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London: Np, 2007 Due to England's bizarre laws and attitudes to sexuality prostitutes advertise their services in the form of advertising cards left in phone booths. Here is a collection of 25 different contemporary prostitutes' advertising cards left in London telephone booths and other public places advertising a variety of personal services including domination, spanking, bondage, watersports, transvestite etc. Some are crude, some are straightforward, some are fantastic works of art. A uniquely English phenomenon and a piece of English social history.. First Edition. Postcards. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: I.B. Tauris & Co., 2000. A biography of Ernest Dowson who was a major poet of the late-Victorian Decadent period who wrote some of the most quoted lyrics in English verse including them 'gone with the wind' and 'days of wine and roses', showing how his strange delights and sexual excesses were worked into the pure verse of lyrics such as 'Cynara'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. A first-ever collection of America's underground pornographic comics from the 1930s to the 1950s. Known as "Tijuana Bibles" these highly explicit comic books constitute a fascinating view of the unknown, erotic America of that turbulent era. Tijuana, the Mexican border town just south of Los Angeles, was made infamous by two things: it's reputation as the American tourist's Sodom and Gomorrah (think Prohibition days and live sex shows with donkeys) and the eponymous Bible. "Tijuana Bibles" (known also as 'eight-pagers') were pornographic comic books produced in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s. Printed in black on cheap white paper and eight pages long, their popularity peaked during the time of the Great Depression. They were drawn and written by anonymous artists and printed and distributed by no less shady publishers. The art is crude but executed with immense vitality. The subject matter usually consists of explicit sexual encounters featuring popular cartoon characters, as well as famous film stars and politicians. In introduction Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman writes that these 'cheerfully pornographic and downright illegal booklets...probably weren't produced in Tijuana (or Havana or Paris or London, as some of the covers imply)'. Nor were they bibles. The location was more likely ironic. As wry and raunchy as the subject it celebrates, this inspired volume introduces a new generation to the "Tijuana Bibles", underground comic art above ground for the first time since they were produced. Still unexpectedly shocking and devoted to making a sexual mockery of every sacred cow in the pasture, the Bibles are unveiled here with 100 classic examples in full. It's folk art with a subversive edge.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Cheadle: Carcanet Press, 1975 Includes the romantic and bawdy verse of John Dryden, Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, Charles Sedley, George Etherege, Peter Motteux and other 18th century poets.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995 Alexander tells the stories of young unmarried working-class women jailed in the early 20th century for engaging in sexual activity. She argues that such behaviour was not punished among more affluent classes. The 'Girl Problem' is based in large part on the records of one hundred young women incarcerated between 1900 and 1930 in two institutions, the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills and the Western House of Refuge for Women at Albion, in upstate New York. The records are rich with detail, including psychological assessments, correspondence from families and between inmates and others, and parole applications, that Alexander has used to good effect. Nearly all of those incarcerated were poor and came from immigrant or African-American homes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Saqi Books, 1995. In segregated, conservative societies with a repressive attitude to women, writing on the theme of love and sexuality are of particular interest. Among the plethora of studies on modern Arabic literature, this book is a major treatment of what has generally been a taboo subject. The scope covers the entire history of modern Arabic literature from the late-19th century to the end of the 1980s, with examples drawn from countries as diverse as Egypt and Kuwait. Although the main accent is on the prose of Egypt and the countries of the Mashreq, North African literature is also included. Examples are drawn form poetry, the novel and the short story. Topics range from "Erotic awareness in the early Egyptian short story" to "Death and desire in Iraqi War literature", from "Fathers and husbands as tyrants and victims" to "The foreign woman and the European mistress in the Maghreb novel". "Love and the mechanism of power" is analyzed, as are "Sexual politics and narrative strategies". Love and sexuality are shown as key elements in the work of Tawfik al-Hakim, Fuad al-Tikirli, the Kuwaiti writer Layla al-Uthman annd Nizar Qabbani. Other chapters treat "The lover in popular 20th-century Arabic drama", "Love and beyond in Mahjar literature" and "The romantic imagination and the female ideal".. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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City of Industry: Collectors Publications, 1968 Explicit erotic novel.. First US Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Museum Press, 1957 A Danish journalist explores sexual behaviour from the Middle and Far East. Marriage, prostitution, white slave trade etc. Illustrated with photographs.. First English Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Riverhaven, 1971 Novel about a sexually insatiable young female opera singer whose life is almost devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasures. First published as Pauline The Prima Dona; or Memoirs of an Opera Singer by the Erotica Biblion Society of London, 1898. An English translation of Aus den Memoiren einer Sängerin. This edition translated by R.J.B. Krauss.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Velvet Publications, 1995 Victoria's journal reveals her darkest secrets, her induction into a bizarre yet addictive sexual underground at the hands of her immoral, incestuous guardians. Blazing with erotic excess and incandescent cruelty, The Whip Angels is a feast of dominance and submission, of corrupted innocence and tainted love. In the tradition of The Story of O and The Image, this modern classic was written by Diane Bataille, wife of Georges, an authoress fully versed in the ways of whipcord and the dark delirium of those in both physical and spiritual bondage.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Atlanta: Pendulum Books, 1968 Explicit erotic novel. Grunnert's world is a non-stop party. The ease and frequency of his sexual conquests would make even the most extreme libertine jealous! James believes that a stiff prick is the only cure for lesbianism. Translation of a 1908 German novel, James Grunnert: Ein Roman aus Berlin, thought to have been published by C.W. Stern in Vienna in his series "Privatdruck der Gesellschaft osterreichischer Bibliophilen." The book is often attributed to Berlin banker Werner von Bleichröder.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Pi34 Publishing, 1993 A collection of Prostitutes advertising cards left in London phone booths and other public places to advertise a variety of personal services including domination, spanking, bondage, watersports etc. 'She's pretty she's young, with skin like a peach, she refreshes the parts other girls cannot reach', or 'If you're feeling rather randy, always keep this number handy'. 'New out of school, needs a firm hand', 'Bubbly blonde very versatile,' 'Naughty girls deserve red bottoms', 'Your fantasies are my dreams' and 'Insubordinate schoolgirl in need of strict headmaster' - these are just a few of the many cards left by prostitutes in London telephone booths over the ten year period 1984-1994. Some are crude, some are straightforward, some are fantastic works of art. A unique piece of ephemeral English social history. Every order will receive an original prostitute's card free!!. First Edition. Paperback. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Np, 1950 Explicit erotic novel clandestinely published. Np nd c.late 1950s.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1986 Erotic novel. Revelations of a girls' reformatory, telling of the scandalous escapades of the over zealous reformers and their wards, who atone for their sins under the disciplinary supervision of worthy gentlemen of the upper classes.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1986. Paris, at the turn of the century, was the most voluptuous city of its time, and perhaps all time. From the Latin Quarter to the flagellants of the Rue Clause, the Edwardian author of this delightful memoir takes the reader on a grand tour of the brothels of fin de siecle Paris. He tells us what the pretty beauties who dwell in the convents of concupiscence are like; how they conduct themselves in the reception rooms, and in their tapestried bedchambers; what they say and do; how they dress and undress; the vices and exigencies of their admirers, all is revealed. This is a facsimile of the original 1906 edition published by Charles Carrington.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1985 Victorian erotic novel featuring a haughty French courtesan who is whipped into love and obedience. First published by Charles Carrington in Paris in 1899.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Soborg-Kobenhavn: Delhi Forlag, 1969 Classic of English Victorian erotica. German text.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Privately Printed, 1950 Superb explicit erotic novel set in New York and written in a Spillanesque hard-boiled style. The scene where the hero watches two sisters, Betsy and Mixie, get it on an then bang them both is a classic! "Her c*nt was a grasping, clutching, sucking, squeezing tunnel made of lava and hot python meat." nd c.late 1950s from a series of erotic novels published by London Press.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Wien: Privatdruk, 1960. Explicit erotic novel set in Vienna around a huge naked ball in the city's most beautiful district and a girls' boarding school. Includes 2 drawings and 3 explicit photographs. German text. c.1960s.