Search Results: Erotica/Gay/Lesbian from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

London: Published for the Booksellers,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1849. Unknown. Hardcover. A Small (5" x 3.25" x 0. 5") Early copy of this work first published in 1836. The book quickly became a best seller and was published in many different editions across the world. NO DATE but circa 1836/1860s? . An attractive early UK copy in azure blue cloth boards with blind stamped decoration, with the title 'Maria Monk' in a gilt border to the spine, and a gilt vignette religious (Nun and child? ) illustration to the front board. A little rubbed to all extremities, and corners a little 'soft', but no damage. A slight lean to the book. Clean and sound. Internally No Inscriptions, but the odd light mark /spots - mainly to the blank margins. Pale lemon endpapers, somewhat discoloured with age. (xii) + 184 pp. Decorative Chromolithographic frontispiece by Scott & Riley. The content of the book ends at page 178, but is followed by 5pp 'Extracts from Public… Read More

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801814316 . Based on the proceedings of the 61st annual meeting of the American Psychopathological Association. Bright Scarlet Red boards (with negligible 'flecking' from some slight foxing to the inner side of the dustjacket) with bright gilt titling to spine. The dustjacket is NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but is a little edgeworn, and slightly chipped, with a few closed tears now neatly repaired to the reverse with clear archive tape. NO INSCRIPTIONS, all hinges sound. Internally VG +/Fine (xix) + 468 pp, " With material on homosexuality, pornography, an article on "The New Black Feminism" by Julia Mayo....the old taboos against sex must give way so that publicly funded scientific research can be expanded into all areas of normal and abnormal sexual behaviour." Contemporary Sexual Behavior ( Behaviour = UK Eng. ) : Critical Issues in the 1970s; Large 8vo… Read More

Cambridge: Polity Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0745605133 . Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine in the original publisher's decorated dustjacket, protected in the usual clear plastic library jacket. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. 162 pp. "Todd offers an analysis and defence of the feminist literary history practised by Elaine Showalter and other contemporary American literary critics. She argues that this approach rightly links the political concerns of feminist criticism to the uncovering of female voices embedded in history. The author reconstructs the development of feminist literary history from the 1960s through to the present day, highlighting the central themes as well as the strengths and weaknesses. She then examines the debate between American feminist critics, on the one hand, and feminist critics inspired by the work of French theorists such as Kristeva, Irigaray and Cixous, on the… Read More

London: Pellen Personal Products Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1965). Presumed First UK Edition. Paperback. Pictorial paper wraps. Stapled. Map showing the supplier's location on the back cover, a few stains. NO date - but going by the lady's dress on the cover the fashion is from the mid/late1960s, and all the prices are pre-decimalisation. Illustrated in b/w with prices for each item - all "the items in this catalogue are intended to help married couples reach greater mutual satisfaction and enjoyment from their relations...aids meant to rectify this fault in the under-responsive female ...increase stimultion... Supported by many members of the medical profession.." . All text a little sexist! Fascinating social history however! See images. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

London: Cassell. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In Fine red cloth boards, with the spine lettered & ornamented in gilt. In the original publishers' unclipped pictorial dustjacket which is beautifully illlustrated by B. S. BIRO. The dust jacket is lightly 'sunned' to the spine, and very slightly chipped to the top corners - now neatly repaired to the reverse of the d /j and is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Very Good. The page fore -edges are lightly foxed and the front free endpaper has a large lightly browned patch where I think there was probably a cutting or similar - now long gone . NO Inscriptions or other Marks. ( xiv) + 390 pp, illustrated with 16pp black & white plates on glossy 'art' paper. "Challenged by a continental friend who said that a mere article would be sufficient to cover the Amourous heritage of Englishmen. Nina Epton has risen to the… Read More

London: Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. 0002164701 . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, slight creasing to edges of dustwrap. Clean black boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Has BCA in gilt on spine but publisher details are Collins. NO INSCRIPTIONS, 112pp, hinges sound, EXCELLENT COPY, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. "For several years, Patrick Lichfield has been commissioned by Unipart to take the pictures for their Calendars and has brought his own very distinctive style to the enterprise. But behind the finished calendars lies a story. Richard North has interviewed a number of key people involved in the project, each tells his or her own story. The locations are various: Sicily, the South of France, Carolina and the African bush. Packed into the book are shots of the team at work these too tell their own story. A remarkable tribute to feminine beauty."; 107446; 4to .

HMSO. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition Paperback. Paperback. 0117017485 . Very Good copy but ex -library - usual stamps marks & attachments. "Part one of the report reviews the progress of the epidemic to date, and describes the social and political responses to it. Part two describes an investigation of sexual behaviour in present day society, a direct inquiry among 1289 men and 1241 women, from which patterns are projected towards the coming decades. Part three describes and uses a computer simulation model to predict the future incidence and prevalence of HIV-infection, of cases of AIDS and of deaths from AIDS. Alternative preventative measures are then evaluated. The final chapter outlines the more practical implications and formulates the necessary components of an effective and appropriate preventative policy." ; Ex-Library .

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. Fair with no dust jacket. 1918. Later Printing (1918 edition). Hardcover. In very pale green paper-covered boards (looks almost grey) with illustrated front cover. No Dustjacket. Cover by Charles Ricketts. The spine looks as if it has been re-glued and is missing the top 2.5 inches, showing the webbing. The covers are lightly 'bumped' to the corners, with the bottom front corner rubbed through at the edge. The spine edges and edges to the covers are darkened / discoloured - worse to the spine edge. The page fore-edges and the endpapers / prelims have some light foxing (pale browny spotting) , with the odd light spot in the text here and there - negligible - o/w internally Very Good and after the title page/dedication and Note (by Robert Ross) ALL pages are Very Clean and UNCUT. NO INSCRIPTIONS or other Marks. 46 pp plus two pages of advertisments at the end. Not illustrated inside. Charles Ricketts designed the typography, illustrations and… Read More