London: John Calder, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English, translated from the French by Barbara Wright. "This is not only an autobiography but a forceful declaration of the delights of an uninhibited..... More
London: The Gay Men Press, 1989. First Edition. Wraps. Signed and dated by David Chapman on the half-title. An essential chronicle, tracing the history and development of physique photography from the classic fin-de-siècle statuesque pose..... More
New York: Brown Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Reprint. "A classic for the past quarter of a century. Lesbian behavior is the major sexual perversion discussed, but Dr. Chideckel spends much time looking into the following..... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. From the private library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (1926-2017). As was his practice, Hefner inserted paperclips throughout the text and marked..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by David Deitcher on the half-title, with an invitation and ticket to 2002 L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center event featuring Deitcher laid in. A...... More
London: The Fortune Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,600 copies. This was among the Fortune Press titles at the center of the 1934 obscenity trial of publisher R.A. Caton. Quarto: unpaginated with ten..... More
New York: Avant Garde Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher's slip and two promotional photographs laid in. Playboy was a three-year-old upstart when rival publisher Arnold Gingrich, impressed with his An..... More
New York: Association Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder, who is among the contributors to this collection of original and excerpted writings that deal with sexual problems inevitably encountered..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. "In these fifteen original essays, eminent cultural historians and classicists not only discuss sex, but demonstrate how norms, practices, and even the very definitions of what counts..... More
Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Alfred Kinsey on the half-title. Octavo: xxx, 842 pp. with 179 tables and 155 figures. Original burgundy cloth binding, with titles stamped in..... More
Glasgow: William Maclellan, 1948. First Edition. Wraps. Signed by the author ("Peter Manson") on the title page. Philosophical discussion of masturbation as it is viewed in the Christian Church. 28 p. Original printed green paper..... More
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Albany, California: verygraphics, 1981-1982. Wraps. The first five issues of this influential literary magazine, which was published quarterly from 1981 to 1996. Yellow Silk promoted the idea of erotic energy being not only sexual desire..... More
Original posters for the first (1974: 14 1/2” x 23”) and fourth (1977: 8 1/4” x 23”) annual Hookers Ball, organized by COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), a grassroots sex workers’ rights organization..... More
Brooklyn, New York: La Plume, circa 1960. Eight issues: Nos. 4-10 and 14. Long before the internet, Grindr and other dating apps, like-minded people with shared intimacy interests relied on personal ads printed in..... More
An album of photographs, business cards, and other ephemera from an early iteration of the famously exclusive Texas Latex Party (TLP), held annually in Houston. The images were captured at the 2003 event, held February..... More
New York: Black Cat Books, 1991. First Edition. Wraps. Inscribed by Greg Theakston opposite the title page. Published between 1987 and 1993, The Betty Pages fanzine played an important role in reviving public interest in..... More
Saint Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1965. Hardcover. Third printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on the title page: "Inscribed to Hugh Hefner in appreciation of his efforts..... More
Culver City, California: Peace Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Waxman's simple text and black-and-white photographs have two aims: to refute sexist stereotypes and to introduce physical differences between the sexes..... More