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1992000098Massachusetts: Middlesex School 1992. 1992 yearbook for the Concord Massachusetts day and boarding high school that boasts former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld as well as actor Steve Carrell amongst its alumni. Brown hardcover with bright silver titles and logo on front cover. 209 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; there are also a couple of color photograph illustrated pages. This volume has unique senior pages versus senior photos where the senior got to write sometimes in their own handwriting and select the photographs and contact for their page. We note only some light shelfwear and edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Middlesex School Hardcover
1901001265Brooklyn NY: Hebrew Publishing Company 1901. Rare 1901 Siddur Jewish Prayerbook with Celluloid Covers This is a well-loved well-used volume. Book opens right to left. 511 pages. 32mo: 4.75 by 3.5 inches in size and 1.75 inches thick. Sewn binding. Cream colored celluloid cover front back and spine with cream cloth underneath. An ornate brass medallion is centered in the middle of front cover. A plain hinged brass clasp is missing the peg to hold the volume closed. The endpapers are an ivory moire. Both pastedowns are cracked. The sewn binding has several loose sections: pages 160-192 are held in by a loose thread pages 193 to 222 are detached and laid in. The book is shaken. The page marked 322 is actually page 223. The remainder of the book appears firmly bound. The pages are bordered with bright gilt on all sides. Pages 508 to 511 are cut very tight on the top margin so that the page numbers are not visible. The blank pages after page 511 to the endpaper are chipped at the midpoint where the clasp is. We note small stains on pages 224 and 225 and fingermarks in the margin of page 121. Overall the pages are bright and clean. The celluloid cover is chipped at three out of four spine points and on corners of back cover. The front cover is cracked at both corners. The cloth underneath the celluloid is frayed in the spine area. There are some scratches and some light soil to the celluloid. As you'll note in our photographs cello tape has been used across the spine and onto the covers. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Celluloid. Fair/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hebrew Publishing Company Hardcover
200510026Victoria's Secret 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. Russell James Ellen von Unwerth and Raphael Mazzucco. A three volume set; folios black cloth in matching slipcase with pink tie no djs as issued; DVD included in rear of Sardinia; overall vg Sardinia lightly cocked; white mark on spine of St. Tropez; finger smudges on rear pages and rfep stains to rear pastedown of Tulum in vg slipcase heavily shelfworn; finger smudging to panels; cloth on edges fraying; bottom edge worn and soiled; pink tie wrinkled. Please be aware that shipping this heavy set internationally will require additional postage. <br/> <br/> Victoria's Secret hardcover
1934List3641New York: Leo Feist Inc 1934. Folio sheet music color pictorial cover. 5 pp 9 ⅛ x 12 inches. Near Fine. Sheet music for the title song from the Fleischer Studios animated short Poor Cinderella a 1934 Paramount production starring Betty Boop. Directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Max Fleischer the film was issued as part of the studio’s Color Classics series and is notable as the only Betty Boop cartoon originally produced in color during the Fleischer studio’s classic run. The cover illustration shows Betty in her ragged Cinderella costume before a mirror the fairy godmother’s wand transforming her reflection into a princess an image that captures both the Depression-era fairy-tale theme and the character’s Jazz Age style.<br /> <br /> Although the cartoon itself contains no explicitly Black performers the cultural origins of Betty Boop’s voice and persona emerged from Harlem nightclub entertainment and became the subject of a widely publicized 1934 lawsuit involving singer Helen Kane and the African American child performer Esther Jones whose vocal style was introduced as evidence during the trial. Kane sued Fleischer Studios and Paramount claiming that Betty Boop’s distinctive “boop-oop-a-doop†singing style had been taken from her stage act. During the proceedings however theatrical manager Lou Bolton testified that the same vocal mannerism had been performed several years earlier by Jones in Harlem cabarets undermining Kane’s claim of originality. The court ultimately ruled against Kane.1<br /> <br /> Created in 1930 Betty Boop quickly evolved from an anthropomorphic cartoon figure into a humanized Jazz Age flapper and one of the earliest animated sex symbols. Early Fleischer cartoons frequently placed the character in adult urban settings: nightclubs stage performances and surreal jazz environments. The