EROTICA

"Sabina and "Joyce", et al. (Anonymous). HARD HAND-STRONG PADDLE WILL SPANK (ANECDOTES ON SPANKING AND DISCIPLINE ALSO LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE). Jersey City, NJ. ND.: Diana Press, Inc., 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Erotic Literature. Very Good -. 65pp, 5 b&w illustrations + covers. Featuring striking front and back cover illustrations, this is a simply produced collection of typewritten tales, anecdotes and correspondence from sixties-era fetish publisher Diana Press aimed at the literate spanking afficionado. A most presentable copy showing some light overall wear and soiling to the covers. Inventory Number: 016914 $ 50.00 order/inquire       (ADAMSON, AL). Introduction By Ferrante, Tim . AL ADAMSON: HIS LEGENDARY SIGNATURES. Paris: Gerard Noel Faneditions & Artschiv Sarl, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Film Monograph. Fine. 39pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and French. Issued as part of the "Horror Pictures Collection", this slender volume is a charming photographic guide to the work of the late horror/exploitation film legend Al Adamson. It consists of both stills and candid photos ranging from 1972's "Angels' Wild Women" to 1981's "Dr. Dracula". A most handsome copy. 2-909017-05-2 Inventory Number: 012389 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Foreword by Jean-Paul Gaultier. RUVEN AFANADOR: SOMBRA. London & New York: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2004. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Monica Sziladi at Hoopycake! "Sombra" is the lavishly produced second book by noted New York fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. The title is taken from his native Columbian childhood, meaning the act of one's shadow being captured in a photographic portrait. As with Afanador's exquisite first book, "Torero", the images are entirely of men. Beautifully staged, some elaborately toned or solarized, these nudes as seductive as they are compelling. A pristine copy. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-85894-249-7 Inventory Number: 008173 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Foreword by Jean-Paul Gaultier. RUVEN AFANADOR: SOMBRA - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. London & New York: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2004. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Monica Sziladi at Hoopycake! "Sombra" is the lavishly produced second book by noted New York fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. The title is taken from his native Columbian childhood, meaning the act of one's shadow being captured in a photographic portrait. As with Afanador's exquisite first book, "Torero", the images are entirely of men. Beautifully staged, some elaborately toned or solarized, these nudes as seductive as they are compelling. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in black ink by Ruven Afanador on the first preliminary. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-85894-249-7 Inventory Number: 018130 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Introduction by Hector Abad Faciolince. Poems by Gloria Maria Pardo Vargas. RUVEN AFANADOR: TORERO. Thalwil, SWITZERLAND: Edition Stemmle, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. "Torero" is the exquisitely produced first book by noted Colombian born, New York based fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. It consists of highly stylized black and white portraits of Spanish and Latin American matadors in the studio, dressing room, and in the ring. Afanador shows an always keen eye for their masculine beauty, capturing some awfully tight talleguillas here. A most handsome copy showing just a bit of sunning to the lettering on the spine of the dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-908163-48-X Inventory Number: 016225 $ 350.00 order/inquire       (AKIYAMA, MAHOKO). Akiyama, Mahoko. MAIDENS INVITED TO THE GOLDFISH MANSION ONE LAPIS LAZULI NIGHT: MAHOKO AKIYAMA'S DOLL COLLECTION. Tokyo: Pan-Exotica & Treville Co. Ltd., 2004. First Edition. 12mo. Wrappers in Die Cut Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone plates. Text in English and Japanese. "I have always created dolls in accordance with the dictates of my heart at the time. Then I spend long hours in my room with the dolls I have finished creating or those that are unfinished, and photograph the various doll stories that float up in my imagination... In this manner, for several years, I have shot and collected one photo after another". From renowned Japanese doll maker/photographer Mahoko Akiyama comes this creepy little gem of a book that documents and reveals his very sexually charged creations. The follow-up to his 1991 title "Ange", these shadowy images provide a mysterious and brooding atmosphere that strongly evokes Hans Bellmer (especially in the hand-colored pastel images that pay homage to "La Poupee"), Bernard Faucon, David Hamilton, The Brothers Quay, and Katan Amano. A pristine copy of this gorgeously designed and printed book housed in the publisher's printed, die-cut slipcase, bound with a baby blue ribbon, in the publisher's plastic pouch, as issued. 