Ars Erotica.

Die erotische Buchillustration im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts. [Translates: The erotic bookillustrations in the 18th century]

Trilingual edition (German / French / English). Köln. Parkland Verlag, 1999. 21,5 x 30,5 cm. 574 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen / 574 pages with several illustrations (also in colour). Hardcover with dustjacket / Gebundene Ausgabe im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

[Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

Clark, Timothy / C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano.

Shunga – Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art. Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano.

London, British Museum Press, 2013. 30 cm. 536 pages with many color illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition iwth only very minor signs of wear.

Clergue, Lucien.

Footprints of the Gods. With a Foreword by Lucien Clergue: “Twelve Years at Point Lobos” / With an Essay by Jim Hughes titled: “Sign of Life and Death”.

First US Edition. Boca Raton [Florida], Iris Publications, 1989. Small Folio (23 cm x 30.5 cm). 96 pages with spectacular photographs on 55 color plates throughout. Original softcover. This colour-photographic treatise is devoted entirely to the topography of Point Lobos, California, the beach made famous by Edward Weston, decades earlier. With an introduction by Jim Hughes. A very good copy in publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly starting. Inscribed and signed by Lucien Clergue to the great American gallerist, Leo Castelli: “Pour Leo Castelli, son admirateur arlesien, avec l’hommage de Lucien Clergue – Arles, I/VII/89”. A wonderful association, additionally enriched by an artist-postcard of Lucien Clergue’s “Point Lobos” – Photograph, with a personal message to Leo Castelli by someone called “Ames” (?).

Gordon, George N.

Erotic Communications: Studies in Sex, Sin and Censorship. Humanistic Studies in The Communication Arts.

New York, Hastings House Publishers, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. XI, 338 pages. 12 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Author photograph by Tom Gutekunst. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Hanson, Dian / Kroll, Eric.

The New Erotic Photography [With an essay in three languages by Dian Hanson: “Shedding some Light” – Im Lichte besehen – Un peu de lumiere / And with an essay in three languages by Eric Kroll: “What is” – Zur Sache – Ce qu’il en est].

Hong Kong / Cologne / London / LA / Madrid / Paris / Tokyo, Taschen, 2009. 4°. 420 pages with erotic photographs by leading international photographers. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

Karwath, Cary von / Fuchs, Eduard.

Die Erotik in der Kunst. Privatdruck des Verlages C.W.Stern / Wien, 1908. (Als Manuskript gedruckte Publikation der Gesellschaft oesterreichischer Bibliophilen – nicht im Handel erhältlich). 236 Seiten plus 40 Tafeln [Hayn-Gotendorf III, 518 / Stern-Szana 252]. Dem Werk vorgebunden: Ernst Fuchs – L’Élement érotique dans la caricature – (Das erotische Element in der Karikatur / The Erotic Element in Caricature).

Wien, Stern, 1906-1908. 4°. Eduard Fuchs – L’élément érotique dans la caricature: VI, 259 pages with 223 illustrations. / Cary von Karwath – 236 pages plus 40 tipped-in plates on titled cardboard. Both publications in their original wrappers bound in a beautiful private half – leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly rubbed. The publications in unusually excellent condition. All tipped-in plates complete and in their place. Spectacular publication in a worthy binding.

[Page, Betty].

Betty Page – Queen of Pin-up.

Cologne, Taschen, 1987. 4°. 80 pages with erotic photographs of Betty Page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

Sacchi, Luisa / Sartori, Cristina / Francone, Marcello.

The Pirelli Calendar – 40 Years Complete.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2004. Folio (29 cm x 28 cm). 519 pages with hundreds of photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Binding firm and strong. Stunning because it is now in a protective sleeve. The price of this very heavy, oversize publication, includes worldwide free shipping per Courier !

Yeager, Bunny.

Bunny’s Honeys – Bunny Yeager – Queen of Pin-Up Photography. Photos by Bunny Yeager.

Cologne, Taschen, 1994. 4°. 160 pages with erotic photographs by Bunny Yeager. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.