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France: Clair de Lune, 2022. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 96 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is muted mauve with white lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Text block clean. Shelved in French Language. More
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France: Clair de Lune, 2022. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 96 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is muted mauve with white lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Text block clean. Shelved in French Language. More
Zürich: Edition Skylight, 2011. Octavo, unpaged. In Very Good condition. Spine is gold with white print. Boards in glossy illustrated paper. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Text in English and German. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More
Los Angeles: Elysium, Inc., Publishers, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 61 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's orange, black and gray cloth bearing black lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including mild scuffing and minor rubbing to the edges. Text block has very slight wear. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More
London: London Enterprises Limited, 1978. Quarto, 63 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding with black lettering to the pictorial front. White covers have slight wear including faint age toning and light edge wear. Text block has very slight wear. Profusely illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Shelf. More
New York, New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xi, 114 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine illustrated blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$25.00." Rubbing and scratching to dust jacket. Age toning and foxing to textblock. Mild staining to top edge of dust jacket. Shelved in Case 11. More
Geneva, Switzerland: Nagel Publishers, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 180 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white and black with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild rubbing and general shelf wear. Light creasing to dust jacket corners. Light bumping to dust jacket edges. Small scuff to dust jacket spine. Shelved in Oversized Art. More
[Mt. Vernon]: The Sign of the Blue-Behinded Ape, 1933. Limited edition, 290 copies. Octavo, 130 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair slipcase. Slipcase in cream paper; edge wear, light tears to edges, smudging/shelf wear. Spine is cream with black print on gold banner. Boards quarter bound with cream cloth to spine and pink paper to boards; light wear to spine caps and corners, light soiling. Text block has deckle edges; name in ink on front pastedown, spine crack at page 7. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More
circa 1875-1920. Manuscript on oblong yellowed paper. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in two pieces of black painted wood with beveled edges. One board detached from the textblock. With 20 leaves, comprising 38 pages. 10 interior full-page illustrations, plus two additional on the boards. Text block bound accordion style. With five lines of text per page. Text in black Devanāgarī script. Text block 20.5 x 6.5cm. Paintings 17 x 6 cm. Some general wear, including smudging and fingermarks. Three folds with old tape repair. Shelved in showcase. More
New York: QQ Publishing Company, Inc., 1971. Booklet [5.5 Width x 8.5 Height, Inches], 31 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Orange wrapper over pictorial black and white covers. Wrapper has slight wear including faint sunning and minor edge wear with black lettering to the pictorial front. Black and white covers have slight wear including mild whitish spotting to the front. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges and sparse foxing to the interior. Illustrated. NOTE Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. More
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, 1964. Quarto, 157 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine white and black with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Rubbing and tearing along edges of dust jacket, with largest closed tear on top edge of rear cover. General shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Japanese Art. More
Editeur Stade, 2004. Quarto, 149 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's black-and-white pictorial boards with gilt lettering to spine. General shelf wear. Bumping to bottom corners of boards and textblock. Shelved on the Front Table. More
Chicago, Illinois: Victory Printing and Publishing Co., Inc., 1954-1955. Volume I, Numbers 6 and 7; Volume II, Number 4. Octavos, Three Issues. Staple bound in black-and-white pictorial wraps. General shelf wear. Small closed tears to page 5 in Volume I, Number 6 and to front cover of Volume I, Number 7. Shelved in Case 12. More
New York City: PINNACLE BOOKS, 1975. First printing. 12mo, 209 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is blue with white print. Price unclipped: “$1.95”. Cover is blue, white and yellow print, illustrated; creasing to edges, spine, and hinges. Text block has light age toning to paper, spine crack at page 90. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
Paris: Nouvelle Cythere, c. 1920. Quarto, 10, 80 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in white covers. Chipping and tearing along edges of covers. Foxing and soiling to covers. Light soiling scattered throughout interior. Plate Nos. III and IV, pages 9-12, and pages 73-76 loose but present. Shelved in Case 11. More
Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009. First Edition. Octavo, 296 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine blue with orange and white lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed flat by Dyer on title page. Shelved in Fiction. More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2004. Reprints; Collector edition. Octavo, Three volumes. In Very Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print, raised bands. Boards in brown leather, gilt illustration. Text blocks have gilt edges, tan moire endpapers, gold ribbon markers. Laid in each volume: Collector’s Notes (4 pages). CONTENTS: Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana / translated by Sir Richard Burton (Originally published: For the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, Cosmopoli, 1883), 181 pages — The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui : a Manual of Arabian Erotology, XVI Century / by Umar Ibn Muhammad el-Nefzaoui; translated by Sir Richard Burton (Originally published: For the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, Cosmopoli, 1883), 236 pages — Ananga-ranga (Stage of the Bodiless One), or, The Hindu Art of Love / by Kalyana Malla; translated by Sir Richard Burton; and annotated by A.F.F. & B.F.R. (Originally published: For the Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, and for private circulation only, Cosmopoli, 1885), 144 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-volume Section. More
Japan: Kawade Shobo, 2000. Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good Condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with black and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. General shelf wear. Shelved in Case 11. More
New York: Grove Press, 1966. First printing. Octavo, xii, 799 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with white and black print on purple banner. Dust jacket has light edge wear, light shelf wear, vendor price in ink on front flap. Price unclipped: “$15.00”. Boards in black cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, slight marginal notation pages through page 31. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More
New York, New York: Poseidon Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 192 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is robin's egg blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$15.95" on front flap, has mild age-toning along spine and flaps. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges. Signed flat on title page by Patrick McGrath. Shelved Room C overflow. More
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1992. First edition, first reprint. Quarto, unpaged. In Fair plus condition. Spine is double wire bound. Boards are metal with stamped title; some discoloration, light scratches, rear metal plate detached at top of spine. Text block has small stains to fore edge of some pages. Illustrated: b&w, some color. Text in Italian. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1976. First Thus Edition. 16mo, 199 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine ivory with black and red lettering. Covers have slight wear including slight age toning, minor soiling and slight rubbing to the edges. Text block has slight wear age toning and light soiling to the edges. Age toning throughout with tiny "B" stamped to the blurb page. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
Germany: Steidl Verlag, 2013. Limited Edition, #954/1500. Oblong folio, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher’s red cloth. Housed in a gray cloth box, has light stains to the front and rear surfaces. Boards have mild shelving wear to edges, and light scuff marks to some surfaces. Textblocks have mild wear to edges. Shelved in Room A Oversized. CONTENTS: VOL. I: (204 pages);-- VOL. II: (216 pages). More
Paris: Edition Alizé, 2003. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, 241 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine white with black lettering. Mild general shelf wear. Former price sticker adhered to rear cover. Interior pages clean. Shelved French Language. More
San Francisco: Alternate Publishing, 1984. First Edition. Octavo, 167 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine gray and black with off-white and black lettering. Covers have moderate wear including modest age toning, creasing to the front joint, damp staining to the rear hinge and mild rubbing to the edges. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges and few soiling stains to the fore edge. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
San Francisco, California: Down There Press, 1997. Second Edition, Second Printing. Large octavo, 99 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is dark teal with white lettering. Wraps have mild shelving wear along extremities, has Lambda Finalist sticker adhered to front cover and previous bookseller's sticker adhered to rear cover. Shelved Front table. More
New York: Privately printed for the Library of Facetious Lore, 1927. Limited edition, 745/750. Quarto, 215 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is green with torn toned paper title label. Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and orange paper to boards; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, mild smudging/shelf wear, cocked spine. Text block has deckle edges; cracked hinges, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w drawings. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
