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L’Art de Jouir ou Traite Pratique des Caresses Voluptueuses. Recettes & Formules sur les Aphrodisiauqes et Philtres d’ Amour
AU$2,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Pierrot / Doctor Brennus / Roland Brevannes?]
[Paris]: [Andre Hal], No date.The Art of Enjoyment or Practical Treatise on Voluptuous Caresses, Capable of Procuring the Most Delicious, the Most Exciting, the Most Disturbing, the Most Irresistible Sensations. Recipes & Formulas on Aphrodisiacs and Love Potions. “This little treatise is a veritable vade mecum for the apprentice in love. It indicates precisely the physical and moral means which must be implemented to conquer the woman. The second part of the work dealing with lovemaking around the world including commentary on Asian and African practices. PERCEAU 275, DUTEL 56. Dutel stating circa 1902, Perceau 1908, a small name on the half-title of this copy followed by 1905. Both Perceau and Dutel attributing authorship to Pierrot, pseudonym of Roland Brevannes, who usually signed his works on sexuality Doctor Brennus, this based on the identical type used by the publisher. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC. This copy with 70 pages, separately paginated (pp. 105-174, [1]), of a clandestine catalogue of erotica and sexuality materials bound at the rear.
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Of Beasts and Super-Beasts
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRaqib Shaw
Paris: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2012.Catalogue for an exhibition of London based Indian contemporary artist Raqib Shaw. Essay by Norman Rosenthal. Interview with the artist by Jerome Sans.
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The Epicurean, A Tale
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThomas Moore
Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1827.The Paris Edition published the same year as the UK first. This copy in the armorial binding of Lord Henry Seymour (1805-1859) signed Rel. Hering.
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E’tude Medico-Legale et Clinique sur L’Empoisonnement
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmbroise Tardieu; Z. Roussin
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1875.Medico-Legal and Clinical Study on Poisoning.
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Bible of Filth
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Crumb
Paris: Futuropolis, 1986.Collection of some of Robert Crumb’s filthiest comix and illustrations from the pages of Snatch, Zap, Weirdo, Snoid, Jiz, and others. Printed on thin “bible” paper. Edition of 1,000 numbered copies, of which this is number 778.
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Applied Petroleum Geochemistry
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. L. Bordenave
Paris: Editions Technip, 1993.Erratum sheets paperclipped to front endpaper
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Herbier de la France: Histoire des Champignons
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Bulliard; M. Walhein
Paris: Pierre Bulliard, No date.219 manuscript watercolour plates by M. Walhein, a Member of French Mycological Society, from the originals by French physician and botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793). Bound in quarter leather with a typescript index to the plates.
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De la Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Etude Physiologique et Therapeutique
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLeon-Ernest Monnet
Paris: Lille (Camille Robbe Printing), 1884.Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Physiological and Therapeutic Study. A detailed study of the physiological and therapeutic uses of the African stimulant Gotu Kola. In the original Doctor of Medicine Thesis wrappers, reissued as a monograph in the same year. An advertisement for Fisher & Co’s Mighty Alok Kola Nut tonic in The Brisbane Courier, 1898 quotes Monnet’s report: “I gave a strong infusion of Kola Nut to a railroad track layer, who was suffering from ‘blue devil’s’ (hypochondria) extremely, and within two hours he felt like going to his hard duties, and laughed and talked.”
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Hit-Parade des Champignons: Champignons Sauvages, Champignons & Nature
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSerge Hureaux
Paris: Iris, 1974.French guide to wild mushrooms.
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Gay Paris: La Revue Libertine
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenri Varna
Paris: Casino de Paris, No date.The famous Casino de Paris, opened in 1880, is not a Casino but a performance venue. It was closed during both World Wars. This programme for a performance in two acts produced by Henri Varna includes photographs of many of the cast.
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Provisional Instructions and Complementary Lecture on the Organization and Use of the Corrector for the Anti-Aircraft Firing of Infantry Machine Guns
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmerican Expeditionary Forces, France
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1917.Confidential No. 704. Translated from the French Edition of 15 April, 1917, and Lecture of 23 May, 1917 at Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, France. “Not to be taken into first line trenches. Issued down to include Machine Gun Officers.” (from wrappers).
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The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea
AU$1,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNicolas Chorier
Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1890.(Aloisiae Sigeae Satyra Sotadica de arcanis Amoris et Veneris) The first English translation from the original 1660 Latin of French lawyer Nicolas Chorier (1612-1692). One of the noted works of early western erotic fiction. This unique copy with 27 finely executed original erotic colour pencil and ink drawings throughout the text (3 full page).
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Distillation et Rectification des Liquides Industriels
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Mariller
Paris: Dunod, 1925.Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Liquids including alcohols, benzols, oils, ethers, chemicals, air and liquid gases, recovery of solvents.
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La Serviette Noire
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean-Claude Gotting
Paris: Futuropolis, 1986. -
Photo No. 274: Special Australie
AU$85.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEric Neveu
Paris: Filipacchi, 1990.Special issue of French photography journal PHOTO on Australia. Includes features on Rennie Ellis, William Yang, Max Dupain, Grant Matthew, David Moore, Emmanuel Angelicas, Elle McPherson, lots of historical and contemporary studies of Aboriginals and outback life, and more.
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Monte-Carlo 1924 Programme Officiel de ‘lOpera et des Fetes
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRaoul Gunsbourg
Paris: De Brunoff, 1924.Souvenir program for the Monte Carlo Opera. Contains period advertisements and portraits and biographies of the cast and makers.
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La Nuit De Saigon
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRomain Slocombe
Paris: Futuropolis, 1986.