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1984 The Headmistress of a Victorian finishing school, the exquisitely beautiful Miss Julie, has earned the reputation of providing her girls with "jolly good times." Intimate letters from these tender disciples to families soon reveal, in abundant detail, the nature of the orgiastic fun with Julie, with each other, and with the various young men Julie has gathered about her. These young ladies reveal the depth of their sensuality - and no amount of loving discipline from their relatives and guardians will deter them.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Luxor Press, 1971 Two infamous and brilliant erotic tales. The first featuring a virile young man and a rapacious lesbian in a very unusual menage a trois, the second features a young girl's subjection to warped, incestuous lust, from the Charles Carrington original of 1910. Introduction by John Frederic Savage.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1984. Superb erotic novel about the erotic education of English Young Lady in Victorian times, under the strict tutelage of her imperious stepmother. The voluptuous Clara soon learns how to make all around her cater to her every whim. Sprinkled liberally with spanking and caning scenes. An erotic classic. An unread copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Chicago: Playboy Press, 1972 First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1983 Explicit erotic novel in which Lesley makes a strange dream-like journey to a beautiful summer villa in Florville. There she submits herself to an absolute master, surrendering to his most perverse sexual demands and, with the lashes from his whip, leading her to the ultimate excitement of slavery and submission. In the same vein, if not superior, to the classic The Story of O by Pauline Reage.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Np, 1950 Eve is an ambitious actress who will sleep with anyone to get to the top including a gross agent who embuggers her, and a group sex party where everything goes. Explicit, well written erotic novel set in London and New York. Clandestinely published. Np nd c.late 1950s.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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City of Industry: Collectors Publications, 1969 Explicit erotic novel.. First US Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Covina: Collectors Publications, 1967 Explicit erotic journal from the Victorian era.. First US Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Athenes Press, 1950 Explicit erotic novel, a pirate of The 120 Days of Sodom or: The Romance of the School of Libertinage originally published by the Olympia Press. nd. c.1950s.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Bexhill-on-Sea: AKS Books, 2003 First published as a serial in the ‘underground’ magazine, The Pearl, in 1879 and 1880, Bride of the Birch is a series of letters from Miss Coote, now an old maid, to a younger lady friend. Miss Coote admits to being wedded to the birch rod and details her experiences of being severely whipped as a child, both at home by her grandfather, and then at school at Miss Flaybum’s Academy. As a woman of property, she sets up her own home with a strict disciplinary régime and the birch rod is in frequent use. The gardener’s wife and her two young daughters incur Miss Coote’s wrath for stealing fruit and all three are soundly flogged, as is a sneak-thief who tries to hide her ill-gotten gains in her private parts! "Tie her to the horse and get ready for business," the General ordered, as he seated himself in the chair to look on at his ease. "Come, Rosa, dear, don’t be troublesome and make your grandfather more angry," said Mrs. Mansell, unfastening my waistband. "Slip off your dress whilst the girls put the horse in the middle of the room." Oh! No! No! I won’t be whipped," I screamed. "Oh! Sir! Oh grandfather! Do have mercy," I implored, throwing myself on my knees before the old man. "Come, come, it's no use showing the white feather, Rosa, it's for your own good! Now, no more nonsense! Mrs. Mansell, do your duty, and let us get the painful business over with; she isn’t one of my stock if she doesn’t show her pluck when it comes to the pinch.". First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London (Paris): Erotica Biblion Society (Editions Les Jarres), 1961 Explicit English erotic classic from the Victorian era. This Victorian novel tells of the sexual adventures of Jack. Jilted by his beloved Alice, he vows revenge by keeping her in a specially constructed soundproof room. In his soundproof Snuggery, replete with instruments of becoming restraint, Jack introduces Alice and other erstwhile virgins, some more reluctant than others, to an orgiastic splendour they'll never forget. Banned for many years, this novel tells of the dark side of human sexuality. A complete facsimile of the second edition. Nice attractive edition. Pages uncut. Rare in this condition.