Parisiis: Editoribus Firmin-Didot et Sociis, 1885. Octavo, xxxiv, 644, 69 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Tattering to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, rubbing, front board detached. Text block has names in ink on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers, penciled underlining and marginal notation throughout. "Erotici scriptores : Parthenius, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Xenophon Ephesius, Heliodorus, Chariton Aphrodisiensis, Antonius Diogenes, Iamblichus ex nova recensione Guillelmi Adriani Hirschig : Eumathius ex recensione Philippi Le Bas : Apollonii Tyrii Historia ex cod. Paris. edita a J. Lapaume : Nicetas Eugenianus ex nova recensione Boissonadii : Graece et Latine cum indice historico"-- title page. Text in Greek with parallel translation into Latin. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. More
Brussels: Sprl Glitter, n.d. Oblong Quarto, 120 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing white lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including faint scratches and tiny bumps to the corners. Text block has extremely light wear including very faint age toning to the edges. Illustrated. Text in French and English. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. More
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. First Fantagraphics Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine orange with orange lettering. Minor shelf wear. Interior pages clean. Shelved Case 11. More
Dagenham: Fanfare, 2002. Quarto, 48 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is tan with white print. Boards in glossy illustrated paper. Illustrated: b&w and color. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. Laid in: numbered and signed lithograph. Text in German and English. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. More
Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle and Company, 1966. Quarto, 283 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine black with gilt lettering. Dust jacket has moderate wear including whitish scuffing and few instances of chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have mild wear including lightly bumped corners. Text block has slight wear including faint age toning to the edges. Previous bookshop's information stamped to the half title page. Very mild age toning interiorly. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QD (ND-QD). More
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. Octavo, 300 Pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Purple spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar covering. Text block is clean. Shelved in Netdesk Column N, ND-N. More
Brooklyn: Heresies Collective, Inc., 1981. Magazine [8.5 Width x 11 Height, Inches], 91 pages. In Good plus condition. Paperback binding. Pictorial orange covers have white lettering to the spine. Exterior has moderate wear including slight soiling, sunning to the spine and minor wear to the edges. Text block has light foxing to the edges. Inside covers illustrated. Very light foxing interiorly. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #6. More
London: printed for S. Crowder, in Pater-Noster-Row, [1775?]. 12mo., xii, 155 [1] pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in later three quarters calf with marbled paper boards, spine with gilt titling 'Fair Rosamond & Jane Shore - London 1700'. Mild rubbing and wear. Small Robert W. Downing bookplate to front pastedown. With wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations. Poor impressions to both text and plates. Date presumed from the ESTC, with only two copies listed, located at the British Library and Wake Forest University. This copy lacking the frontispiece, recorded at Wake Forest but not the British Library. Extremely scarce. Shelved case 3. More
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1956. Octavo, 424 pages. In Very Good condition. Green spine with black lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show mild edge wear. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First American Edition. Octavo, 271 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine sunned red with beige lettering. Dust jacket has moderate wear including slightly age toned flaps and some instances of chipping to the head/tail edges. Boards have age toning to the spine and edges. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Previous owner's information to the front pastedown. First American edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K, ND-K. More
Tokyo: Pan-Exotica, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto, 65 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine light gray and red with gray lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Slight sunning and mild wear exteriorly. Boards have very minimal wear. Text block has light foxing to the head edge. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
Nurnberg: DMK-Verlag, 1987. First Edition. Quarto, 99 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show very mild wear including sparse, minor bumps to the head/tail edges. Text block has faint age toning to the edges. Illustrated with black and white photography. Text in German. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. More
San Francisco: Down There Press, 1997. Second Edition. Oblong Octavo, 99 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine blue with white lettering. Covers haver extremely minimal wear, slight sticker residue to the spine and minor edge wear. Lambda Literary Award Finalist, 1998 sticker to the front. Previous bookshelf sticker to the rear. French flaps. Text block shows very minimal wear. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Second edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QA (ND-QA). More