character’s exaggerated blend of innocence and sexuality wide-eyed baby face combined with flapper dress and nightclub mannerisms made Betty one of the most recognizable figures in early American animation. With the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934 Betty Boop’s image was softened: skirts were lengthened risqué humor diminished and the once flirtatious character gradually recast into a more domesticated and wholesome figure. Issued by the prolific Tin Pan Alley publisher Leo Feist Inc. the sheet is a representative and surprisingly scarce item from this period. <br /> <br /> 1 Erin Blakemore “The People v. Betty Boop†The History Channel https://www.history.com/articles/the-people-v-betty-boop accessed March 11 2026. Leo Feist Inc unknown
19821913<p>First Edition. 72 pp. illustrated program book for an event officially known as The Scholar and the Feminist : Toward a Politics of Sexuality held on Saturday April 24 1982 at The Women's Center now the Barnard Center for Research on Women. 8vo. Very good. Illus. Glossy wrappers slightly creased. 1772</p><p><em>A landmark document of the so-called "feminist sex wars" of the 1980s most copies of this conference program were preemptively seized and destroyed by Barnard College officials under pressure from activists associated with Women Against Pornography WAP. The episode remains a hotspot of conflicting allegations and rumor. Leading up to the date of the conference Ellen V. Futter then President of Barnard College became the focal point of an anti-pornography phone call campaign by WAP members and their allies. In response to the calls College officials confiscated 1500 copies of the Diary hours before the event was scheduled to begin. The booklet which had been intended for distribution to conference attendees consists of steering committee minutes personal narratives information about conference events and sex-positive artwork by feminist illustrators including erotic images that had provoked the ire of anti-pornography crusaders. Examples rarely surface.</em></p> [Barnard College Women's Center]
List2943Likely Chicago area 1944. Single 5 x 8 inch journal with forty-two double-sided pages filled out and many more blank. Near fine. Offered here is an unusual document: a dream journal from the 1940s. Written by an anonymous woman the journal documents dreams from January and February of 1943 and 1944. Dream interpretation is an ancient practice with many varied purposes1 but given the rising popularity of psychoanalysis at the time in the US2 it is plausible that this journal was kept for therapeutic purposes.<br /> <br /> Indeed there would be quite a bit for an analyst to say about A.B.’s dreams. She recalls moments from dreams such as when “It seems that also I have a sexual organ very faint from no cause at all†January 15 1943 “It seems I almost have to bite my mother to make her let me go†January 16 and:<br /> <br /> “I had a dream of going to Chicago with my brother. We went to a hotel as husband and wife. He slept in the same bed but nothing sexual passed between us.†February 16 1944<br /> <br /> One dream in particular deals in some detail which we omit with A.B.’s history of onanism or lack thereof. This dream includes the sensation that: “someone is trying to probe into the dark recesses of my ‘past’ to unearth the little secret hidden sins of childhood and the lapses of young girlhood and womanhood†February 9 a feeling that would likely be close to the truth if A.B. were in fact the subject of analysis.<br /> <br /> Other themes include work health and money and bizarre imagery such as “a left arm swaddled in a white surgical bandage from wrist to armpit†January 15. Overall an uncommon survival and a peculiar read of interest to dream interpreters and their historians.<br /> <br /> 1 J. Donald Hughes “Dream Interpretation in Ancient Civilizations†Dreaming 10 2000: 7–18 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009447606158.<br /> 2 Otto Kernberg “Psychoanalysis in America†interview by Sergio Benvenuto and Raffaele Siniscalco Multi-Media Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences for Radiotelevisione Italiana July 1996 transcript https://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/articles/psychoanalysis-in-america/. unknown
197063549New York: Peter H. Wyden Inc 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; light grey cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; x1775pp. Spine ends gently nudged gentle sunning to lower board edges with a tiny nick to cloth at upper rear board edge and a faint stain to upper right corner of front cover; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $5.95 showing moderate wear some tears and attendant creases and some dampstains on verso at upper flap folds; Very Good. A report based on a study of 208 middle-class adults who have used marijuana in order to enhance their sex lives. ".an informal but balanced report.It assesses marijuana not as an aphrodisiac but as a sexual stimulant and de-inhibitor for many users and as a "turn-off" for some others" from front flap. 63549. Peter H. Wyden, Inc unknown
