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Le Diable Amoureux
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Cazotte; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: La Tradition, 1936.The Devil in Love. Occult romance first published in 1772. This the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat. One of 450 numbered copies on Arches vellum (of a total edition of 500).
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Le Diable au Corps
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRaymond Radiguet; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: Editions Georges Gullot, 1957.The Devil in the Flesh. The story of a young married woman’s affair with a teenage boy while her husband is away fighting in WWI. First published in 1923, this is the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat, and with an introduction by Jean Cocteau. The superlative issue, one of 16 numbered copies on Japanese paper with an original signed drawing in pencil and white gouache, with the composition then hand coloured and signed by Becat, the 16 illustrations by Becat hand coloured by Jean and Paulette Monnier, followed by a suite containing the illustrations in black in two states, on Japanese paper and Rives vellum.
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La Femme et le Pantin
Read MorePierre Louys; Paul-Emile Becat
Paris: Le Vasseur et Cie, Editeaurs, 1945.The Woman and the Puppet. A Frenchman falls hopelessly under the spell of a beguiling Andalusian woman at the carnival in Seville, drawing him into a cruel dance of seduction, humiliation, and obsession. First published in 1898, this the first edition with erotic illustrations by Becat. This copy number 110 of 400 numbered copies on Arches vellum (of a total edition of 540), though with the plates in a second state with remarques normally reserved for the 75 copies numbered 26 to 100.
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La Fille aux Yeux d’Or
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHonore de Balzac; Almery Lobel-Riche
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, 1923.The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocratic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas, his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835, this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche (from a total edition of 500). This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet.
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Ars Amandi. L’Art D’Aimer
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOvide; Pierre Lievre; Andre Lambert
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, 1923.The Art of Love by Ovid, a new translation into French by Pierre Lievre and with illustrations by Andre Lambert. One of 404 numbered copies on Arches vellum (from a total edition of 500), this copy for Maurice de Smet de Naeyer, bound in half leather signed Weckesser.
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Les Sept Femmes de La Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnatole France; G. A. Mossa
Paris: Librairie Des Amaterus, A. Ferroud. – F. Ferroud, 1921.Bluebeard’s Seven Wives and Other Wonderful Tales. France’s reinterpretation of the French folktale of Bluebeard. First published in 1909, this is the first edition with illustrations by Gustav-Adolf Mossa. One of 70 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states (from a total edition of 1,200). This copy from the collection of Australian actor and bibliophile Barry Humphries, with his bookplate, in a fine signed binding by Flammarion bookbinder Jean Vaillant.
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Charles Conder: The Lithographs: The Richard King Collection
Read MoreCharles Conder; Richard King; Barry Humphries; Lewis Morley
Sydney: ETT Imprint, 2011.One of the limited slipcased edition of 120 copies with a portrait photograph of Barry Humphries signed by the photographer, Lewis Morley. This copy designated AP2 and inscribed by Richard King to the publisher of the final Morley monographs Gianni Frinzi.
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Victoria Racing Club. Spring Meeting, 1900. Last Day. Official Programme [Steeplechase Day]
Read MoreVictoria Racing Club
Melbourne: Victoria Racing Club by Sands & McDougall, 1900.An extremely well preserved early Melbourne horse racing programme, unused and with all of the sweepstakes leaves. The map shows Flemington Racecourse. Unrecorded in Trove or OCLC.
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A Voyage Round the World, Performed in His Britannic Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. (4 Volumes)
Read MoreJames Cook; George Forster
Dublin: W. Whitestone, et al., 1777.Cook’s account in the first two volumes, and Forsters’ in the final two. Each volume with the armorial bookplate of Christopher Nicholslon, County Meath, and the small circle floral bookplate of Australian book collector Iain G. Herriot.
