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Orange Blossoms. The Story of A Beautiful Marchioness under the Second Empire
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
Paris: Privately Printed [Charles Carrington], 1903.English translation published by Carrington of, Souvenirs d’une Cocodette, first published in full clandestinely by Jules Gay in Brussels. Edition of 200 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered on thin wove paper in plain brown wrappers, as suggested by Mendes in Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English, 1800-1930, Carrington likely ran additional copies beyond the 200 on this thinner paper. MENDES 154(b)(iii).
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Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (2 Volumes)
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Casanova; Brunelleschi
Paris: Gibert Jeune, Librairie d’Amateurs, 1955.Illustrated by Umberto Brunelleschi, a number of which are erotic. One of 3,000 numbered copies.
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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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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 a 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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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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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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La Fille Elisa
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdmond de Goncourt; Paul-Louis Guilbert
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, George Briffaut, 1929.Goncourt’s prostitute-prisoner novel, here published for the first time with original drypoints by Paul-Louis Guilbert, a preface by J. -H. Rosny Aine, and an afterword by Jean Ajalbert. Edition of 425 numbered copies, this copy on Arches vellum, unnumbered but inscribed by the publisher, likely to the Belgian publisher Albert Parmentier of Les Editions du Nord.
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La Mort de Philae
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Loti; Geo Colucci
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1924.The Death of Philae (English title: Egypt), a tale set around the submerging of the island of Philae with the construction of the Aswan Low Dam on the river Nile. The first edition with illustrations by Geo Colucci. One of 460 numbered copies on vellum (of a total edition of 500), in a fine half leather binding signed Ch. De Samblax with the original wrappers bound in.
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Les Civilises
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaude Farrere; Henri Le Riche
Paris: Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1926.French colonizers indulge in fornication, opium, and general debauchery in late 19th century Saigon (then French Cochincina, modern day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). One of 200 numbered copies of Arches vellum (of a total edition of 300), bound with the original wrappers.
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Fumee D’Opium
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaude Farrere
Paris: Libraire Olendorff, 1921.The first deluxe edition of Farrere’s Black Opium, semi-autobiographical tales of the history and use of opium. Preface by Pierre Louys. With 6 plates and numerous wood engravings by Georges Jauneau, engraved by G. Lemoine. One of 250 numbered copies on Arches Vellum (of a total edition of 322).
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Les Paradis Artificiels: Opium et Haschisch
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Baudelaire
Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1860.First edition of Baudelaire’s Artificial Paradises, on the drug experiences of hashish and opium and their relationship with creative expression, being accounts from within the walls of Le Club des Haschischins and a translation and adaptation of Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. CARTERET I:126. This copy rebound in a fine half leather binding without the wrappers.
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Description de Deux Nouvelles Especes de Ptychogaster et nouvelle preuve de l’identite de ce genre avec les Polyporus
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. Boudier
Paris: J. Mersch, 1887.Description of Two New Species of Ptychogaster and New Evidence for the Identity of This Genus with Polyporus. Extract from the Journal de Botanique 15 February, 1887. This copy inscribed by Boudier.
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Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
AU$2,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChas Laborde; Paul Morand
Paris: Lacouriere, 1950.Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde’s series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230.
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La Ballade de la Geole de Reading
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde; G. Cornelius
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927.French edition of Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol illustrated with 15 coloured copper engravings by Jean-Georges Cornelius. One of 225 numbered copies.
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L’Homme qui a perdu son Ombre
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAdelbert de Chamisso; Bernard Naudin
Paris: A. M. Peignot, 1913.French translation from the original German of Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (English: The Man with No Shadow) by the exiled French aristocrat, poet, and botanist, Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838). The story follows Peter Schlemihl who sells his shadow to the Devil for infinite money. The first edition with 15 engravings by French artist Bernard Naudin (1876-1946) limited to 100 numbered copies, this being one of 75 copies on Van Gelder paper, in a signed fine binding by Bernasconi with the original wrappers bound in. Peter Schlemihl was Naudin’s first major project after giving up painting to devote himself exclusively to printmaking.
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Histoire Naturelle des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartG. Sicard
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1883.Natural History of Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms by Guilleaume Sicard. Rebound in plain cloth with the plates in a second volume. VOLBRACHT 1981.
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Les Champignons Toxiques et Hallucinogenes
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Heim
Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Editions Boubee, 1978.Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms. Published with the assistance of the National Centre for Scientific Research. The Second Edition, completely revised and expanded.
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La Psilocybine (Experiences et autocritique): Revue de Mycologie Tome XXV, Fasc 1, 15 Juin 1960
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Heim; Henri Michaux
Paris: Laboratoire de Cryptogamie du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 1960.Single number of the Revue de Mycologie with a feature article by Henri Michaux on psilocybin.
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Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux de la France et des pays Circonvoisins
AU$2,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Richon; Ernest Roze
Paris: Octave Doin, 1888.Atlas of edible and poisonous mushrooms of France and surrounding countries containing 72 color plates or figures of 229 types of the main species of mushrooms sought for food, and similar suspect or dangerous species with which they are confused drawn from nature with their reproductive organs amplified by Charles Richon… Accompanied by a monograph of these 229 species and a general history of edible and poisonous mushrooms by Ernest Roze… Text illustrated with 62 photoengravings of primitive drawings by old authors and organographic figures by recent authors after reproductions made by Charles Rolet. Key late 19th century work of French mycology. VOLBRACHT 1753. BITTING pg. 398. This copy with the bookplate of French mycologist Raymond Bertault.