A Collection of Erotic Guides, Books, Pamphlets and Miscellaneous Ephemera originating from two men in Gretna, Louisiana
1960's-2006. Comprising:
[35] advertising flyers, brochures, booklets, and order forms for erotic and pornographic books, films, magazines, photo sets, and sex products dating from 1965 to 1979. Illustrated. Titles represented include Big Boys, Nudist Youth, The Gay Coloring Book, Stag, All Male Nudist, Times Square Stud, Hard Times, Blacklode etc. issued by a number of comapnies including Guild Book Service, Skyward Publications and others. Single sheets, usually folded three times for mailing, with accompanying envelopes.
Bob Damron's Address Book '78. San Francisco; Bob Damron Enterprises, 1977. 288pp. Three pages loose, with some annotation and emphasis. The 14th edition of one of the most popular and long lasting guides to gay bars, restaurants, gay friendly venues, cruising sights, bath houses etc.
"Sex Guide". New York; Jalart House. November 1980. Publisher's card covers, illustrated. 130pp. Educational sections include: "Confessions of a Teenage Hooker", "What's Your Favorite Fantasy", and "Spanking and Kinky Sex."
Rosenberger, Joseph. "Sex Kicks of The Watchers: A Psychological Study of The Aberration of Voyeurism." Atlanta, Pendulum Books. 1968. First Edition. Publisher's card covers. "A penetrating clinical account of the Peeping Tom in action - what he does while he watches other couples having sex - why he gets his kicks this way..."
"The Tijuana Bible: Sex Comics from the 1930's." Seattle, Starhead Comix 1991. 32pp. Contains reproductions of 8pp bibles with two explanatory essays: Greg Baiden's "All Off Color For a Time" and "Sex Comics from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Robert Gluckson.
"Physique Pictorial"Los Angeles. Athletic Model Guild. 1968. Publisher's pictorial card covers. 32pp. Cover art by Tom of Finland. A slim volume of black and white erotic photos of men.
"Ah, Men." Shop for Men. West Hollywood. Circa 1965. Two issues. Advertising catalogs for men's bathing suits, underwear etc. Illustrated throughout with photos of film and tv personalities like Frankie Avalon, Mailing label to rear cover. Some soiling,and the front cover of one issue has suffered some damage. Fragile and ephemeral.
"Beach" and "Muscle Beach Party" Mailing label to rear cover. Soiling and wear throughout.
"Kake" by Tom of Finland. 3 issues; #6, "Naval Visit 18", & "Beach Boys 1". Beach Boys and #6 are printed on coated mimeo paper; stapled wraps with wear and loose p[ages. #6, in all likelihood a pirate printing, is in a plastic comb binding.
S.T.H.; "Straight To Hell". Number 50. New York; The Manhattan Review of Unnatural Acts. 1981. 30pp. Publisher's staple bound wraps. A cheaply printed collection of erotic stories and photos.
"One"; The Homosexual Viewpoint. Volume IX, No. 6. June 1961. 32pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. A major organ of lgbtq journalism for the time with stories, articles, poetry etc. including an article regarding gay migration to safer communities "Homophile Diaspora; A Tale of Two Cities", and an editorial by Sten Russell [a pseudonym of Stella Rush, hardcore gay journalist and LGBTQ activist of the period. Rush was a regular contributor to both One Magazine, and The Ladder, one of the earliest lesbian focussed journals in the US].
"Sex Devices: An A-Z Photo-Illustrated How-To Guide of Erotic Sex Tools & Devices." Fenton, Elisabeth and Mortimer. Omega Press, Canog Park CA. 1975. Publisher's illustrated stapled covers. 46pp.
"Betty Being Bad." Workman, John. Eros Comix, Seattle. 1990. Publisher's illustrated paper covers. 44pp. Some of the more obscure and seldom seen photos of burlesque and adult entertainment legend Betty Page, issued during her brief 1990's renaissance.
"Ramjets" [No publication details. C. 1970's] An African American focussed male pornographic magazine. Glossy paper covers. 48pp. Typicallyprovocative photospreads with models; featuring Tony James, Philip Tyler, Mac Corey, and John Mancini.
One black and white candid photograph [5"x4"]. Circa 1950's, depicting two men smoking and drinking with their arms around one another.
Real Photo Post Card. Postmarked somewhere in PA in 1969, depicting two men posing in costume in front of a "Wild West" themed bar.
Real Photo Post Card. Circa 1940's, featuring two men in overcoats and ties, one with arm around the shoulder of the other.
3 Original Erotic Drawings [5.5"x8"]. Probably 1970's, rendered in pencil and some kind of marker. The first is entitled "Poor Little Dead Bird" and depicts a naked man holding his penis; the second image entitled "I'm Walking Behind You" shows a naked man staring at the buttocks of a man in front of him; the third image "Clap Clap (Gonoherra) [sic]" shows two men facing each other.
Peter Berlin; Self Portrait [8.5"x5.5"] Signed by Berlin and labelled with a limitation of #72/150. Issued by the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation for the Gala Preview of "Berlin on Berlin". January 9 2006. Image depicts a naked Berlin lying down with an erection. [With] a promotional card for "The Low Fashion of Peter Berlin; A Provocative Fashion Review", on January 9th at Distortion Disco. The foundation was created in 1987, and the Leslie/Lohman Museum of Art in New York is the only dedicated LGBTQ art museum in the world. Both items in clear envelope.
2006 Tom of Finland Foundation Sixth Annual NYC Erotic Art Fair; May 17-21, 2006. A collection of promotional ephemera and promo pieces: fundraiser promo card, events promotional card, Tom of Finland Foundation Passport, a Foundation brochure on the importance of gift-giving "To protect, preserve, and promote erotic art."; a flyer "We're in a New York State of Mind.", a complimatary one week pass to Equinox Fitness, two copies of the Spring 2006 issue of "Dispatch" from the Tom of Finland Foundation, a Tom of Finland Foundation pen, and two pins with differing designs [the whole held in a clear plastic wallet].
Price: $1,500.00