Search Results: Erotica-Sex & Sexuality from Gargoyle Books

La Jolla, California, U.S.A.: WSOL Publishing, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. True story based on the author's experiences following her husband telling her he was having a sexual affair with Fate. First book is a proposed trilogy called "We Speak of Love." A FIRST EDITION, First Printing (stated with full number line), SIGNED by AUTHOR with inscription "To Andrea"on ffep. Condition is As New in As New DJ: completely clean, binding tight & square, white pages, (besides inscription) NO writing/underlining/highlighting. NOT ex-lib. Photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.

New York, New York: Dutton, 1954. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Presents reactions from 16 leading psychiatrists, theologians, sociologists, & educators to the groundbreaking reports on male & female sexuality that shocked the world when they were first published in the early 1950s, with reactions ranging from "magnificent" to "statistical filth." First published in 1954 by the New American Library, this is the First Regular Trade Edition, first printing, from Dutton, also from 1954 (First, thus). 319 pp. With red cloth-covered boards stamped & lettered in black to front & spine, this hardcover 8vo is in Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white & unmarked, with mild tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers. The unclipped DJ is VG: bright with light edgewear, including small chips & short tars; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive,… Read More

New York, New York: Crescent Books/Crown, 1983. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A how-to book guides you in creating erotic photographs, from choosing a camera to finding & keeping models, choosing a location, using color vs black-and-white, & much more! Lavishly illustrated on every page, both full- & partial nudity, female models. In 64 pages. First published in the UK in 1983, this is the First American Edition, first printing, from that same year. Oversized hardcover has creamsicle-colored light orange cloth over boards, lettered in white to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine, marred only by very mild darkening to bottom edge of front board. Else, as clean & bright as Brand New! Binding strong & straight, pages shite, colors bright; no tanning or foxing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib.The unclipped DJ is VG, with very slight wear to extremities, head of spine chipped, tiny tear descending from top edge of front cover. Bright… Read More

Williams & Wilkins, 1949. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Pioneering work on human sexuality, with 174 plates showing detailed anatomical drawings. Orig. published c. 1933, this Second Edition from 1949 contains a new Preface detailing recent findings from sex research, particularly those of Kinsey, & errata. With brown textured cloth over boards & black title box lettered in gilt to spine, this hardcover book is in Good condition: very clean, binding strong, but 4 pages (2 leaves) in rear comprising Figs 127-129 are completely loose. Pages creamy white with the occasional spot or smudge, else unmarked. MISSING pages: in front matter & rear, including Title & copyright pages & last page(s) of Index, which have been neatly excised; also missing are plates 142-157 in center of book--price reduced accordingly. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. Oversized softcover collection of graphic erotic by André-Francois Barbe, originally published in France as "Cinema 1" in 1982. All in pen-and-ink, the images, primarily of female nudes, are arranged on each of the 48 pages like celluloid film strips. Price significantly lowered due to condition: the decorative wrappers show tears, chips, edgewear, staining, creasing & warping. Interior pages are clean, pages white with some tanning to edges. Some pen scribbles & light soil/foxing to inside covers & front matter; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. For sale to adults 21+ only. SORRY: book is too… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Plume / Penguin Books, 1985. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. The third & final installment in Anne Rice's trilogy of pseudonymous books detailing the erotic adventures of Sleeping Beauty, sensuous rather than pornographic, involving mild bondage & discipline. In 238 pages. Orig. published by Dutton in 1985, this is the First Plume edition (First, thus). Hardcover 8vo has glossy decorative paper over boards & is in Fine condition: appears unopened & as clean & bright as Brand New! Binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with light tanning to edges. Former owner's name & a castle image stamped to ffep; NO other writing, underlining, or highlighting; not ex-lib. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar/Straus/Giroux, 1982. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. The originator of "orgone theory" explores 1) the orgasm as electrophysiological discharge, & 2) sexuality & anxiety--& their bioloelectrical functions. Translated from the original German, this is the First English-language edition, first printing, from 1982. From the library of a local psychologist, this hardcover book has raspberry cloth over boards & silver lettering to spine. Though it is extremely clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges secure, pages white. Downgraded to VG+ due to a light dampstain (bleeding pink) impacting bottom edges of both endpapers & a few pages. Old phone # in pen to rear free endpaper. The unclipped DJ is VG-, downgraded because that same dampstain here is more intrusive & noticeable along those bottom edges. Else, virtually no edgewear; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Books, 1956. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Erotic fiction with typically titillating 1950's cover art. Orig. published in hardcover in 1940, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition, First Printing, from Berkley Books (G-27) from 1956. In 187 pages + 3 pgs. of ads in rear. Condition is VG: very clean & binding tight, colors bright, no fading. Moderate edgewear, including rubbing to extremities & mild creasing; no spine creases. Old bookstore stamp on first page, else unmarked. Pages heavily tanned, but supple. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

