – Edition in Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.