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Bawdy Tales & Trifles of Devilries for Ladies & Gentlemen of Experience
Eugene Lepoittevin
Port Townsend: Feral House, 2021.“Commissioned by and for wealthy aristocrats for their private amusements, we introduce you to a selection of stories, poems, limericks, and bon mots assured to delight the most refined of connoisseurs. Complimented by rare erotic lithographs by renowned illustrator Eugene Lepoittevin. Lepoittevin’s Devils first appeared to acclaim in 1832. Originally, his devil was an impish troublemaker. At the behest of his publisher, he created a new series of lithographs featuring his devils ala erotique. The drawings are more humorous than titillating and reflect the sense of absurdity prevalent in European eroticism. Even so, the drawings were long banned in Europe and the United States, with the government going so far as to confiscate copies intended for the Kinsey Institute in 1956. The selection of writings is culled from humorous erotic pastiches and rare writing privately printed for exclusive collectors by underground publishers that have long been hidden in the Private Case of the British Library and the L’Enfer of the Biblioteque nationale du France. Bawdy Tales is designed with the collector in mind, utilizing vegan leather and gold embossing to simulate period morocco binding. Art Historian Sarah Burns introduces Lepoittevin’s work and career. Expert collector of written erotica, “Lady Fanny Woodcock” contributes a short history of the erotic book in Western culture.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Ex Libris for Marian Potrok
Peter Kocak
Czechoslovakia: Peter Kocak, 2007.Signed and numbered ex-libris etching by Slovak artist Peter Kocak (1961-), this being number 67 of an edition of 100.
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XXV Exlibris Congres Graphia
Frank-Ivo van Damme
Belgium: Frank-Ivo van Damme, 1994.Signed woodcut by Belgian erotic ex-libris artist Frank-Ivo van Damme (1932-).
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15 Femdom Paintings with Short Stories
L. Rossera
: L. Rossera, No date.Portfolio of 15 original erotic mixed media paintings. Dominatrix/femdom scenes featuring large women with bright make up and bulging breasts dominating men: Facesitting, whipping, spanking, pegging, slavery. Each painting signed LR (1 marked over) and housed in a folder lettered L. Rossera, possibly Dutch artist Linda Rossera, produced in the 1960s. 14 are mounted in a thin board folder, 12 with an accompanying short femdom story, ‘His Wife’s Seat’, ‘The Web of Ruthless Betty’, ‘Charwomen in Action’, ‘Prisoner of Vixen’, etc.
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The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea
Nicolas Chorier
Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1890.(Aloisiae Sigeae Satyra Sotadica de arcanis Amoris et Veneris) The first English translation from the original 1660 Latin of French lawyer Nicolas Chorier (1612-1692). One of the noted works of early western erotic fiction. This unique copy with 27 finely executed original erotic colour pencil and ink drawings throughout the text (3 full page).
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Outlines of an Industrial Science
David Syme
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876.The first of a number of publications authored by the Victorian colony’s most powerful newspaperman, David Syme (1827-1908), publisher of The Age newspaper. Syme was influential in 18th century Australian politics and shaped government policy especially with regard to trade protection. Outlines of an Industrial Science was “Written in support of protection and extension of the activities of the State. Contains Australian references on economic conditions, etc.” FERGUSON 16623.
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Sex and the Cardiac Patient: A Practical Guide
Eduardo Chapunoff
Miami Beach: Bendy Books, 1991.Sex counselling for heart disease patients.
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Memoria Chirurgica sui Piedi Torti Congeniti dei Fanciulli, e Sulla Maniera di Correggere Questa Deformita
Antonio Scarpa
Pavia: P. Bizzoni, 1817.Surgical Memoir on Congenital Twisted Feet of Children, and How to Correct This Deformity. The third edition of the first pathologic description of clubfoot. This copy bound in 19th century wrappers with remnants of other books and manuscripts.