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Bexhill-on-Sea: AKS Books, 2003. A Guide to the Correction of Young Gentlemen was written in 1924 but before it could be published all known copies were seized by England’s Vice Squad and, after a sensational trial, burned by order of the judge, EXCEPT ONE! So said the supposedly reprinted edition of 1991. This was simply not true! The book was, in fact, written by the much-admired writer, Jacqueline Ophir, prior to her forming The Alice Kerr-Sutherland Society as a tribute to the non-existent author! This does not alter the fact that it was and still is an extremely comprehensive ‘Flagellation Cookbook’ detailing the philosophy, equipment and techniques for the successful administration of physical discipline to males by females! Includes over 30 original illustrations.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Np, 1959. A pirated copy of the Obelisk Press Edition of To Beg I am Ashamed. The supposed authentic autobiography of a London Prostitute by Sheila Cousins about a hooker in among London's low during the 1950s and her exotic travels abroad. Sheila Cousins is believed to be a pseudonym of Graham Greene and Ronald Matthews. This version was first published in Paris 1955 by Jack Kahane, father of Maurice Girodias. This is a facsimile of that edition.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Olympia Press, 1971 Explicit erotic novel. "Corporal Buck Riddleman's trick to get out of the army was unique, and the men in his home town figured he was no competition. But their women knew differently.." An unread copy.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 2003. Antonin Artaud’s simulacrum of The Monk is the only work of sustained fiction by the infamous literary terrorist. Taking Matthew Gregory Lewis's gothic novel of 1794 as the starting point for an astonishing exploration of the far edges of death, sexuality and terror, Artaud conducted an evisceration of the original novel, discarding entire chapters, recreating others and stamping his own distinctive identity on the work in his avowed aim to accentuate the story’s violence and atrocity to the maximal degree. In Artaud's The Monk, sexual obsession is irrepressibly crushed together with murder, cruelty and blasphemy. The result is a searing document of lust and fear which will push the reader's sensorial pleasure beyond the point of no return. Best known for his Theatre of Cruelty manifestoes, Surrealist film projects and corporeal poetry, Artaud created The Monk in France in 1931, to the acclaim of such figures as Jean Cocteau, at a time when Artaud's explicit purpose in his work was to cancel out all existing social and moral systems. This is the first time ever that the book has appeared in English. With an introduction by Stephen Barber (author, Artaud: The Screaming Body and Artaud: Blows & Bombs). A great masterpiece of fantastic literature.. marvels burst out at the reader, burning with a thousand fires.. the spirit of the marvellous inflames this book to the very core. André Breton. This work of Artaud is that of an alchemist, an evil angel. The Monk is an epic of blood, plague and death, sorcery and poison blazes and ravages us. Jean Cocteau.. First English Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Covina: Collectors Publications, 1967 Explicit sadistic erotic novel.. First US Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Putnam and Company, 1995. Revealing biography of the most famous female author of erotica including the classics, Delta of Venus, White Stains, Little Birds, House of Incest and many others. Ofers an insight into the intellectual and sexual life of Anais Nin. It includes material drawn from unpublished archives and diary pages and shows how through her lifelong struggle to become a respected writer, she constructed a way of life that became confused even to herself.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 2002. Examines a shocking Far Eastern tradition of brutal murder and atrocity that persists to this day. Illustrated by rare and harrowing photographs, Annihilation Zones is a graphic, revelatory document demonstrating how the primal biological imperatives of homicide and xenophobia remain inextricably entwined in the Far Eastern psyche, ever poised to surface at the flimsiest of ideological prompts. The book includes studies on the following: Japan: Lust for Death: The 20th Century has witnessed many Japanese atrocities, including activities in pre-war Manchuria, notably the Nanking massacre and Unit 731 medical experiment camp; Japanese wartime cruelty, cannibalism, beheadings and mass disembowelments; and the dark secrets of contemporary Japan, where the irrepressible instinct for annihilation takes the form of schoolboy decapitations, mass suicides, lust-murder and random lethal-gas attacks. Pol Pot: Back to Zero: From 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot, Cambodia's self-styled "Citizen Number One," instituted the world's greatest fulfilment of a state founded on sexual torture, mass butchery and genocide since the era of the Roman Emperors. Under the guise of revolutionary communism, he and his private army, the Khmer Rouge, instigated Operation Year Zero - the mass violation and decapitation of millions of Cambodian intellectuals, office workers and peasants, staged in great open-air killing fields. Stalin: Red Holocaust: Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator, instigated a complex of USSR sub-zero death camps at Kolyma on the isolated Far Eastern Pacific coast, where twelve million Soviet citizens were gratuitously and systematically massacred on his perverse whim, leaving mountains of human ashes. Nasty.