4-309-90568-4 Inventory Number: 016121 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (ALEXANDRE, CLAUDE). Iizawa, Kohtaro & Claude Alexandre. CLAUDE ALEXANDRE. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1992. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Boards in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Very Good. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Hideyuki Taguchi. Claude Alexandre's intense fetish and bondage images are well known in the realm of photographic erotica. Published only in Japan, this beautifully designed and printed volume remains the most comprehensive compendium of her work. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item showing just a bit of overall wear and handling. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-8457-0700-4 Inventory Number: 008721 $ 110.00 order/inquire       (ALTOON, JOHN). Belloli, Jay. JOHN ALTOON: 12 PAINTINGS. New York, Santa Monica, CA & San Francisco: Edward Thorp, Tortue & Braunstein Galleries, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np (16pp), 11 b&w and 2 color illustrations + color cover. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1984 exhibition of twelve paintings by the quirky Los Angeles based, Ferus Gallery affiliated artist John Altoon held at New York's Edward Thorp Gallery that subsequently traveled to Santa Monica's Tortue and San Francisco's Braunstein Galleries. A handsome copy of this uncommon item showing a slight crimp at the crown of the spine. Inventory Number: 017680 $ 30.00 order/inquire       (ALTOON, JOHN). Hopps, Walter & Elke M. Solomon. JOHN ALTOON: DRAWINGS AND PRINTS. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (24pp), 19 b&w and 2 color illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous Walter Hopps curated 1971 Whitney Museum of American Art retrospective of fifty drawings and lithographs by the quirky Los Angeles based, Ferus Gallery affiliated artist John Altoon. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. LC 71-181853 Inventory Number: 017840 $ 55.00 order/inquire       (ALTOON, JOHN). Nordland, Gerald R.. JOHN ALTOON: WORKS ON PAPER. Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1984. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 16pp, 8 b&w illustrations + color cover. With a biography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1984 Arts Club of Chicago retrospective of twenty-nine works on paper by the quirky Los Angeles based, Ferus Gallery affiliated artist John Altoon. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 018124 $ 20.00 order/inquire       (ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi & Jerome Sans. ARAKI - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2002. First Edition 1/2500. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 636pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English, German and French. With a biography and bibliography. "Known best for his intimate, snapshot-style images of women often tied up with ropes and of colorful, sensual flowers, Araki is an artist who reacts strongly to his emotions and uses photography to experience them more fully. Obsessed with women, Araki seeks to come closer to them through photography, using ropes like an embrace and the click of the shutter like a kiss. His work is at once shocking and mysteriously tender". Limited to two-thousand, five hundred copies worldwide, this massive volume (the first of Taschen's XXXL series) pares down decades of Nobuyoshi Araki's oeuvre into a thousand or so images that tell the story of the renowned Japanese photographer and comprise the ultimate retrospective collection of his work. A pristine copy numbered and BOLDLY SIGNED by Araki in black ink on the title page housed in a clamshell box still sealed in the publisher's printed shipping box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-1292-7 Inventory Number: 014522 $ 3150.00 order/inquire       (ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi, Ettore Sotsass, Tetsuo Ishida, Junichi Shioda, Jakucho Setouchi, Ua & Issey Miyake. ARAKI NOBUYOSHI: SENTIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SENTIMENTAL LIFE. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo & Asahi Shimbun, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 152pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Seichi Suzuki Design Office. With a biography, exhibition history, and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1999 Tokyo Museum exhibition, this excellent survey of Nobuyoshi Araki's eroticized lifestyle includes an interview with the photographer as well as texts by the likes of Ettore Sotsass, Tetsuo Ishida, Junichi Shioda, Jakucho Setouchi, and Issey Miyake. