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L’Ecrin du Rubis ou Les Delices des Dessous
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLiane de Lauris
Paris: Au Cabinet du Livre [Jean Fort], 1932.Rare French lesbian erotica. The first edition with 16 illustrations and colour illustrated wrappers by P. Silex, and with the limitation statement of 6 numbered copies, numbered by the printer, of which this copy is numbered IV.
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Justine ou les Malheurs de la Vertu
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarquis de Sade
Paris: Le Soleil Noir, 1950.First Edition with the preface by Georges Bataille. The first issue of 940 numbered copies with the pink frontispiece by Hans Bellmer. This copy unopened in the original wrappers.
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Nouveau Catalogue de Photographies Galantes
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGuillaume Lemarie [Guy Lemaire]
Paris: Editions Astarte, 1997.Playful late 20th century pornographic photography in a 19th century style.
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Champignons et Plantes Medicinales (Therapeutique par les Plantes): Petit Guide a l’usage des familles
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Riguet; G. D’Hommee
Paris: Librairie Grund, 1943.Mushrooms and Medicinal Plants (Plant Therapy): A Short Guide for Families.
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Les Champignons Comestibles & Veneneux
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. de La Rocque
Paris: Nodot Editeur, No date.Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms: General Notions. Classification. Study of Characteristics.
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Description de Deux Nouvelles Especes de Ptychogaster et nouvelle preuve de l’identite de ce genre avec les Polyporus
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. Boudier
Paris: J. Mersch, 1887.Description of Two New Species of Ptychogaster and New Evidence for the Identity of This Genus with Polyporus. Extract from the Journal de Botanique 15 February, 1887. This copy inscribed by Boudier.
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Opium: Journal d’une Desintoxication
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean Cocteau
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1930.An unnumbered copy of the first edition on paper.
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Diana
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDiana Frederics
[Paris]: Editions des Deux-Rives, 1959.French translation by Jean Gompel with an illustrated jacket by Leon Bonnotte, of the autobiographical novel of a lesbian, Diana: The Story of a Strange Love, first published in English in 1939. Grier in The Lesbian in Literature gives it the highest grade of importance, designating it a must have for any collection of lesbian literature. Diana “marks an advance in psychological perspective since Radclyffe Hall’s wholly emotional plea for tolerance a decade earlier.” (Jeannette H. Foster: Sex Variant Women in Literature).
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Leurs Pantalons: Comment elles les portent
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Mauvain
Paris: Jean Fort, 1923.A volume devoted to women’s pants and how they wear them. Illustrated with ten black and white plates and a colour cover illustration by the French illustrator of La Vie Parisienne fame Cheri Herouard, showing risqué portraits of women in varying circumstances revealing their undergarments. Though the title page states this is a new edition completely revised and augmented with many interviews, this 1923 printing is the first recorded printing we are aware of, with two reprints following in 1924 and 1927.
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Mademoiselle Javotte, ouvrage peu moral, ecrit par elle-meme, et publie par une de ses amies
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Paul Baret]
[Paris]: A Bicetre, 1788.Mademoiselle Javotte, a work of little morality, written by herself, and published by one of her friends. An anonymous tale (often attributed to Paul Baret / Paul Barrett) in which the heroine engages in sex work to escape poverty. A racy reworking of a closely titled 1757 moral work, whereas this one has little. This copy illustrated with 2 erotic etchings.
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Dictionnaire Botanique et Pharmaceutique,
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Nicolas Alexandre]
Paris: Du Fonds de la Veuve Leconte, 1759.Botanical and Pharmaceutical Dictionary containing the Principal Properties of Minerals, Plants, and Animals of use with the most used internal and external Pharmacy Preparations in Medicine, & in Surgery. All taken from the best Authors, especially the Moderns. Useful work for young Pharmacists & Surgeons, Hospitals, Communities, & charitable People who dress the Poor. Mid-eighteenth century edition of the portable medical dictionary attributed to the Benedictine Nicolas Alexandre (1654-1728). 24 editions appeared from 1716 to 1846.
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Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment.
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Reportage No 38: Numero Exceptionnel: Homme-Femme, Hermaphrodite ou Travestis
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Jacquet
Paris: Reportage, 1968.Special issue of the French magazine Reportage on intersex, transsexuality, and crossdressing.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
AU$2,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChas Laborde; Paul Morand
Paris: Lacouriere, 1950.Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde’s series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230.
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La Ballade de la Geole de Reading
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde; G. Cornelius
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927.French edition of Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol illustrated with 15 coloured copper engravings by Jean-Georges Cornelius. One of 225 numbered copies.
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Cahier de Chansons Appartenant a Monsieur Varcourt, Sapeur-Pompier. 24. rue de Poissy
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEmilien Varcourt
Paris: Emilien Varcourt, 1903-1906.A manuscript notebook composed by a volunteer firefighter, Emilien Varcourt, with a Paris regiment between 1903 and 1906. Over 100 songs, romances, monologues, lullabies, etc, are recorded, both transcribed and original. The text is illustrated throughout with original drawings, many signed, and lightly erotic. A fantastic Parisian manuscript illuminating romance and sexuality at the beginnings of the 20th century.
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Nous Deux: Illustre de seize pointes-seches originales [Nelly et Jean]
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Gaston de Sainte Croix]; [Marcel Valotaire]
[Paris]: Editions du Cyclmen, 1956.The second edition of the story by Marcel Valotaire telling of the sexual awakening of a young female student, Nelly, mostly in the hands of her Latin tutor, Jean. This edition, probably published by Vialetay, with 16 drypoint etchings by Gaston de Sainte Croix printed by Georges Viglino. One of 168 numbered copies on Rives, from a total edition of 200. DUTEL 2055.
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Nelly et Jean, Nous Deux, simples papiers du tiroir secret
AU$3,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Jean Dulac]; [Marcel Valotaire]
[Paris]: Grave et imprime pour les auteurs et leurs amis, [1929].First edition, first printing of one of the masterpieces of early 20th century erotica, noted as being the most expensive clandestine publication of the time with 46 finely printed and hand coloured illustrations by Jean Dulac. The story by Marcel Valotaire tells of the sexual awakening of a young female student, Nelly, mostly in the hands of her Latin tutor, Jean. One of 240 numbered copies on Arches (from a total edition of 295). The 2 volumes here bound as one in a fine three quarter leather binding retaining the two original illustrated wrapper panels. DUTEL 2054.
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Les Memoires de Josephine suivi de Filles de Ferme et de Paroles
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Louys
[Paris]: [Societe de Bibliophiles Japonais], 1894 [1984].1 of 30 copies with 6 etchings by Ginko Honjo [Gilbert Houbre]. Published clandestinely in Paris with all copies subscribed by a society of Japanese bibliophiles.
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Aphrodite
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Louys; Paul Gervais
Paris: Association et Cercle Grolier, 1932.The first edition with illustrations by Paul Gervais of Louys’ immensely successful novel of tumultuous love and desire set in Alexandria. One of 200 copies produced for the Association et Cercle Grolier, this being number 143, one of 75 copies for corresponding members.