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Ad Reinhardt: Art is Art and Everything Else is Everything Else
Ad Reinhardt
Madrid: Fundacion Juan March, 2021.“The first monographic exhibition on the artist in Spain and one of the most complete surveys ever curated in Europe, this title illustrates Ad ReinhardtÂ’s tremendous influence on Abstract Expressionism as well as subsequent contemporary art styles. This catalogue includes a selection of approximately 50 paintings and works on paper, spanning ReinhardtÂ’s career from early works to later art characterised by a progressive reduction of colour and form. ReinhardtÂ’s paintings are rarely representational and are instead composed of geometrics and eventually only colour: canvases of all red, all blue, all black. Another focal point of the volume is ReinhardtÂ’s passions and artistic pursuits beyond painting, including his slides, writings on art, illustrations in newspapers, books, magazines and pamphlets, and his comics satirising the art world and politics.Ad Reinhardt (1913-67) was born in Buffalo, New York, and studied art history at Columbia University from 1931 to 1935, after which he participated in the WPA Federal Art Project initiative. Reinhardt soon became an official member of the newly formed American Abstract Artist group alongside painters such as Josef Albers and Jackson Pollock. He exhibited regularly and taught at Brooklyn College for the remainder of his life.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Revidirte Statuten fur den Deutschen Kranken=Verein in Brisbane
Deutschen Kranken-Vereins
Brisbane: A. Cleghorn, 1872.Revised statutes for the German Health Association in Brisbane.
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Constitution and Rules of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
[Brisbane]: Watson, Ferguson, and Co., 1891.Founded, 1885. Amended at the Annual General Meeting, July 6, 1891. FERGUSON 15166a.
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Priaap Ontknoopt: een tuiltje Nederlandse priapeeen
J. Seurel
Oosterbeek: Bosbespers, 1984.Collection of priapic poetry gathered by J. Seurel.
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De la Prostitution dans la Ville de Paris
A. J. B. Parent-Duchatelet
Bruxelles: H. Dumont, 1837.Consideree sous le rapport de l’hygiene publique, de la morale et de l’administration. ‘Of Prostitution in the City of Paris’, “considered from the point of view of public hygiene, morals, and administration; supported by statistical documents drawn from the archives of the police, with maps and tables.” Authored by French physician Alexandre Parent-Duchatelet (1790-1836), an eminent hygienist who wrote numerous works on public health. This text, published post-humously, became his most famous and is regarded as a medical classic; a major work on the history of prostitution and one of the first empirical sociological surveys based upon nearly 8 eight years of research digging through police archives and conducting field interviews and surveys. The first edition published in 2 volumes in 1836 is considered one of the first work’s of modern sex research. This is the Second Edition to which is added an essay on his life and work by Fr. Leuret.
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A Collection of Sketches: The Wool Trade
E. Pearce
Brisbane: The Carter-Watson Co., No date.Cartoon portraits of buyers and others connected with the Australian wool industry, mostly from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, though also featuring a bevy of English characters. ANB 34155 dates [191-?], though a Barcaldine newspaper, The Western Champion Saturday Morning, March 22, 1924, ran a short story on the publication’s issue: “An event of some local interest has been the issue during the week of a collection of sketches by an old and very popular member of the wool trade, Mr. E- Pearce. The book consists of about 100 cartoons of people prominent in the wool trade. Mr. Pearce, whose skill as a cartoonist had hitherto been known only to a select circle of friends, has been prevailed on to publish in book form a series of sketches which had previously only a private circulation amongst friends. As a combination of technical skill and delightful humor the publication is unique.”
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A Census of New South Wales Plants
J. H. Maiden; Ernst Betche
Sydney: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1916.A talented and enthusiastic botanist Joseph Henry Maiden established the colony’s first herbarium, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, together with a museum and library. Among his many studies and achievements he was also responsible for the construction of Sydney’s first playground and worked tirelessly to develop the educational value of the Botanical Gardens for all Australians.
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Soiled/Weathered
Andrew Arnaoutopoilos
Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2002. -
Snapshot Photograph of Watsons Bay, Sydney
Anonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of Watsons Bay, Sydney.
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Snapshot Photograph of Rocks, Botany Bay
Anonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of a man standing on the rocks at Botany Bay, Sydney.
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Additional Notes on the Palaeontology of Queensland (Part 2)
R. Etheridge
Brisbane: Warwick and Sapsford, 1886.Queensland. Department of Mines. Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 13 by R. Etheridge, Junr., Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney.
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Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Investigation Under The Land and Water Resources Development Acts, 1943 to 1946 (for the Year 1947)
J. R. Kemp
Brisbane: A. H. Tucker, Government Printer, 1948.Results of surveys and investigations of land and water resources in Queensland. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.