18005629London: S. W. Fores 1800. First edition. Illustrated hand-colored broadside measuring 270 x 400mm and printed to verso only. Faint offsetting to recto and faint traces of mounting to corners. In all a Fine example of this visual satire commenting on the phenomenon of younger men seeking marriage with elderly widows for their own financial gain -- and the cultural anxiety surrounding the marital sexuality of such brides. Unrecorded in ESTC and OCLC we have located two examples of the present work at the British Museum and Yale. <br /> <br /> The present broadside draws together a wide matrix of debates and social anxieties surrounding the economic and sexual status of widows and the financial motivations for marriage among second sons and men of the middle class. Though women were more frequently forced into experiencing marriage as a form of 'honorable prostitution' in which their physical desirability served as their key for accessing wealth and stability under coverture it was increasingly acknowledged that large swaths of young men also suffered under this system. And while widows could escape the system -- shifting from the disempowered femme covert to the more legally independent femme sole on their husbands' deaths -- there was both a social fantasy of reinserting them into the marriage market as a means for regaining control over their money and bodies as well as a social anxiety about their ability to corrupt through the range of knowledge and authority they gained through previous marital experience. Here a young man walks his aging crone down the aisle. Ornately clad and expressing her anticipation for "the comforts of matrimony" she is ridiculed by the ministers at the pulpit who posit that if "matrimony was first ordained.for a remedy against fornication" then "the remedy will be worse than the disease" in this instance. Untroubled the young groom focuses on the land deeds bank notes and jewelry accounts which stuff his pockets -- assets which will legally become his after the ceremony and which serve as his marital comforts. Meanwhile two young women observe from the sidelines one of them planning her future with the groom after his aging bride's eventual demise. "Those jewels will look better on me than on the last owner" she notes as her companion whispers hopefully "you'll let me take a morning ride with you sometimes."<br /> <br /> A visual commentary on the financial and social issues surrounding marriage under coverture which Daniel Defoe would deride as "matrimonial whoredom."<br /> <br /> <br /> British Museum 1935.0522.8.109. Yale Center for British Art B1974.12.328. S. W. Fores unknown
195680726London: Torchstream Books 1956. Limited Edition. First Printing #562 of 1375 copies. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's vivid crimson cloth with white paper title label to spine. Dustjacket. 267pp. 1pp ads to rear. Clean bright and handsome with only the lightest of wear in a tough heavy paper dustjacket with paper title label to spine panel slight darkening to the spine and a little dustiness here and there. A very good copy indeed. Internally clean edges untrimmed a notably luxurious piece of book production. <br /> <br /> A scholarly insight into the long history theory and practical applications of aphrodisiac food and drink around the world citing a multitude of sources from the ancient Greeks through to 19th century Europe via Persia China and India. With an in depth bibliographical section and a number of recipes and nutritional guidelines for those wishing to make the most of an aphrodisiac diet. Torchstream Books unknown
17875031London: Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan 1787. First edition. 27 George III Chapter 44. A Fine copy measuring 310 x 190mm and collating complete: 2 987-988. A scarce and important piece of legal history which ESTC records at only one library Lincoln's Inn and which does not appear in the modern auction record. The present is the only example on the market. <br /> <br /> At the start of the Restoration "English church courts were revived by an act of Parliament on 27 July 1661 to resume their traditional task of correcting spiritual and moral misdemeanors. Soon thereafter parishioners across England's dioceses once more faced admonition fines excommunication and even imprisonment if they failed to conform to the laws of the restored Church of England" Aklund. As much as these courts sought to reestablish a monolithic Anglican communal identity during Charles II's reign their position in the 18th century became "a case study in the secularization of the legal system" particularly given their theoretical justification based in the problematic concept of divine right Harris. Numerous acts the present example among them "represented an important step