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 2003. The definitive biography, by the world authority on Antonin Artaud, is the first ever to have been written about this legendary figure of 20th century culture. Spanning Artaud’s involvement with the Surrealist movement in 1920s Paris, his seminal Theatre of Cruelty in the 1930s, and his nine-year asylum incarceration and final period of drug-ravaged freedom in the 1940s, Blows and Bombs gives a vivid and potent portrait of Artaud’s extreme life. Artaud’s influence has been colossal, extending from the Beat movement to punk, from the revolutionary theatre movements of the 1960s to contemporary digital media. For the first time, this biography gives readers the opportunity to trace the entire development of his inspirational work. Many parts of Artaud’s life have been unknown such as his journey to Ireland, from which he returned in a straitjacket and Barber finally illuminates those mysteries. Artaud’s wild life was full of conflict, desperation and drama, and Blows And Bombs presents that multi-faceted existence in all of its fascinating layers. Based on fifteen years of research and on interviews with the people closest to Artaud, this is a unique and compelling biography that will be read for decades to come. Stephen Barber is a noted cultural historian and the leading authority on Antonin Artaud. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including: Burning World, the best-selling biography of Edmund White; Tokyo Vertigo; Caligula: Divine Carnage; and Artaud: The Screaming Body. Blows And Bombs was first published by Faber & Faber in 1993, and is presented here in a new, updated and expanded edition.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Luxor Press, 1970. Study of intimate erotic fantasies, including those of the sexually insatiable.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. A treatise on the nature of philosophical creation. Barthes examines the parallel impulses of Loyola, the Jesuit saint, Sade, the renowned and sometimes pornographic libertine philosopher, and Fourier, the utopian theorist. All three, he makes clear, have been founders of languages Loyola the language of divine address: Sade, the language of erotic freedom: and Fourier, the language of social perfection and happiness. Each language is an all-enveloping system, a "secondary language" that isolates the adherent from the conventional world. The object of this book, is not to decipher the content of these respective works, but to consider Sade, Fourier, and Loyola as creators of text.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: New English Library, 1969 This account of the forms taken by prostitution between the era of ancient Greek civilisation and modern times stresses the close connection, often carefully concealed, of the oldest profession in the world with everyday life in all countries at all periods. The scenes presented are fully detailed and comprise a wealth of remarkable anecdotes, which the discriminating reader will recognise as an essential ingredient in his understanding of the recorded past of politics, art and literature. Translated from the German by James Cleugh.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Chicago: Aldine Atherton, 1971. A study of the psychosexual development of Norman, a child molester, this book is a sensitive and provocative study of a troubled man and a hard headed scientific experiment designed to demonstrate the relationship between dreams and various aspects of personality.. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Glasgow: The Cruithne Press, 2001. Essays looking at sexuality, society and the archaeological record, ranging from sexual metaphors in the Neolithic and identifying phallic imagery in rock art, to sexual cultures in the early medieval west, and sexual differentiation in mortuary ritual. As this book demonstrates, archaeology knows no boundaries, and even some idea of the sexual activities, ethics and taboos of our ancestors can be recovered from archaeological evidence. As a collection of papers by different authors and sometimes combining archaeological and historical evidence, this book covers a wide range of subjects, from prehistoric rock art to prostitution in medieval cities. Particularly fascinating is the final chapter on the sexual references in English place-names: who would have thought, for instance, that the word 'Finkle' in 'Finkle Street' derives from a medieval word meaning 'cuddle', implying this was once a 'lovers' lane'? Not for the prudish, this book will broaden the horizons of anyone interested in archaeology or history.