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Transformation: Turning Men into Beautiful Women
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTransformation
Manchester: Transformation, No date.Mail-order catalogue for Transformation, the English transsexual mail-order company founded in 1984 by Stephanie Anne Booth (1946-2016). The firm supplied clothing, cosmetics, prosthetics, wigs, and accessories for transsexual and cross-dressing clientele, and became one of the first British businesses to openly serve this market. Booth’s entrepreneurial ventures under the Transformation banner later extended to a gender identity clinic, a contact and dating magazine, and other related services. Her activities occasionally drew controversy, culminating in her arrest for running a bawdy house in connection with a massage service operated under the same name. This catalogue reflecting some of the risque aspects of her business, featuring titillating photography and fetishwear alongside transformation aids and fashion items.
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Orgies Demoniaques: Orgies a bord d’un yacht
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGuy d’ Echara
: Collection des Lits Clos, No date.1950s Eric Losfeld clandestine publication of [Demonic Orgies on a Yacht], with the 6 plates in sepia depicting group sex scenes. DUTEL 2121.
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Gisele et Pierrette ou Les Esclaves d’Island Castle
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Starbine
Paris: Libraire Artistique et Edition Parisienne Reunies, 1932.French 1930s sadomasochist novel. With illustrations by Gaston Smit, signed in the images as G. Topfer.
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Flagellees: La Flagellation des Femmes dans la Rome Antique
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean de Virgans
Paris: Librairie Franco-Anglaise, 1922.1920s French flagellation novel with illustrations by Gaston Smit signed in the image as both G. Smit and G. Topfer.
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Confidences Egarees
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLiane Laure [Liane de Lauris]
Paris: Collection des Orties Blanches, 1932.1930s French flagellation. Jean Fort publication under his sadomasochistic imprint Collection des Orties Blanches. Illustrated with 16 plates by Dagy [Daniel Girard], this copy with 5 of the plates hand-coloured.
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Les Amies de Lady Chattieley
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorges de Chanrosey [Chanrosay]
Paris: Librairie des Editions Modernes, No date.1930s French flagellation and sadomasochistic novel with the title recalling D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Illustrated with 12 black and white plates by W. Floger [Edouard Bernard / Edward Alexander Bernard].
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Expressions of Lovemaking
Read MoreWesley Stacey; Rennie Ellis
Sydney: Pontiac, 1972.Rare early erotic photo book by Australian photographer Wesley Stacey (1941-2023), issued the year before he co-founded the Australian Centre for Photography. A period document of liberated sexuality and countercultural aesthetics, the work pairs Stacey’s intimate colour photographs of a young couple (shot in settings including a cave, penthouse, pool, bedroom, and beach), with the sensual poetry of fellow photographer Rennie Ellis (1940-2003). Stylistically rooted in the late-1960s and early-1970s Australian bohemian milieu. Exceptionally scarce: a single holding recorded in Trove and OCLC (Curtin University). The work is otherwise unrecorded in writings on either Stacey or Ellis. The only public reference to its existence appears in a 1976 ruling of the New Zealand Indecent Publications Tribunal, which described it as “another publication consisting of photographs of sexual intercourse with a small amount of text. It is serious in intention, though not didactic, natural and restrained in presentation with a straightforward text. The photographs depict basic variations of normal intercourse without any of the tasteless or debasing acrobatics which have marred other similar publications… Having regard to the changing times and standards and the dominant effect of this publication the tribunal considers that a restricted classification in this case is not necessary. The tribunal classifies this publication as not indecent.” (The New Zealand Gazette No. 117, 18 November 1976)
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The Colt Album
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn S. Barrington; Rip Colt [Jim French]
London: John S. Barrington, No date.Early monograph on American illustrator and publisher Jim French AKA Rip Colt, edited and with a short introduction by English physique photographer John S. Barrington. This issue without a date in the imprint, other copies seen are printed 1973. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Public Fitting
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Johnson
Sydney: Tim Johnson, 1972.A 1972 artist’s book by Sydney conceptual artist (now painter) Tim Johnson (1947-), containing 40 full page black and white street photographs which show the wind lifting the skirts of women on the streets of Sydney. Produced during his time as co-founder of one of Sydney’s first artist-run spaces, Inhibodress, alongside Mike Parr and Peter Kennedy, the work forms a key part of Johnson’s early-1970s investigations into public space, social conditioning, and eroticism. While the images might initially appear voyeuristic (see upskirt), they are best understood through the lens of his contemporaneous performances, Disclosure and Fittings. Those live works staged situations to expose and analyze unconscious “sexual mores” and “sex-role conditioning”, manipulating participants’ clothing in a gallery, provoking direct responses. Public Fitting explores similar themes through the “found performance” of the street, framing the wind as an unwitting collaborator and the women’s reactions as unscripted data on social behaviour. Published alongside a Super 8 film of the same name (featuring different images as compared with the film in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane), the film’s duration underscores the work’s non-erotic, analytical dimension. In contrast, the book’s static images are more readily misread as purely voyeuristic. This copy bears a later manuscript title on the spine, “Public Fitting – XXX”, a direct annotation of the work’s perceived erotic content, demonstrating the very social-sexual condition the artist sought to examine. Beyond this conceptual framework, the work also serves a vidid record of women’s fashion in early-1970s Sydney, an era dominated by the miniskirt. The edition size is unstated, though several sources, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, state that 200 copies were produced. This copy with an additional folded sheet containing 5 further small images of a woman’s underwear (perhaps from a different source), the artist’s stamp with his 54 Albermarle St address, and the contemporary signature Micheal [Mansell?] dated 17th/4/72.