New York City: Goliath, 2006. First Edition. Sixteenmo, 124 pages. In Good plus condition. White spine with black lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear, front board has mild staining, rear board has small black stains, and mild wear along spine head and tail. Textblock has mild wear along head and fore edges. More
Tokyo: Shogakukan Publishing, 1983. Later Edition. Quarto, 147, [16] pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white and red with black and white lettering. Clear acetate dust jacket with white lettering on front and rear covers. Light rubbing and tearing to edges of dust jacket. Scuffing to dust jacket. Mild wear to edges of textblock. Minor staining to first page. Tearing to page 62. Shelved in Case 11. More
Berlin: Bruno Gmuender Gmbh, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with black and burgundy lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, with very light wear. Interior clean. Shelved case 11. More
Paris, France: Pour Les Membres de la Société du Roman Philosophique, 1926. Limited Edition, #198/233. Quarto, 540 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in quarter red leather with marbled paper boards and new endpapers. Paneled spine is lightly sunfaded red with gilt lettering and gilt tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and paper boards. Bumping and slight chipping to fore-edges slightly exposing boards. Slight ink mark to back board board. Top edge of textblock dyed red. Deckled textblock with minor water damage to last pages endpapers of original textblock. Mild soiling to pages 254-257 and 312-313. Signed flat by Heine and the Treasurer of the Society on the limitation page. Shelved in Room A Oversize. More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1948. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 221 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black and gray with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$3.00". Mild shelfwear. Chipping along edges of dust jacket. Open tear to top right corner of front cover, and closed tear running down from top edge. Back flap partially detached. Soiling and rubbing to front and rear covers. Age-toning to textblock, with foxing on top edge. Pages 209-221 uncut at fore edge. Shelved under Front Counter. More
En Hollande [Paris]: 1797. First Edition. 18mo., 347 pages. In Good condition. Rebound in 20th century half brown leather with marbled paper boards. Paneled spine has gilt lettering and tooling with green label for title, title misspelled 'Justine' as 'Justinn.' Volume one only. This copy almost certainly washed. Title page through page 6 and page 339-end mounted on tabs. Lacking seven leaves plus six engravings, being the half-title page; pages i, ii, iij, iv, Editor's Notice, unpaginated sheet, frontispiece, and five of the ten engravings. Engravings tipped in at pages 82, 219, 209, 240, and 262. Scarce in any condition. Shelved case 3. More
Paris, France: Isidore Liseux, 1889. First Edition Thus. Octavos, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering and enumeration to spines. Mild shelfwear and chipping to heads and tails of spines and to covers. Moderate bumping to fore-edges resulting in slight exposure to boards. Tanning to edges of textblock with slight soiling to bottom edge of volume one and top edge of volume two. Minor foxing to side edge of volume two and to interior of textblock. Light writing in pencil to tops of front endpapers. Tipped in page cut from endpapers of volume one. Binding thread visible with slight separation between second and third rear free edges of volume one. Frontispiece with engraving of author by Raimondi protected with glassine. More
Paris: Chez Massé, Éditeur proprietaire, 1800. First Edition. 12mo, [4], 256, [4], 246, [1] pages. In Poor condition. Rebound in quarter marbled paper, plain brown paper spine. Shelfwear, chipping, and tearing to paper spine and boards. Edges of textblock tanned with age-toning and minor soiling to textblock. Lacking both issued frontispieces. With both half-titles. On Tome III the title page has had 'Tom III' torn out, with the small hole repaired. Small backing to fore edge of half-title and title page. Tome III A1 is missing the top half of the leaf, plain paper attached with crude ink titling to the recto only. Tome III F1 with small repair to the fore edge and crude ink lettering to the recto. Tome IV G11-12 with some damage to fore edges, G12 with slight loss to words. Significant tide-marks and water staining throughout, though most severe at extremities and along gutters. More
Paris, France: [Maurice Heine], 1917. First Edition: #160/202. Square Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in Holland paper with slightly opaque glassine protective cover. Minor shelfwear to edges of covers and spine. Minor tanning to textblock, especially at edges. Small notes in pencil to top right of first free edge. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Textblock clean. Inscribed by Heine on facing the half-title. Loose card with Heine's name and hand-written Parisian address. Unknown signature to colophon. More
Paris, France: Simon Kra, 1927. Limited Edition, 1/600 Copies. Octavo, vii, 304 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in printed grey wraps with a protective clear plastic wrapping. Suntanned spine is grey with black lettering. Tanning to edges and thinning to front and back covers. Slight tearing and chipping to top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Minor tear on back cover next to spine. Age-toning to textblock with minor soiling to right margins of some pages and slight tearing along right edge. Several pages uncut. Presentation inscription to limitation page for Louis Jean Finot, this copy is unnumbered. More