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Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [BOUND WITH] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas (2 Volumes in 1)
AU$750.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. B. Becher
London: J. D. Potter, 1859.Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean. Containing a Brief Account of the Winds, Weather, and Currents Prevailing Therein [BOUND WITH] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas. With an Account of the Winds, Weather, and Currents Found Therein Through the Year. Important 19th century navigational guide, the two volumes here issued together. Alexander Bridport Becher worked for the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty.
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Ninya: A Fantasy of a Strange Little World
Read MoreHenry A. Fagan
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.Science fiction novel by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Africa, published the year he was appointed to the role. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
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Celestalia: A Fantasy, A.D. 1975
Read MoreA. L. Pullar
Sydney: The Canberra Press, 1933.Australian dystopian “Yellow Peril” sci-fi in which volcanic disasters destroy Japan causing the Japanese to flee to China, displacing the Chinese to Australia, displacing white Australia to Tasmania.
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For Years
Read MoreTim Dlugos
Washington, D.C.: Jawbone, 1977.Booklet of the early erotic experiences of the American poet Tim Dlugos (1950-1990). A free verse poetic telling of youthful sexual discovery, gay and hetero, and all complicated relationships smooshing. One of 200 copies. The author’s second published work.
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Gay Source: A Catalog for Men
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDennis Sanders
New York: Coward, McCann & Geohegan, 1977.The Whole Earth Catalog of gay America; from help lines to holiday destinations. Compiled, written, and edited by Dennis Sanders with the assistance of Michael Emory. Illustrations by George Stavrinos. Feature articles by Felicine Picano, Ian Young, and many others.
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Transvestite Castle Vol. 1, No. 1 & Two (2 Volumes)
Read MoreCenturian Publications
Westminster: Centurian Publications, 1982.Complete in two parts, Centurian Publications fetish magazine focussed on forced feminization and trans domination stories, personals, comics, and artwork, published in the wake of the 1980 film by the same name direct by Kern Vore, and No. 1 featuring the same cover art as the VHS release. Features artwork by Gene Bilbrew, Bishop, Ramm, Adams, Diego, and others. Rare, No. 1 recorded in two public collections, Yale and the Leather Archives & Museum, No. 2 is unrecorded.
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The Three Transvestites [Panty Raiders]
Read MoreGilbert
Westminster: Centurian Publications, 1982.Collected volume of the Panty Raiders stories by Nan Gilbert originally published in parts. Illustrated throughout.
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Three Roads to Femininity
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnoymous
[New York]: [Lee’s Mardi Gras], No date.The stories of three men who take different approaches to cross-dressing. Published without imprint but with the sticker and number stamp of Lee Brewster’s Lee’s Mardi Gras. Possibly Eric Stanton or Gene Bilbrew cover illustration. Single copy recorded in OCLC, at Yale.
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The Boy Who Became a Girl
Read MoreAnonymous
New York: Lee’s Mardi Gras, No date.The story of a 14 year old boy’s boarding school student who is chosen to play the part of Gwendoline in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, and finds that dressing as a woman is who he is. Single copy recorded in OCLC, at Yale.
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The Corset Fetish Vol. 1 No. 1
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCandy Lane
Nottingham: Candy Lane, No date.Dedicated to Fashions, Fads, Fancies and Fetishes. Largely full page black and white photographs of women in corsets accompanied by several John Willie illustrations. Text is mostly the story, The Thrill of Corsets, by H. T. Lowe, together with a couple of short introductory remarks on corset and fetish appreciation.
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Exotique Illustrated Vol. 1 No. 1
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Reuben Sturman]
[Cleveland]: WWNC, No date.1960s fetish magazine produced by Reuben Sturman’s World Wide News Corp, though the content likely largely derived from Leonard Burtman, and the influence of John Willie’s Bizarre still ever present. Bettie Page pops up, but the main content is a host of other corseted and rubberized models in short series photographed by Lou Green, Len Barton, and Paul Wagner, alongside artwork by fetish artists Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew, including an extract of Staton’s comic story, Deborah, as well as a short text on the attraction of hair by Carlson Wade.