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 013387 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Araki, Nobuyoshi. Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Editor. NOBUYOSHI ARAKI: POLAEROID - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Initialed and Numbered by the Photographer. Koln, GERMANY & New York: Oktagon Verlag, 1997. First Edition 1/800. 16mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Limited to eight hundred copies only, this elegant little artist's book cum survey by the legendary Japanese provocateur Nobuyoshi Araki reproduces Polaroid images of bound, (mostly) naked female models alternating with lush floral still lifes. A pristine copy BOLDLY INITIALED "A" AND NUMBERED by Araki in black ink on the front free endpaper, as issued. 3-89611-038-1 Inventory Number: 015749 $ 290.00 order/inquire       (ARAKI, NOBUYOSHI). Murayama, Keiko, Yasuo Konishi, et al., Editors. THE NUDE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. Tokyo, JAPAN: Hiro Ikeda, H2O, 1994. First Edition. Square 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/Near Fine. 114pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. This quirky catalogue is actually two separate items combined. The first part is a Nobuyoshi Araki monograph consisting of fifty-two full page color nudes; followed by a thirty-nine image black and white survey of photographic erotica by the western photographers James Fee, Blake Little, Bret Lopez, Greg Gorman, Judy Coleman, Frederick Ohringer, Marcus Leatherdale, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Outerbridge, Maureen Lambray, Luz Maria Mejia, John Flatteau, Judy Dater, George Holz, Jock Sturges, Terry Thompson, Tom Bianchi, Ralph Gibson, Lucien Clergue, Ken Marcus, Ken O'Brien, Helmut Newton, and Patrick Alt. A pristine copy with the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-87376-102-6 Inventory Number: 014303 $ 90.00 order/inquire       (BATAILLE, GEORGES). Bataille, Georges. Denis Hollier, Editor. Bruce Boone, Translator. GEORGES BATAILLE: GUILTY. Venice, CA: The Lapis Press, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. 161pp, no illustrations. This is the first complete English language translation of noted French philosopher/theoretician Georges Bataille's 1961 work "Le Coupable", which "combines the genres of fiction, memoir and meditation in a philosophical interrogation of man's entrapment within desire". A most handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound edition. 0-932499-55-4 Inventory Number: 017290 $ 100.00 order/inquire       (BEARDSLEY, AUBREY). Beardsley, Aubrey. AUBREY BEARDSLEY: THE REMAINS OF A POET. Munich, GERMANY: Nazraeli Press, 1993. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Illustrated Book. Fine./Fine.. 32pp, 12 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in English. Limited to one thousand copies, this elegantly produced little volume of Aubrey Beardsley drawings is accompanied by texts "edited from his collected letters and rearranged into blank verse". Published in conjunction with a 1993 exhibition at Moorhead Minnesota's Rourke Gallery, it is one of the earliest volumes produced by Chris Pichler's renowned Nazraeli Press. A pristine copy. 3-923922-09-4 Inventory Number: 013340 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo. 1995 (2004).: Treville Co. Ltd., Second Printing (First Edition Thus). 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee", Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A pristine copy. 4-309-90574-9 Inventory Number: 014603 $ 85.00 order/inquire       (BELLMER, HANS). Iwaya, Kuniyo. HANS BELLMER: THE DOLL. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. Designed by Jun Takechi. Published only in Japan, this is a beautiful little book that reproduces all of the known photographic images of "La Poupee" - Hans Bellmer's anatomically amorphous, articulated Surrealist doll that was the not so obscure object of his desire. A most presentable copy of the uncommon 1995 first edition showing a bit of light overall scuffing to the covers. 4-8457-1019-6 Inventory Number: 014574 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (BELLMER, HANS). Revol, Jean. BELLMER: PEINTURES / GOUACHES / COLLAGES. Paris: L'Autre Musee / La Difference, 1983. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 26 color and 27 b&w illustrations. Text in French. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is a charming little book on the artwork of the Surrealist master of eroticism Hans Bellmer published as volume number eight of La Difference's "L'Autre Musee" series. A most handsome copy. 2-7291-0127-6 Inventory Number: 015199 $ 55.00 order/inquire       (BERMAN, WALLACE) (PRINCE, RICHARD). McKenna, Kristine & Richard Prince. Introduction By Michael Kohn. SHE: WORKS BY WALLACE BERMAN & RICHARD PRINCE. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Xiaoqing Wang, Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist. "The use of heterosexual pornography or soft erotica in collage and assemblage is often all too uncritical, but for a few of the California artists who came of age in the early 1950s, Wallace Berman for example, its applications were much more nuanced. This approach to "girlie magazine" imagery and its polar opposite - the impulse to decommodify sexuality - can both be found in the photographs, paintings and books of Richard Prince, an artist whose fondness for the era of Berman is well known. "She" traces these overlaps and sympathies with reproductions of previously unseen works by Berman and new images from Prince's "Girlfriends" and "de Kooning" series. Also included is an interview with Prince and editor Kristine McKenna, whose ongoing work on Wallace Berman and his contemporaries continues to yield exciting discoveries". A pristine copy of this beautiful hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880086-20-4 Inventory Number: 017008 $ 48.00 order/inquire       (BERNHARD, RUTH). Mitchell, Margaretta K. Foreword By Ruth Bernhard. RUTH BERNHARD: BETWEEN ART & LIFE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 160pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. "Hailed by Ansel Adams as "the greatest photographer of the nude," Ruth Bernhard has lived a life that spans almost a century of passionate, ceaseless exploration of the magic of light to create form. "Between Art & Life" is the first biography of this charismatic woman who kept her personal promise to infuse her art with life, and live her life though art". Centered around a series of detailed interviews between Ruth Bernhard and author Margaretta Mitchell, this is a superbly illustrated survey of the photographer's seminal modernist work (including many of the famous female nudes) , personal life, correspondence, and quotations from the photographer regarding her inspirations, technique, and creative process. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in Ruth Bernhard's unmistakable calligraphic hand in black fountain pen on the title page. 0-8118-2191-9 Inventory Number: 015275 $ 225.00 order/inquire       (BERNHARD, RUTH). Williams, Ginny. RUTH BERNHARD: THE COLLECTION OF GINNY WILLIAMS. Santa Fe, NM: Tallgrass Press, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. np (95pp), 43 tritone illustrations. This is the lavish catalogue published in conjunction with the 1993 exhibition "Ruth Bernhard: A Retrospective from the Ginny Williams Collection" at the Denver Art Museum and the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. A superbly printed selection of Bernhard's seminal modernist work (including many of the famous female nudes) is represented here, interspersed with quotations from the photographer about her inspirations and her creative process. A most handsome copy. 1-881138-04-6 Inventory Number: 009284 $ 250.00 order/inquire       (BERQUET, GILLES). Berquet, Gilles. GILLES BERQUET: 97 RUE DES PLANTES. Paris: Jean-Pierre Faur Editeur, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (32pp), 33 b&w illustrations + color covers. Text in French. This is a slender, strikingly designed and printed volume of renowned French erotic photographer Gilles Berquet's explicit fetish and bondage images. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. 2-909882-30-6 Inventory Number: 015576 $ 60.00 order/inquire       (BERQUET, GILLES). Berquet, Gilles. Preface By Alina Reyes. GILLES BERQUET: AME. Paris. 1992 (1995).: Jean-Pierre Faur Editeur, Second Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in French. This is a beautifully designed and printed volume of renowned French erotic photographer Gilles Berquet's explicit fetish and bondage images. While the prints themselves are mostly sepia-toned, the book has been printed in a full color process to capture the subtle nuance of the originals. And while the work shows predecessors Hans Bellmer and Pierre Molinier as inspiration, has anyone ever made pissing on a bare wood floor look so elegant as Berquet does here? A handsome copy. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 2-909882-15-2 Inventory Number: 013855 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (BIDGOOD, JAMES). Benderson, Bruce. JAMES BIDGOOD. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999. First Edition. Tall 4to. Boards in Pictorial Dustjacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color. Full edge gilt. Text in English, German and French. The director of the cult erotic gay fantasy "Pink Narcissus", James Bidgood remained the all-but-unknown, astonishing precursor to Pierre et Gilles and so many other baroque photographers of the male physique until this amazing, well researched monograph by Bruce Benderson appeared nearly a decade ago. Evoking Kenneth Anger, "Querelle", and George Platt Lynes, these images by the former drag performer/window dresser/costume designer are a revelation in Technicolor! A most handsome copy. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-7427-2 Inventory Number: 015539 $ 95.00 order/inquire       (BOUVIER, PATRICE). Topor, Roland & Patrice Bouvier. LES CONTORSIONNISTES. Paris: Editions Du Collectionneur, 1993. First Edition. Square 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 76pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. "Les Contorsionnistes" is Patrice Bouvier's charming volume of gorgeous portrait photographs of female Circus contortionists at work, including several nudes. A most handsome copy. 2-909-450-7-1 Inventory Number: 017978 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (BRISKI, ZANA). Briski, Zana. ZANA BRISKI: BROTHEL - LIMITED BOXED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. New York: Mantis Editions, 2007. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Silk Over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (130pp), 54 tritone illustrations. Designed by Zana Briski with Nashima Gokani and Jeff Magness. Limited to one thousand copies only, "Brothel" is the exquisitely designed and printed volume of Zana Briski's original photographs of the Calcutta house of prostitution that led to her 2005 Academy Award winning feature documentary film (and accompanying book) "Born into Brothels". Noirish and dark, it presents the photographer/director's arresting images of the girls and women at work there, and the squalid conditions they endure. Printed in tritone throughout, it incorporates two tipped-in plates as well as hand made and colored papers + inks in a beautiful debossed black raw silk over boards binding with full black edges. It is housed in a hand made clamshell box covered in scarlet raw silk from India. One of the most sumptuously produced books we've carried in recent years, Zana Briski's "Brothel" is a compelling companion volume to Mary Ellen Mark's classic "Falkland Road". A pristine copy SIGNED by Zana Briski in gold ink on the title page still sealed in the publisher's shipping box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9788754-1-9 Inventory Number: 015351 $ 300.00 order/inquire       (BROWN, CECILY). Cotter, Suzanne & Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith. CECILY BROWN: PAINTINGS. Oxford, ENGLAND: Modern Art Oxford, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 80pp, 30 b&w and 18 color illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with British painter Cecily Brown's first major British museum exhibition held in 2005 at Modern Art Oxford, this nicely appointed catalogue reproduces each of the seventeen large-scale oils on canvas shown (along with a single video installation of her 1995 film "Four Letter Heaven"). These works are contrasted with thirty examples of erotic art and photography that provide a historic frisson for the Suzanne Cotter and Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith's insightful essays. A most handsome copy. 1-901-352-250 Inventory Number: 017712 $ 45.00 order/inquire       (BROWN, TREVOR). Brown, Trevor. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Tokyo, JAPAN: Editions Treville & Pan Exotica, 2001. First Edition. Square 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 65 color illustrations, Text in English. This is yet another offering from British master of perverse illustration Trevor Brown in which dolls, amputees, and anatomical anomalies abound. Our favorite is the naked pre-pubescent Japanese homage to Andy Warhol's "Elvis" silkscreen... A pristine copy. 4-309-90454-8 Inventory Number: 013012 $ 95.00 order/inquire       (BROWN, TREVOR). Brown, Trevor. LI'L MISS STICKY KISS. Tokyo: Editions Treville & Pan Exotica, 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Fuzzy Boards in Acetate Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 32 color illustrations + cover. Text in English. This is a stylishly packaged, beautifully printed offering from British born Japanophile Trevor Brown. The artist pushes (as usual) the boundaries of good taste here with these skewed, faux children's book fetish illustrations of his pigtailed, black-eyed schoolgirl creation "Li'l Miss Sticky Kiss". The dust jacket of this unique object is a thick clear acetate that protects the debossed fuzzy pink boards and cover pastedown. A pristine copy. 4-309-90565-X Inventory Number: 016219 $ 67.50 order/inquire       (BROWN, TREVOR). Brown, Trevor. MY ALPHABET. Tokyo, JAPAN: Editions Treville & Pan Exotica, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Velour Boards with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Fine/Acetate Overlay - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color, Text in English. From Amputee to Zombie, Trevor Brown's twenty-six full page "My Alphabet" drawings give life to these topics along with Necrotopia, Orthopaedophilia, Shrinkwrapped, and so many more. Dolls, amputees, and cadavers as only this master of kinky illustration can bring you - this is not your typical children's abecedaire. A most handsome copy of the brown velour first edition in the publisher's protective clear acetate dustwrapper, as issued. 