New York: Brunner/Mazel, [1975]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; x,[2],312pp. Spine rather cocked, jacket extremities a bit chipped and toned, else Near Very Good and sound. More about Sexuality and Psychoanalysis
New York: Scalo, 1995. First Edition. Quarto (29.5cm x 23.5cm). Black paper-covered boards (hardcover) with titling on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 112pp; illus. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to extremities, else clean and tight. Very Good dustwrapper; some shelf wear. American photographer Merry Alpern spent the winter of 1993-94... More about Dirty Windows
Detroit: Fifth Estate Newspaper, [1975]. First Edition. Satirical broadside, originally published as a centerfold in the Detroit anarchist underground newspaper Fifth Estate; here separately issued on higher-quality paper. Lampoons the middle-class, anglo-centric ethos of Ms. magazine, which by the mid-70s had become a thoroughly mainstream publication. Text signed: "Reprinted from... More about 1st Woman in Her Field / Ms. Interview / Gail Garrot: Big City Cop
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New York: The Feminists, [1968]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); white and tan side-staplebound self-wrappers; [10]pp. printed from typsecript. Fine condition. Study of the vaginal orgasm and the construct of the institution of sexual intercourse, by the leading member of the New York-based group The Feminists, who splintered from the National... More about Drop title] The Institution of Sexual Intercourse
N.p. [Chicago?]: Shrewsbury Publishing Co, 1930. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; 75pp; 7 leaves of plates (halftones). Light external soil; text paper darkened (but not brittle); Very Good. On the dangers of syphillis. Crudely produced, and uncommon; OCLC gives two locations only (Pittsburgh State & Muhlenberg University). The author was a.... More about Confidential Chats With Young Men: "If Only Someone Had Told Me"
Chicago: Atomic Age Publishers, [1954]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's yellow card wrappers; [2],111pp.; illus. A hint of wear from handling, else Fine. Collection of satirical Congressional hearings " which may someday take place," written in the style of the McCarthy-era anti-communist fear-mongering. More about Congress Investigates Sex
New York: The Critic & Guide Company, 1921. First Edition. A survey of the evolution of women's roles from prehistory to the end of the suffrage era. Includes a chapter on Birth Control A fresh copy. Ads at rear promote the publisher's ample list of publications on sexuality, birth control... More about Woman From Bondage To Freedom
London: Souvenir Press, [1965]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in brown dust jacket; ix,[1],495pp. Light wear to jacket extremities; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First published in the United States a year earlier. More about Prostitution and Morality: A definitive report on the prostitute in contemporary society and an...
Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1818. Reprint. 16mo (14cm). Contemporary American tree calf; gilt decorations to spine and board edges; morocco spine label; 332pp, with engraved half-title present. Contemporary bookplate inside front cover (Frances Paca Dallam, of the prominent Maryland family); 4-pp publisher's catalog at rear. A trim, pretty little volume, clean... More about Letters to a Young Lady
New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. British feminist's first book, originally published in Great Britain in 1915, composed during the early stages of the first World War, during which time Benson worked for the Women Writers' Suffrage League and United Suffragists. Rececca West described I Pose as "the... More about I Pose
Berkeley: University of California, [1995]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in green pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],344pp.; illus. throughout. Just About Fine. More about Sonia's Daughters: Prostitutes and Their Regulation in Imperial Russia
Los Altos, CA: William Kauffman, Inc / for Public Education and Research Committee of California, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 197pp. Mild toning to covers, else fine. Survey of laws relating to venereal disease, abortion, homosexuality, sexual deviance, etc. Kauffman imprint is hand-stamped at base of title page. More about Sex Code of California: A Compendium
Cologne: Könemann Verlaggesellschaft mbH, 2001. First English Language Edition. Quarto (30.5cm x 24cm). Black cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gold on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 560pp; illus. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to extremities, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear to extremities, else..... More about Sexualia: From Prehistory to Cyberspace
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1969. First Edition. Post-war British poet's memoir of a strict Victorian upbringing and his dissipated later youth. The "clip of steel" of the title refers to a device inflicted upon the child by his father, designed to "deter nocturnal erections and to prevent the loss of... More about A Clip of Steel
New York: IUP, 1953. First American Edition. Octavo (22cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 225pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper; Very Good or better with text clean and unmarked. More about Female Sexuality
New York: Family Service Association of America, [1977]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pinkish-red decorative dust jacket; xv,[1],216pp. Some wear along top jacket extremities, else Very Good or better. More about Counseling on Family Planning & Human Sexuality
Bristol: Bristol Women's Liberation Group, [1972]. First Edition. 2 issues; octavo (approx. 21 - 23.5cm.); original pictorial staplebound card wrappers; illus. No printed volume or number statement provided for either issue; no 5 is numbered in ink (holograph) on verso of rear wrapper. Literary journal consisting primarily of essays both... More about Enough: The Journal of the Bristol Women's Liberation Group - 2 issues, including Issue no. 5 (ca...
Lawrence: The Falcon Press, 1948. First U.K. Edition. Attractive British edition of this mid-career novel by Caldwell, the story of an ill-fated small-town woman of "easy virtue" who tries to find a man for herself and her dim-witted 18 year old daughter. Hilarity ensues. FIrst Impression. Octavo; red-orange cloth, with... More about The Sure Hand of God
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1947. First Edition. Plain facts about The Clap, addressed to a post-war lay audience. An issue of burning importance to recently returned G.I.'s. Issued as H-J Big Blue Book no. 549; among the more uncommon Haldeman-Julius publications. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 32pp. Slight toning to... More about The Latest So-Called Miracle Cures for Gonorrhea. Are the Sulfas and Penicillin Miracle Drugs?...
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1948]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's tan staplebound wrappers printed in brownish red; 32pp. Just About Fine condition. Rather scarce Haldeman-Julius sexology pamphlet, issued as publication no. B-712. More about Petting As an Erotic Exercise: A Study of the Significance and Techniques of Pre-Coital Play
[New York]: Warner Paperback Library, [1975]. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original white photographically illustrated card wrappers, all edges stained yellow; 206pp.; 8 leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Spine cracked with one leaf of plates separated but present; some dust-soiling to wrappers; Good or better. Memoirs of... More about Marilyn Chambers: My Story
New York: Roy Publishers, n.d., ca. 1950s. First American Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in grey dust jacket, black topstain; xxxvi,[2],642pp.; illus. Chipping and small losses along jacket extremities, the whole rather toned, corners bumped, else Very Good in About Very Good jacket. More about The Sexual, Marital, and Family Relationships of the English Woman
New York: Philosophical Library, [1961]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [6],138pp. Jacket extremities rubbed, a few short closed tears, one touching text without loss of meaning, else Fine in Near Very Good jacket. More about Psychoanalysis of the Prostitute
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1952]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; [10],295pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and rubbed, corners gently bumped, top textblock edge foxed and a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good overall. More about The Marquis and the Chevalier: A Study in the Psychology of Sex as Illustrated by the Lives and...
New York: Lancer Books, [1971]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's white card wrappers; 192pp. Textblock uniformly toned due to poor paperstock, else About Fine. Incorporating the women's liberation movement into heterosexual marriage or partnership. Issued only in paperback. More about The Liberated Couple