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 1996. Continues the singular, thought-provoking exploration of transgressive cinema begun by the much-respected and acclaimed magazine of the same name. The transition to annual book format has allowed for even greater depth and diversity within the journal’s trademarks of progressive critique and striking photographic content. Includes: Jean Rollin: The surreal and the sapphic, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Exploitation or modern fairytale?, Barbara Steele: Icon of S/M horror, Frightmare: Peter Walker’s psycho-delirium classic, Marco Ferreri: Sadean cinema of excess, Deep Throat: Pornography as primitive spectacle, Dario Argento: Tortured looks and visual displeasure, Last Tango in Paris: Circles of sex and death, H P Lovecraft: Visions of crawling chaos, Witchfinder General: Michael Reeves’ classic of visceral violence, Herschell G. Lewis: Compulsive tales and cannibal feasts, Evil Dead: From slapstick to splatshtick, And much more.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bexhill-on-Sea: AKS Books, 1995 When William was sent to join his cousin Lucy at her mixed boarding school, he had no idea what was in store for him. What was in store for him was the same thing Linton Abbey School provided in full measure for all its boy (never girl) pupils. The Hairbrush. The Slipper. And the Cane. Always on the bare bottom, and nearly always in front of the girls. Then William and his friends rebelled. With six original plates by 'Curtus'.. First Edition. Paperback. New. Illus. by Curtus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Creation Books, 1999. Fragments of Fear examines a wide range of British horror films and the stories behind them. The early melodramas of Tod Slaughter right through to Hammer and their rivals Tigon and Amicus, plus mavericks like Michael Reeves, sex/horror director Peter Walker and more recent talents such as Clive Barker, director of Hellraiser, are all discussed. Films studied range in scope from the sadism of Peeping Tom to the mutant SF of A Clockwork Orange and the softcore porn/horror of Jose Larraz’ Vampyres. Lavishly illustrated throughout, author Andy Boot unravels a tangled history and discovers many little-known gems amid the more familiar images of Hammer, including a wealth of exploitational cinema. Fragments of Fear establishes the British horror movie as a genre which can easily stand up to its more lauded American counterpart in the depth and diversity of its scope. Expanded edition with additional material. 'A good starting point for anyone with a burgeoning interest in British Horror films.' - Film Review.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Coronet, 2001 Aleister Crowley, occultist, poet, novelist, bisexual adventurer and drug user was not a man to inspire half-hearted reaction in his own lifetime. He was either adored or vilified. So Martin Booth's crisply written, agenda-free biography which sets out simply to tell the truth objectively is a welcome addition to Crowley literature. Born to a wealthy brewing family, Crowley, whose parents belonged to the fanatical Plymouth Brethren sect, had a miserably repressed childhood. He spent much of the rest of his life apparently trying to shake off what he regarded as the filth of Christianity. Magic for Crowley, who decided while still at Cambridge in 1898 on a career as a magus, was intrinsically linked to human will. He came to believe that he and his disciples could control almost anything by exerting will. Like the poet WB Yeats he joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Eventually he became leader of the Order of the Oriental Templars or Ordo Templi Orientis, which survives as a huge international cult organisation and gave Booth access to its archives. As Booth says "Crowley may have been oversexed but he was first and foremost a religious and not a debauched character". But famously, and how the tabloid press loved it, Crowley believed that sex was what liberated the creative force necessary to his "work" and he had ritual (and spontaneous) vaginal and or anal intercourse with many hundreds of women and men all over the world. Sometimes the rituals--upon which Booth is to be congratulated for sparing us too many prurient details--involved animals too. Drugs changed the perception of the participants. Booth's book does what it promises. It provides the extraordinary facts and leaves you to decide for yourself from an informed position whether this man--in whom interest has grown considerably since his death in 1947, especially during the 1960s--was merely a degenerate charlatan or an impassioned, although arguably misguided, magical missionary, pitiful at the end of his life.. Third Printing. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Van Nuys: Triumph News, 1967 Erotic novel. "The Bogle family's sexual transgressions would horrify a hardened prostitute." They work their way through their family, visitors and rangers at a holiday campsite.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Senate, 1997 Detailed expose of the scores of different varieties of perverse sexual behaviour and their enthusiastic followers in the permissive age of perversion. Facsimile of the Luxor Press edition from 1970. An unread copy.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Paris (?): Np, 1966 Explicit erotic novel clandestinely published. Np nd c.1966.. First Thus. Paperback. New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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