in the direction of limiting the reach of of ecclesiastical jurisdiction" Harris. <br /> <br /> An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts was passed in 1787 drawn from a bill presented in Parliament the previous year. Its major accomplishment was the removal of Church authority in the regulation of private sexual behaviors: "It shall be further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Suit shall be commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court for Fornication or Incontinence of for any striking or brawling." While the Church may have voiced its moral codes or enacted social shaming within its own communities it no longer had the legal authority to regulate or punish sexual behavior. Such secularization had significant benefits across a number of communities. For survivors of assault it ended the Church's ability to mandate that a woman marry her attacker; for queer communities it prevented Biblically based persecution; for sex workers it took away the risk of arrest or fines for conducting their livelihoods. Ultimately the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts over sexual behavior whether in the form of obscene or defamatory words sexual engagement and sensual pleasure was terminated by this act. Little to no legal regulation of sex would be enacted until the next century when the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act and a series of Contagious Diseases Acts would seek to give secular courts more control over individuals' bodies. <br /> <br /> ESTC N58717. Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan unknown
200985431New York: Semiotext 2009. First Edition. Octavo. 26cm. Publisher's illustrated paper covered boards. 196pp. Some very slight wear to boards mostly limited to a couple of small scratches to the laminate clean and bright; internally clean signed and dated with kisses and hugs by Penny Arcade to the title page. A very good attractive copy. <br /> <br /> A collection of essays and performance pieces interspersed with interviews and editorial commentary providing a kind of retrospective of Penny Arcade's long career as an incendiary and divisive performance artist she is virtually the originator of the term in its modern context and her collaborations with artists like Jayne County Patti Smith Mink Stole John Waters and the majestic Quentin Crisp. Semiotext unknown
191385169Chicago: O. M. Heath & Co 1913. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 19cm. Purple ribbed cloth spine and cover titles in gilt; 3031pp; portrait frontispiece and five unnumbered leaves of photographic plates halftones. A tight clean copy free of markings with just a hint of sunning to spine cloth; very Near Fine. <br /> <br /> A collection of six short tales each intended to illustrate a different aspect of "the prevalence of degeneracy in the modern era" jacket. Composts of Tradition was self-published and marketed aggressively in contemporary periodicals including The Masses and Pearson's; one such advertisement in the January 1915 issue of Pearson's outlines the book's intention: "It is not a book for prudes either male or female. It is a book for aggressive and advanced thinkers. Among other doctrines it advocates: 1 Sterilization of physical social and mental defectives; 2 Annihilation of the stigma attached to the bar-sinister; 3 Encouragement of reproduction upon the part of the fit; 4 Maintenance of all children by society; 5 Monogamy but marriage ceremonies to be optional not obligatory; 6 Divorce by collusion." At least one of the stories "Maid of the Neptunian Strand" has fantasy elements. <br /> <br /> Oscar Morrill Heath c.1872-1952 was a Chicago secondary school teacher and lecturer-for-hire on social subjects; beginning about 1905 through at least the 1920s we lose sight of him around 1930 he was the proprietor of a Chicago correspondence school for schoolteachers The Cultural Review School through whose auspices he issued a few ephemeral publications as well as a monthly magazine Teaching As A Profession. Additionally thanks to the trade card mounted in the front we know that Heath was the proprietor of at least two Chicago beauty parlors. From contemporary newspaper acccounts it appears that the current work landed Heath at least temporarily in hot water; the Chicago Tribune for November 6 1913 includes an article stating that Heath's status as an instructor at Englewood High School was "under review" pending publication of a book that was "critical of the nuptial bond" and seemed to condone childbirth out of wedlock. It is quite possible that Heath lost his position over the book as in subsequent years we find him advertising his services as a freelance instructor in a variety of topics including a review course in math for candidates to Army Officers' Candidate School during WW1. <br /> <br /> Despite its fetching title the current work is somewhat uncommon with fewer than 20 locations in OCLC most apparently in circulating collections. SMITH H-442. Not in Bleiler despite clear fantasy content. O. M. Heath & Co unknown
