Erotica & Sexuality

an account of the rites and mysteries connected with the origin, rise, and development of Serpent Worship in various parts of the world, enriched with interesting traditions, and a full description of the celebrated Serpent Mounds and Temples, the whole froming an exposition of one of the phases of Phallic, or Sex Worship.n.p. Privately printed. 1889. Phallism First edition. 8vo. 194x122mm. pp. 103 [1bl]. Original cream paper covered boards, decorated with a red caduceus and lettered in red. Bevelled edges. Some slight soiling to boards, spine darkened and corners bumped. Internally very good. Edges uncut, offsetting to endpapers.

with an introduction by Boris Vian.Paris: The Vendôme Press. 1948.A fusion of prime US pulp and French sado-eroticism.First edition in English. 193x140mm. pp.201 [1]. Original wrappers. Slight creasing to upper cover and spine, a small tear and some marking and soiling to lower cover and a short tear at foot of spine at joint with lower cover. Some ink underlining in a few places. Internally very good. A nice copy of a rare and scandalous book. I shall spit on your graves first appeared in French in 1946.

Par Le Marquis de Sade. Édition critique, établie sur le manuscript autographe par Maurice Heine Paris: Par S&C., aux dépens des bibliophiles souscripteurs.. 1931-35.PORNOLOGYThe first critical edition. Number 197 of 300 copies (numbered from 61-360) on vélin de Rives paper. Three volumes in the original grey wrappers. Title printed in black and red to upper covers and spines. 275x210mm. pp. Tome Premier, xvi, 218; Tome Second, [iv], 219-402; Tome Troisième, [iv], 403-498, [1]. Frontispiece in volume one is a photograph of the original manuscript scroll with de Sade's minuscule writing. Introduction by Maurice Heine.