A selection of books with provenance from a prominent erotic collector.
The Parisian Review of Facetious Literature. Paris: 1880. 2 volumes in 1. Small 8vo. Original wrappers to Vol. II bound in. Red cloth (lacks front wrapper to 1st volume) -- The Genital Laws Their Observance and Violation. Paris: 1900. 8vo. Green cloth -- Meidenhead Stories Told by a set of Joyous Students. NY: Erotica Biblion Society. Small 8vo. Blue Cloth. one of 250 copies for circulation among the small circle of sports -- Theatre Royal , Olymprick. New and Gorgeous Pantomine, entitled Harleguin Prince Cherrytop and the Good Fairy Fairfuck or the Frig - The Fuck - and the Fairy. [Erotika Biblion Society]: 1889. 8vo. Original wrappers bound in. Half morocco. With rare publishers prospectus at rear -- MIRABEAU. The Diary of a Lady's Maid. Paris: Carrington, 1903. Small 4to. Illustrated -- A Collection of Poems, Parodies and Limericks Gathered by an Ethusiast. Np:nd. 8vo. Red cloth. With a mss. sheet of further racy limericks laid in -- BRANTOME. Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies. Paris: Carrington: 1901. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth With approx. 100 loose color plates -- Human Gorillas. A study of rape with violence. Athens: [Erotica Biblion] 1901. 8vo. Contemporary cloth, gilt -- Tarnowsky. The Sexual Instinct. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco -- PROAL. Passion and Criminality in France. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1901. 8vo. Original cloth. Condition : minor shelfwear at most. Provenance : 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (bookplates and shelf labels). the milford haven copies. The 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (the uncle of the present Duke of Edinburgh) amassed a large collection of erotica, the majority of which was assumed to be in the British Library, but in fact most titles were dispersed prior to any donation.
A selection of books with provenance from a prominent erotic collector.
The Parisian Review of Facetious Literature. Paris: 1880. 2 volumes in 1. Small 8vo. Original wrappers to Vol. II bound in. Red cloth (lacks front wrapper to 1st volume) -- The Genital Laws Their Observance and Violation. Paris: 1900. 8vo. Green cloth -- Meidenhead Stories Told by a set of Joyous Students. NY: Erotica Biblion Society. Small 8vo. Blue Cloth. one of 250 copies for circulation among the small circle of sports -- Theatre Royal , Olymprick. New and Gorgeous Pantomine, entitled Harleguin Prince Cherrytop and the Good Fairy Fairfuck or the Frig - The Fuck - and the Fairy. [Erotika Biblion Society]: 1889. 8vo. Original wrappers bound in. Half morocco. With rare publishers prospectus at rear -- MIRABEAU. The Diary of a Lady's Maid. Paris: Carrington, 1903. Small 4to. Illustrated -- A Collection of Poems, Parodies and Limericks Gathered by an Ethusiast. Np:nd. 8vo. Red cloth. With a mss. sheet of further racy limericks laid in -- BRANTOME. Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies. Paris: Carrington: 1901. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth With approx. 100 loose color plates -- Human Gorillas. A study of rape with violence. Athens: [Erotica Biblion] 1901. 8vo. Contemporary cloth, gilt -- Tarnowsky. The Sexual Instinct. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1898. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco -- PROAL. Passion and Criminality in France. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1901. 8vo. Original cloth. Condition : minor shelfwear at most. Provenance : 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (bookplates and shelf labels). the milford haven copies. The 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (the uncle of the present Duke of Edinburgh) amassed a large collection of erotica, the majority of which was assumed to be in the British Library, but in fact most titles were dispersed prior to any donation.
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