All Star Books, 1958. First, Thus . Soft cover. Good. Scarce, off-brand (All Star Books, AS-43) paperback edition of the most famous pseudonymous "satire on smut,'' orig. published by Olympia in Paris, where it was originally banned, before being published by the US in 1958. Complete & unexpurgated, in 189 pages. N.d. Mass Market Paperback with a woman's face to front & back covers is in Good condition: very clean, but binding cracked at pages 74-75 & loosening elsewhere. Pages quite tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality, but completely unmarked save for former owner's name stamp to first blank page (ffep). Noticeable rightward lean. Mild foxed spots to fore edge. Protected in new mylar collector bag free. & bright & unmarked, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages lightly tanned around edges. The unclipped DJ is Vspine. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Orgone Institute Press, 1949. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Expanding a 1928 paper "On Character Analysis" that forged the way for "a new epoch in psychoanalysis,'' Reich here incorporates Freud's notion of "overcoming resistances" in the patient to examine "character resistances" that serve as a type of armor, & that must be overcome. Since the publication of the first edition of this work in 1933, published in German, & a second edition in English in 1945, this current Third Enlarged Edition from 1949 further expands his theories with his work on "cosmic orgone energy" & new understanding of the biological basis of neurosis. In 516 pages, including Index & the author's prefaces to all three editions, this hardcover 8vo has tan cloth-covered boards stamped with dark brown lettering to front & spine. Exceptionally clean & bright, pages white, binding straight &… Read More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/San Francisco, California: Cleis Press, 1993. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Soft cover. VG+. A FIRST EDITION, second printing, from 1993, this trade paperback has decorative wrappers with an erotic image to front cover. 251 pages, including author bios & other titles from this publisher in rear. Condition is VG+: completely clean save for a smudge to outside fore edge. Binding straight & strong, pages creamy white & unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities all around & slightly bumped corners. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

London, England: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1977. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The erotic masterpiece, originally published in 1969, reissued here by HBJ & the Anaïs Nin Trust in 1977 (first, thus); later printing. With bright red textured cloth over boards & gilt lettering & design to front & spine, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: looks & feels new except for some light spotting to exterior bottom page edges & some rubbed spots to the red cloth, same edges. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white. NO foxing. NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; NOT ex-lib. The brown decorated DJ (with orig. $10 price intact on front flap) is also Near Fine, marred only by some tiny chips at corners & both ends of spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Boxed Set. Very Good. Four-volume set contains the diaries covering 1931-1947, edited & with prefaces by Gunther Stuhlmann. Only Vol. 1 appears to have been read; its condition is Good+: completely clean & unmarked, but downgraded due to creasing to spine & lower-outer corner of front cover. Vol. 3 has a small nick at center spine. Otherwise, Vols. 2-4 are Fine: obviously never opened or read, pristine! All bindings strong & straight; pages slightly off white (Vol. 1 is more tanned). The box is sturdy & serviceable, though rubbed to extremities & torn about halfway along one edge of both the top & bottom surfaces. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Sorry: expedited domestic or international shipping… Read More

