Erotica from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, no date (ca. 1930). Octavo (9" x 6.5"), 172 pages plus 12 tipped in color plates including frontis by Willy Pogany. Publisher's gilt-lettered & decorated terra-cotta cloth, in gold pictorial dust jacket. Top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly cocked, brief shelf wear, endpapers & pastedowns with modest foxing, otherwise very good in dust jacket… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Bluffton, South Carolina: Sam Burnett, no date, ca. 1995]. Original photo shot with infrared film & developed in house using selenium toner, one of twenty-five examples signed & numbered in pencil by the photographer. The image measures 12.25 inches by 8 inches & is matted & backed to 20.5 inches by 16 inches. The label of Hilton Head Island's Pink… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Playboy Press, (1967). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), viii & 407 pages. Publisher's black cloth lettered in yellow & silver on the spine & decorated in blind with the Playboy Rabbit logo on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket with art work by Arnold Roth. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with slight edge… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Bell Publisihing Company, (1967) "Revised Edition." Quarto (10.25" x 7.5"), 128 pages, including 175 illustrations from photographs. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Very slight edge wear, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. As described by the New York Times, Peter Gowland (1916 - 2010), was "America's No. 1 Pin-up Photographer." "In this… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1969). First American edition & first translation from the Japanese. Octavo (8.5" x 6.25"), 149 pages. Publisher's deep red cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's card soliciting information to assist with "promoting cultural exchange between East & West" laid-in. Almost indiscernible small stain on the upper cover, previous owner Julia Kuroda's rubber-stamped… Saber más sobre este artículo

Clifton, New Jersey: Stacy E. Walker, 1999. Original montage publicity photograph measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches boldly inscribed, signed, & dated by Stacy E. Walker in red fine line marker, with Ms. Walker's address label on the verso. Edge wear, soiling, corner creases, couple of scuffs, tape residue on the verso, good or so & still quire appealing. The montage presents… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Playboy Press, 1985, 1986, & 1989. First editions, variously paginated quartos measuring approximately 11 inches by 8.25 inches, each in glossy light card covers, each profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Includes: Playboy's Pompeo Posar: Portfolio of Beautiful Women. (1985). Playboy's Cover Girls: We've Uncovered Some of our Favorites. (1986). Playboy's Great Playmate Hunt: The Women of Playboy's 35th Anniversary Search. (1989). Modest edge… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Playboy Press, 1971, 1972, & 1986. First editions, variously paginated quartos measuring approximately 11 inches by 8.25 inches, each in glossy light card covers, each profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Includes: Playboy's Holiday Album, (1971). Playboy Bunnies: photos of 350 beautiful bunnies from the playboy clubs, resorts ... (1972). Playboy's Playmates of the Year: La Creme de la Creme, (1986). Modest edge wear,… Saber más sobre este artículo

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 5 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Joyce had neither been a virgin or a fool when… Saber más sobre este artículo

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "My introduction to the pleasures, and mysteries that have ever… Saber más sobre este artículo

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 6 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Again I sought Dorothy's society, who helped further to destroy… Saber más sobre este artículo

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled & sunned, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Clara Bridges was a hunter - a hunter… Saber más sobre este artículo

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. Young Betty Jean Cracker is routinely disciplined by women but,… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: [Olympia Press], Traveller's Companion Series number 19, no date (ca. 1960's ?). Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 171 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed light card covers. Trace edge wear, minor internal toning, otherwise very good or better. An erotic adventure which began with rape. The protagonist searches the jazz clubs & beat bars of New York in search… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: Olympia Press, Traveller's Companion Series number 28, (1956) but later, ca. 1960's. Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 208 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed light card covers, part one in pale green, part two in light blue. This version not found in OCLC as of 2/22/2024. Margins lightly sunned, trace edge wear, minor internal toning, otherwise very good… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Row, (1980). First edition. Folio (13.25" x 10"), [8] & 203 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's light gray paper over boards backed in black cloth lettered in silver on the spine & in black on the front cover, in pictorial dust jacket. Margins lightly sunned, brief gift inscription at the front pastedown, otherwise very good in… Saber más sobre este artículo

Los Angeles, California: Melrose Publishing Company, distributed by Grove Press, (1981). First edition. Tall quarto (12.5" x 9.5"), 112 pages, with provocative & lovely illustrations in color from throughout. Publisher's black cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in white on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Intriguing gift inscription in ink at the title page, otherwise a near fine copy in price-clipped… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1963). First edition. Quarto (11.5" x 9"), 231 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs, some in color. Publisher's maroon cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. One corner lightly bruised, otherwise very good or better in very good dust jacket with modest edge wear including… Saber más sobre este artículo

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, [1945]. First edition. Folio (14" x 9"), 13 leaves printed recto only in color on thick paper. Publisher's plastic comb binding Lightly toned & soiled, moderate wear at comb binding, trace edge wear, otherwise very good or better. A splendid bevy of scantily clad beauties, one for each month of the year! "Is my turban disturban'?"

[Tokyo, Japan]: Victor's Pearls/ Imperial Hotel, no date (circa 1960s). 32mo (4.5" x 3"). Publisher's striped blue & red cloth over flexible boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover. Gilt dull affecting legibility, lacking "magic Glass," otherwise very good. A splendid & sexy guide apparently given to gentlemen patrons of Victor's Pearls which had a location in Tokyo's Imperial… Saber más sobre este artículo