175456749Venetiis Venice: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana 1754. Folio 37cm. Three volumes rebound in early twentieth-century half-vellum with tan paper over boards titles in gilt on orange-painted spines; later plain endpapers; vol. I: lxxvi380pp; vol. II: 308pp; vol. III: 438pp. Title page of vol. I printed in red and black. Ex-library with stamp "Biblioteca Seminario Cividale" to vol. II t.p. and call number labels to base of spines. Stamp of unidentified Archbishop showing galero with 10 tassels to title pages. Sturdy copies with minor general wear and scuffing to boards endpapers discolored contents clean apart from occasional minor foxing: Very Good. <br /> <br /> Vol. I: 2o: a4 b-e8 χ2 A-Z8 2A6. Vol. II: 2o: A-T8 χ2. Vol. III: 2o: A-S8 T-V6 X-2D8 2E-2F4. Detailed work on marital sexuality written by a Jesuit priest and casuist to guide other priests hearing confessions about sexual behavior. Sánchez "depicted human nature as strongly sexualized and proclaimed that a wide range of sexual pleasures could be enjoyed in marriage without being tainted by mortal sin" Watt. The Church disagreed with his permissive stance on some activities and caused some passages to be expurgated in 1610. Later in 1666 and 1679 multiple Popes placed the third volume on the Index of Prohibited Books. Nonetheless the work was frequently reprinted from its first appearance in 1602-1605 until this 1754 edition. <br /> <br /> Sánchez whose other well-known work discussed lying and mental reservation is also recognized as "one of the greatest casuists" FRAXI i.e. Ashbee Bibliography of Prohibited Books II p.81. See Watt Review of Fernanda Alfieri Nella camera degli sposi Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance LXXIII.1 2011. Apud Nicolaum Pezzana unknown
196262985New York: Bernard Geis Associates 1962. First Edition. First printing. Tall octavo. Cloth-backed boards hardcover; dustjacket; 382pp; illus. Light evidence of use; board corners tapped; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped lightly rubbed at edges Very Good. <br /> <br /> Classic mid-century advice for the upwardly-mobile middle-class American male on fashion sex courtship etiquette fitness career management etc. Includes a chapter on how to join the CIA; another on how to drive a sports car. With numerous cartoons and prose extracts from the pages of the magazine by Paul Gallico Harvey Swados Jack Kerouac others. Bernard Geis Associates unknown
196078814Brooklyn New York: La Plume 1960. Eight issues: Nos. 4-10 and 14.<br /> <br /> Long before the internet Grindr and other dating apps like-minded people with shared intimacy interests relied on personal ads printed in alternative newspapers and magazines. In the 1960s one could also subscribe to this small brochure mailed direct to your post office box offering connections to men and women all over the world looking for a connection. As they note in their marketing “La Plume has been specifically created and designed to cater to the whims of those with a keen interest in the exotic the unusual and the modern way of life.â€<br /> <br /> The booklets contain brief personal advertisements photographs and a special code assigned to each person. Find someone of interest write a letter and send it to La Plume which then forwards it to the potential connection for a $2 fee. Issue 4 contains small pencil checks mainly next to “broad-minded†couples looking for the same. The publication caters to a wide-ranging audience with several personals concerning “transvestite†individuals and men and women seeking same-sex connections.<br /> <br /> The booklet was referenced as evidence in a 1965 hardcore pornography case against an East Rutherford New Jersey police lieutenant who placed an advertisement under a pseudonym in the publication.<br /> <br /> Published five to six times per year LA Plume also carried advertising that would appeal to its readers such as Strip Checkers a health supplement called Love Potion No. 9 and sterile lubricant with hormones.<br /> <br /> Stapled booklet 3 ½“ x 8 ½†printed on newsprint with a spot color. Occasional checkmarks one page partially clipped in Issue 4; otherwise very good overall. Scarce no listings in OCLC or commerce. La Plume unknown
