Show Me! A Picture Book of Sex for Children and Parents

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975.
First Edition.

34cm x 24cm. 176 pages, black and white photographs. Black cloth, silver lettering, no jacket.

Originally published in German as ‘Zeig Mal!’, this is the first edition in English. Show Me! is a graphic sex education book written in a frank style to encourage teaching “children to grow up proud and unashamed of their bodies and sexuality.” The publisher was accused of obscenity, with prosecutors arguing the book was child pornography. In all of the original cases judges ruled the book was not obscene, though the book continued to feature in US court cases relating to obscenity, child pornography, and the First Amendment, and was eventually pulled from shelves by the publisher “stating that though they believed Show Me! was not pornographic, they could no longer afford the legal expenses to defend it”. An important work both in the history of sex education and book censorship.

Very minor foxing to top edge. A 3 page article from Time 28/07/1975 affixed to front endpaper. Minor shelf wear to clipped jacket, very small closed tear and chip to top edge of front panel, some creasing to flaps, a few rubs and a small tape stain to verso. Very Good Condition.

AU$600.00

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