Carlton, 1998. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Sumptuous collection of nearly 200 sensual photographs (most all nude or partially nude) in black-and-white & color, representing the work of many of the world's greatest photographers. A First Edition, first printing from Carlton, 1998, this oversized softcover (9" x 11") has glossy decorative paper wrappers, 224 pages. Condition is Near Fine: just lacks that Brand New crispness! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages stark white with no tanning or foxing; NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Mailed discretely. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1970. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint from 1970 of a book originally published in 1917, claiming to reveal "Nature's Secrets" & "important hints on social purity, heredity, physical manhood and womanhood,'' with guidance from medical doctors, eugenicists, & religious leaders. In 536 pages & glossary & Index, "profusely illustrated" with line drawings, anatomical cross-sections, & vintage photos representing "superior genetic specimens,'' Hardcover 8vo has brown cloth over boards stamped in (very faded) gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: generally quite clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of edge tanning, but unmarked. Bumped corners, light dampstain to bottom outer corner, affecting fore edge & lower page edges, but only externally: interior pages are completely clean! No DJ.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Classic work celebrating women's sexual freedom, scandalous when it first came out in hardcover in1973. This is the First mass market paperback edition from 1974 (but a 32nd printing), with the infamous zipper revealed the nude body--NOT the bland new reprint! Condition is Near Fine: obviously never opened or read! Completely clean, binding is straight & strong--no creasing. Scant edgewear. NO writing/highlighting/underlining; not ex-lib. Only real flaw is heavy page tanning, commensurate with age. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Please see our photos--they show the EXACT book you will receive from us, never "stock" images! Description & photos copyright Gargoyle Books 2021. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. New/New. Psychiatrist/neurologist presents "new understanding" of female sexual dysfunction & the "psychosexual structure" of the female personality, in the era when any sexual problems had to be the woman's fault. FIRST EDITION hardcover is still sealed, Brand New in Brand New DJ. NOT ex-lib. Photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.

New York, New York: Warner Books, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. World-traveling adventures of the Happy Hooker, detailing the sex she's had & seen "wherever the natives and the compass swing." In 365 pages. Orig published in hardcover in 1972, this is the First Printing of the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from Dell (#3450, cover price $1.50) from 1974. Condition is Near Fine: as bright & clean & crisp as brand new! but downgraded due to tiny nick on fore edge side of back cover. Else, completely clean & unmarked, binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age. A truly collectible copy of this classic, nicely protected in a new clear mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenberg, 1951. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Writing from the perspective of "a quarter century of participation in American life as a homosexual,'' the author offers a "spiritual autobiography" of his shame & guilt, attempt to find love, attempt to find a cure through psychoanalysis, marriage to a woman & parenthood, & his position today & visions for the future. Introduction by psychologist/sexologist Dr. Albert Ellis, an early champion of the view that homosexuality was NOT a mental illness. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1951, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean inside, with light foxing to external fore edge. Pages creamy white & unmarked, binding tight & square. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact to front flap) is VG- (minus), with mild rubbing, creasing, & a few small tears & chips to extremities; nicely protected in… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1974. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Explores the many ways that homosexuals were oppressed in the United States in the 1970s, when psychology still classified homosexuality as a "deviant mental illness,'' based on the author's visits (from his home in Australia, where he was a university professor) to San Francisco & New York, where he became deeply involved in the new Gay Liberation Movement. Orig. published in 1971, this is the Revised British Edition from 1974. First Printing from 1970. In 252 pages, with extensive Bibliography. Trade paperback is in Near Fine condition: completely clean & bright, feels never opened! Pages white & unmarked save for former owner's stamp to ffep. Binding straight & strong. Only flaw is tiny nick to center spine where it meets back cover. Else, as new! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same… Read More