002987Anaheim CA: The Lifestyles Organization 1988-1991. Soft cover. Near Fine. Anaheim CA: The Lifestyles Organization 1988-1991. 4 vols. 27; 31; 46; 42pp; b&w illus. Saddle-stapled in wraps. All volumes near fine with light wear to wraps. With additional laid-in materials as noted below. Programs from four consecutive years of the Lifestyles Organization annual convention for swingers each with detailed schedules and descriptions of the various events and presentations e.g. "Creative Sexuality: Androgyny" "Etiquette in Swinging" "Positive sexuality in the Age of AIDS" "Tip-Toe Through the Two-Lips: An Owners Guide to Vaginal Health & Pleasure"; headshots and bios for dozens of presenters including multiple appearances by American porn star and self-described "third generation feminist" Nina Hartley; and copious advertisements for other lifestyle-related events products and services. Laid into the 1989 program is a packet of 11 colored admission tickets to various convention events along with two brochures for Lifestyles Tours & Travel. Laid into the 1991 program is a single sheet advertisement for the Lifestyles "Quick-Match" event. Founded in 1969 by Robert L. McGinley who also headed the North American Swing Club Association The Lifestyles Organization held 34 such swingers conventions between 1973 and 2013. We find no other examples of convention programs in the trade nor does OCLC reflect any institutional holdings. <br/> <br/> The Lifestyles Organization, 1988-1991 paperback
194863271Cleveland OH: The Ralston Society 1948. 8vo. 444 pp. Decorative initials. Textured green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine w/ d.j. minor shelfwear slight scuffing couple very small closed tears still a NF/VG copy. Third edition of volume 3 in the Magnetism Books Series Group A issued to Ralstonism adherents Home Training Course touting the possible results from embracing all human powers. Webster Edgerly 1852-1926 writing as Edmund Shaftesbury and Everett Ralston formulated an entire health and social movement with Degree levels clearly adapted from Freemasonry and other fraternal organizations coupled with a mix of eugenics pop psychology and land promotion urging the development of a home similar to those in Edgerly’s dream of a Utopian Ralston community in Hopwell NJ. Edgerly urged his followers to follow the path of Regime Activity Light Strength Temperation Oxygen and Nature to develop a new race free from racial impurities and Magnetism could change and improve your life. Very scarce in original dustjacket. See: Matthew Kassel A Self-Help Guru Named Webster Edgerly Came to Central New Jersey in 1896 with Dreams of Establishing a Utopian Society Sept. 6 2015. The Ralston Society, hardcover
80142An album of photographs business cards and other ephemera from an early iteration of the famously exclusive Texas Latex Party TLP held annually in Houston. The images were captured at the 2003 event held February 20-22 at the Adam's Mark hotel and resort. In the decades that followed TLP has grown into an international invite-only applicant-vetted four-day weekend of partying socializing and vending widely considered one of the world's leading fetish events.<br /> <br /> Included within this album are 78 photographic images shot digitally along with a CD of "Digital Pics" housed in a plastic sleeve mounted to the inner front panel. 53 images are professionally printed on 4" x 5 7/8" glossy stock while 24 images are printed two to a page on 8 1/2" x 11" inkjet paper. There is also a group photo by Frankovich printed on 8 1/2" x 11" stock which shows roughly 70 people. The images capture scenes of socializing with most individuals in full latex as well as what appears to be an outfit contest. There are also several shots of a lavish meal which are preceded in the album by the printed Fetish Dinner Menu for February 21 and the Fetish Lunch Menu for February 22.<br /> <br /> Other materials in the album include a detailed welcome letter an attendee wristband-ticket two postcard-size advertisements for The Baroness fetish retinue in New York eight business cards four hotel key cards several nondescript Texas postcards two pocket maps a receipt from The Custom Shop in Houston and ephemera from the Adam's Mark hotel. <br /> <br /> The materials are housed in plastic sleeves within a black three-ring binder with the event title and the attendee's name withheld stamped in gold on the front panel. Additionally there is an illustrated Texas Latex Party label housed within the label holder on the spine. All the materials within are squeaky clean. unknown
193554115New York: Falstaff Press Inc. Privately Issued for Cultured Adults 1935. 8vo. 16 pp unpaginated. printed on sepia-tinted paper with numerous text illustrations printed in brown ink. Self-printed softcovers uncut very slight dustsoiling NF copy. First edition of this very rare pamphlet on birth control issued by the notorious mail-order erotica publisher Falstaff Press which specialized in republishing many of the Panurge anthropological titles including titles on sexuality sexual disorders birth control eugenics phallic worship scientific sexualia and flagellation. Most of these titles were written by some of the most significant anthropologists and sociologists working in the new and growing field of sexual sciences in the 1930s including Hirschfeld Reclus Niemoeller and Rohleder. Solomon Malkin was a young New York University scholar who had studied under Magnus Hirschfeld at the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin and oversaw the choosing of illustrations and text for the birth control pamphlets. This work details the very unreliable “Rhythm Method†of contraception depending on the charting of menstrual cycles however notes that this is has only 50% effectiveness and should be combined with artificial birth control methods. Worldcat locates 6 copies UC Davis Emory NLM Case Western Cleveland Melbourne; See: Jay Gertzman Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica 1920-1940 pp. 192-195; 353-354. Falstaff Press, Inc., Privately Issued for Cultured Adults, paperback
