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Ist der Ofen noch so klein, muss er doch…gereinigt sein
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
: Anonymous, No date.Circa 1930s handmade erotic booklet, being a series of three drawings in pencil, ink, and coloured crayon on a single folded sheet, depicting a woman and a chimney sweep, with manuscript text in German: [No matter how small the oven is, it still needs to be…cleaned].
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Ein Spaziergang
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
: Anonymous, No date.Circa 1930s handmade erotic booklet, being a series of drawings in pencil and coloured crayon on thin tracing paper mounted on sheets depicting a heterosexual couple entering a hotel for sex and being watched by a masturbating clerk through the keyhole. 14 sheets, each with mounted manuscript captions in German, and an illustrated title leaf mounted to the front pastedown.
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Die Menschlichen Genussmittel
AU$350.00 Read MoreAdd to cartC. Hartwich
Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tauchnitz, 1911.[Human Stimulants: Their Origin, Distribution, History, Use, Components and Effects.] Monumental encyclopedia of ethnopharmacology by German pharmacist Carl Hartwich (1851-1917) based on anthropological and ethnological studies from remote sources.
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Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte: Toxikologische, Allgemein-verstandliche Untersuchungen der Historischen Quellen
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartL. Lewin
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920.First edition of German pharmacologist Louis Lewin’s (1850-1929) important contribution to the history of medicine being a history of poisonings with innumerable citations from ancient and modern literature.
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Phantastica: Die Betaubenden und Erregenden Genussmittel
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartL. Lewin
Berlin: Georg Stilke, 1924.First edition of the psychedelic classic by German pharmacologist Louis Lewin (1850-1929). Set the standard for the classification of psychoactive drugs: Inebriantia (Inebriants such as alcohol or ether), Excitantia (Stimulants such as Khat or Amphetamine), Euphorica (Euphoriants and Narcotics such as Heroin), Hypnotica (Tranquilizers such as Kava), Phantastica (Hallucinogens or Entheogens such as Peyote or Ayahuasca). Later translated into French, Italian, and English, the 1931 English edition said to be Aldous Huxley’s introduction to drug literature.
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Ungeniessbare Pilze
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul Schneider
Dresden: Rudolph’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1925.Inedible Mushrooms: The most important and most common inedible and poisonous mushrooms as a warning for all mushroom hunters, presented in 48 color art prints with accompanying text. Scarce German mushroom guide book, 3 copies recorded in OCLC, none outside of Germany.
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Truffeln: Mythos und Wirklichkeit
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristian Volbracht
Wiesbaden: Tre Torri Verlag, 2012.Truffles: Myth and Reality. The deluxe edition of 100 signed and numbered copies bound in papered boards with a truffle design of inlayed leather each with a sheet of handmade paper made from mushrooms with truffle slices.
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Casanova Funf Episoden
Read MoreJosephe Verheyen
Wien: Eros-Presse, 1923.Extracts of Casanova from the German translation of Heinrich Conrad with 10 large erotic duotone lithograpahs by Josephe Verheyen. Edition of 1,000 copies of which this is out of sequence.
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Die Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Schwamme, nebst einem Anhange uber die islandische Flechte
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHarald Othmar Lenz
Gotha: Beckersche Buchhandlung, 1840.The useful and harmful sponges, with an appendix on the Icelandic lichen. The second edition enlarged with descriptions of German sponges. The elegantly coloured plates showing a total of 46 illustrations drawn by J. C. Ausfeld. VOLBRACHT 1165.2.
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Pierre Molinier: Die Fetische der Travestie: Fotografische Arbeiten, 1965-1975
Read MorePierre Molinier; Gerhard Fischer; Peter Gorsen
Wien: Daedalus, 1989.Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Galerie Faber, Vienna, with 33 plates, essays by Pierre Molinier, Gerhard Fischer, and Peter Gorsen, and additional illustrations by Molinier. This copy with 4 additional Molinier items laid in: 1. An original silver gelatin photograph 10.2cm x 12.9cm, plate 49 of The Shaman, 1964, from a photograph by Theo Lesoual’ch of Emmanuelle Arsan retouched in ink by Molinier and rephotographed, captioned on the verso in pencil; 2. A black stocking with Molinier’s signature printed in gold from the 1996 Ubu Gallery, New York exhibition; 3. Invitation card for the Ubu Gallery exhibition; 4. Typescript letter with manuscript signature of Roger Borderie of C.L.S. Edition-Diffusion and publisher of the 1979 collection of Molinier’s Cent photographies erotiques, to Nicolas Hugent of Editions Filipacchi, dated 1986, regarding publication of a new Molinier work based on an interview with his daughter.