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Krishna: The Divine Lover: Myth and Legend through Indian Art
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEnrico Isacco
Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. -
The Illustrated Delta of Venus
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnais Nin; Bob Carlos Clarke
New York: Gallery Books, 1980.The first book of erotic photography by British-Irish photographer Robert Carlos Clarke (1950-2006) that has been called “the British Helmut Newton”.
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Oiran
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTetsuji Takechi
Tokyo: Tokyo Academy of Arts, 1983.First edition photobook issued to accompany Takechi Tetsuji’s controversial late-career film Oiran, “A mixture of romance and sex combined with surrealistic horror elements.” The story is loosely based on the work of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki in which a 19th century Japanese prostitute moves to America and her dead lover manifests as a mole on her leg. Takechi was a prominent critic and kabuki director before moving into directing films in the 1960s. His 1964 feature Hakujitsumu is regarded as the first big budget pink film (Japanese movies with nudity or sexual content), and also the first Japanese production subjected to systematic fogging censorship. The following year, Black Snow (1965), led to his arrest on indecency charges, a landmark case he ultimately won, significantly reshaping Japanese film censorship and opening the way for the flourishing of the pink eiga genre through the late 1960s and 1970s. After a decade-long hiatus from cinema, Takechi returned with a more explicit remake of Hakujitsumu before directing Oiran in 1983. The film again brought him into conflict with the censors whom “edited and fogged in 98 different places, altering the film from a near-hardcore opus to a very soft costume drama.” Takechi promoted the film by proclaiming it featured “the first multicoloured penis in Japanese cinema.” The present photobook, issued uncensored, retains many of the film’s erotic stills and remains an important visual record of Takechi’s work. As usual for the period, explicit male nudity is absent. References: WEISSER: The Sex Films: Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia.
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Fille de Joie: The Book of Courtesans, Sporting Girls, Ladies of the Evening, Madams, a Few Occasionals & Some Royal Favorites
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVarious Authors
New York: Grove Press, 1967.An anthology of images and text.
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Tom of Finland: The Comic Collection (5 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTom of Finland
Koln: Taschen, 2005.Taschen compilation edition of the homoerotic comics of Tom of Finland AKA Tuko Laaksonen.
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Manatomy: The Desirable Male Body in Close Up
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Blue Books / Studio Magazines, 2004.A special issue of Blue focussing on focussing in on the male body. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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2Blue: A Special Issue of Blue
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2004.2Blue explores the many facets of male coupling, from sex and friendship to romance and play. Be they partners, lovers or friends, the pairs in 2Blue reflect the breadth of relationships between men around the world. In this volume, 58 photographers interpret the bonding theme with artistic rigour and sensitivity. A lingering kiss, a rough embrace, a moment of anticipation – all are captured with an eye for passion and emotional honesty. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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The Masters Volume 3: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2003].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of Nobuyoshi Araki, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bob Carlos Clarke, Anton Corbijn, Dominique Issermann, Richard Kern, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Mary Ellen Mark, Lewis Morley, Jan Saudek, Francesco Scavullo, and Jock Sturges. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 2: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2001].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of William Klein, Ralph Gibson, Sheila Metzner, Rankin, Pierre et Gilles, Ed Freeman, Markus Klinko & Indrani, Isabel Snyder, James Houston, John Rawlings, Joyce Tenneson, Dominique Derisbourg, Erwin Olaf, and Howard Schatz. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 1: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 1997.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of Walter Chin, Bettina Rheims, Greg Gorman, Nick Knight, Albert Watson, David Lachapelle, Paulo Roversi, Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Ellen Von Unwerth, David Bailey, Mario Sorrenti, Max Dupain, and Jeanloup Sieff. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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Intimate Portraits: Australian Nudes by the Photographers of Black+White Magazine
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2005.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring nude portraiture of Australians with everyday careers. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.