195585437Frederick Publications 1955. First Thus. Octavo. 17cm. Publisher's dark blue pebblegrain cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 325pp. 54 unnumbered bibliography and index to rear. Light scuffing and rubbing to extremities and corners some dulling of the cheap gilt; internally clean with some staining to the front pastedown; in a lightly toned and soiled example of the dustjacket with some shallow chipping to spine ends and wear to the flap folds and edges. A very good copy in a jacket with some cosmetic wear.<br /> <br /> A popular reprint of Rosenbaum's 1901 work on sexuality lust and deviant debauchery in the annals of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Frederick Publications unknown
197363239New York: Trident Press 1973. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 251pp. Tight fine copy. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced $6.95 on front flap gently rubbed at head and heel but still crisp clean and free of toning or notable wear; very Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Vassi's fifth book preceded by four works of Olympia Press erotica. A memoir of Vassi's sexual and psychedelic experiments of the Sixties. Vassi who has been called the finest erotic writer of his generation would go on to a long career as a literary spokesman for sexual and psychological liberation; he was a daring early writer on non-normative definitions of gender and redefinition of sex roles. Vassi died of complications from AIDS in 1989; this was his only volume of memoir. Trident Press unknown
197080984New York: Weybright and Talley 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's original black cloth titled in red gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 271pp. Slight bumping to the spine ends no appreciable wear in a clean bright priceclipped dustjacket with some minor discoloration in parts a very good copy indeed. Internally clean. A rather cynical and US-centric attempt to describe the cultural and social diffferences in attitudes towards sex and sexuality in Scandinavia versus what is acceptable in US. There's an element of rabble rousing and scandal mongering regarding the potential for a wave of shameless Scandinavian pornography and less puritanical social attitudes sweeping across the ocean and poisoning American youth; there are also some interesting early points made about the economic and social benefits and detriments of sex work the sex industry as a whole and the far reaching effects that sexuality has upon social stability and function. Weybright and Talley unknown
79065Single-page manuscript from an 1839 deposition filed on behalf of an Ohio woman swearing she was of “good moral character and chaste conductâ€.<br /> <br /> The reasons for the deposition are not made clear; however it is likely Nancy Chambers née Delong 1809–69 stood accused of sexual relations with someone other than her husband just before their marriage. Signed by eight of her friends the deposition states specifically they were aware of her conduct from July 1833 until May 1834. On May 14 1834 she married Elias Chambers 1806-70 a brick mason. Their first son Matthew was born 10 months after their marriage.<br /> <br /> The deposition was made August 5 1839 before a justice of the peace at the home of the accused’s friend in Cross Creek Township Ohio. At the time the Chambers had three children. They later moved to Illinois where two additional children were born.<br /> <br /> Chastity until marriage was a strong societal expectation for women during the 19th century. The divorce laws of the time would have favored the plaintiff’s husband under adultery laws and fraudulent contract if he discovered she was not a virgin. unknown
2002c648vg060322e8Alyson Books 2002-11-01. Paperback. VERY GOOD. 7x5x0. Clean unmarked interior text no highlighting underlining or writing. Softcover book is clean and bright shows a bit of edge corner shelf wear. No rips chips stains or tears. Ships quickly and with care. Alyson Books paperback
016223Paris France: De-Orsay Press. Softcover. Good. Wraps; 32pp; Covers age-toned with minor chipping to one corner of back cover tears to back cover at staples text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Scarce vintage hard core pornography illustrated with four explicit photos. Part Two of a series. Published circa 1930s. Adults only. De-Orsay Press paperback