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Die Buecher Der Namenlosen Liebe (2 Volumes)
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Henry Mackay [Sagitta]
Berlin: Verlag Rosa Winkel, 1979.The Books of Nameless Love. Seven volumes were originally published between 1906-1926 under the pseudonym Sagitta. Writer, anarchist, and advocate Mackay traces early developments of the homosexual emancipation movement in Germany.
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Der Kokainismus: Geschichte / Pathologie Medizinische und behordliche Bekampfung
AU$350.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHans W. Maier
Leipzig: George Thieme, 1926.A professor at the University of Zurich, Maier conducted investigations into the clinical and therapeutic effects of cocaine on users, which included pioneering work on hallucinations and paranoia during his time working at the clinic of Dr. Bleuler. Includes geographical, physiological, and historical background of coca and cocaine along with a comprehensive bibliography. A major work on the subject especially with regard to the history and development of cocaine dependence.
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Biographisches Lexikon Hervorragender Artze des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Mit einer Historischen Einleitung
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. Pagel
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, No date.Biographical Encyclopaedia of Eminent Physicians of the Nineteenth Century: With a Historical Introduction. Originally published in 1901
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Haus der Bucher, Basel: Katalog 636; Katalog 818: Alte Kindebucher und Jugendschriften: Livres de L’Enfance: Children’s Books
AU$145.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAdolf Seebass
Mansfield: Maurizo Martino, No date.Facsimile reprint limited to 200 copies. Originally published in 1954 and 1983. Description of 4,374 children’s books.
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Archiv fur Kriminologie (Band 130, 1. u. 6 Heft) (3 Volumes)
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHans Gross; Robert Heindel; iWalter Specht; Emil Weinig
Lubeck: Schmidt-Romhild, 1962.The first 6 issues of Volume 130 of the German Archive for Criminology with Special Considerations of Scientific Criminalistics, a monthly journal by Prof. Dr. Hans Gross, Geh. Rat Dr. Robert Heindel, Walter Specht, and Emil Weinig, published by Franz Meinert. A number of graphically illustrated studies of criminal behaviour including the case study Uber Tatowierungsfetichismus by Waldemar Weimann on a type of tattoo fetishism, the subject (himself tattooed and presented nude in two photographs) only being aroused in the presence of tattooed women.
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Handbuch der Gesamten Sexualwissenschaft in Einzeldarstellungen: Die Prostitution (2 Volumes)
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartIwan Bloch; Georg Loewenstein
Berlin: Louis Marcus Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1912-1925.Handbook of the Whole Sexual Science in Individual Views: Prostitution. Catalogue clippings for erotic items laid and pasted in to endpapers and preliminaries of volume 1.
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Forschungen uber gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartF. Karsch-Haack
: Book Renaissance, No date.Research on same-sex love.
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Beitrage zur Pathologie und Therapie der Syphilis
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAlbert Neisser
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1911.Contributions to the Pathology and Therapy of Syphilis edited by German physician Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855-1916). Neisser was a pioneer in sexually transmitted infections who discovered the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. He was also a part of leading work on leprosy and syphilis. This book collects research on syphilis in primates which Neisser and a number of colleagues conducted in Java in the early 20th century.
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Raucherstoffe der Atem des Drachen: 72 Pflanzenportrats: Ethnobotanik, Rituale und praktische Anwendungen
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChristian Ratsch
Aarau: AT Verlag, 1996.The Breath of the Dragon: 72 Plant Portraits: Ethnobotany, rituals and practical applications.
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Heilpflanzen der Seychellen: Ein Beitrag zur kreolischen Volksheilkunde
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaudia Muller-Ebeling; Christian Ratsch
Berlin: Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1989.Medicinal plants of the Seychelles: A contribution to Creole folk medicine.