4-309-90358-4 Inventory Number: 017688 $ 110.00 order/inquire       (CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert. GOTTA HAVE 'EM: PORTRAITS OF WOMEN BY R. CRUMB - DELUXE LIMITED SIGNED EDITION WITH A COLOR SERIGRAPHIC PRINT. Signed by the Artist - with a Serigraph. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2003. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Boards in a Clamshell Box. Artist Monographs. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (224pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "For the first time ever, R. Crumb's drawings of women are collected in one volume, in chronological order, spanning the 38 years since his pen-and-ink beginnings. The usual fetishes are on display ¡ the "built from the ground up" body type, the loving fixation on solid thighs and buttocks ¡ but so is Crumb's heart, on his sleeve, in the great tenderness with which he renders the women in his life. They're all here: his high-school crushes, his paramours, the girls and women who tormented him - and to whom he gave it right back - or who caught his eye on the street, and, of course, his wife and fiery sometimes collaborator Aline, and their daughter Sophie. Add to this his mistress of fifteen years and you have not only a catalogue raisonné of Crumb's portraits of women but also a revealing record of a passionate life. Crumb calls it "an autobiography of sorts" and it is ¡ these aren't just portraits of women but the most intimate portrait of Crumb's life in love". Limited to one hundred hardbound, clamshell boxed copies, each containing a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 10 x 7 1/2 inch color serigraph print, this deluxe version of "Gotta Have 'Em" illuminates Crumb's lifelong fascination/obsession with the fairer sex. A pristine copy. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9672366-8-1 Inventory Number: 010099 $ 600.00 order/inquire       (CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert. Dian Hanson, Editor. ROBERT CRUMB'S SEXUAL OBSESSIONS - DELUXE LIMITED SIGNED EDITION WITH A COLOR SERIGRAPHIC PRINT. Signed by the Artist - with a Serigraph. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Stout 4to. Illustrated Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monographs. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 258pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. " R. Crumb has selected his most intimately revealing comic strips and single page drawings to create a two hundred and fifty-eight page encyclopedic trip through his sexual psyche. All images were created between 1980 and 2006, and all strips are hand-colored for a lush vibrancy never seen in his comic books. In total, "Robert Crumb's Sex Obsessions" features fourteen complete stories, including "My Troubles With Women", "If I Were a King", "A Bitchin' Bod", and "How To Have Fun With a Strong Girl", as well as sixty single page drawings. This signed slipcased edition limited to one thousand copies is a work of art in itself, with every part of the book - front and back covers, spine, and introductory pages - created for this project by Robert Crumb. Each book comes with an art print selected by Mr. Crumb. A pristine copy sealed in shrinkwrap still in the publisher's printed cardboard shipping carton. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-2540-9 Inventory Number: 014911 $ 700.00 order/inquire       (CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert. Edited & Designed By Peter Poplaski. THE R. CRUMB COFFEE TABLE ART BOOK - DELUXE LIMITED SIGNED EDITION WITH A COLOR SILKSCREEN PRINT. Signed by the Artist - with a Silkscreen Print. Chesterfield, MA: Kitchen Sink Press, 1997. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket,Slipcased. Artist Monographs. As New/As New. 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book" collects the finest work from throughout Crumb's career, ranging from some of his earliest published comics in the mid-sixties to work completed in the nineties. His best stories, illustrations, covers, and paintings are here, many of them appearing in color for the first time". Limited to one thousand hardbound, slipcased copies only, each containing a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 12 1/2 x 10" color silkscreen print, this deluxe version of "The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book" is a must-have for the Crumb completeist. A pristine copy in the publisher's shrinkwrapped faux-leather slipcase. 0-87816-614-9 Inventory Number: 017560 $ 500.00 order/inquire       (DAMOIS, JEAN-FRANCOIS). Damois, Jean-Francois. CLICHÉINTERNATIONAL 11: PETITES CULOTTES ET AUTRES AGACERIES... PAR JEAN-FRANCOIS DAMOIS. Paris: Cliché International & Pink Star Editions, 1991. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. This is the eleventh installment of "Cliché International"; a series published by Pink Star Editions (the noted Parisian purveyor of erotic photographica), each of which features the work of a single photographer. This issue is devoted entirely to Jean-Francois Damois' erotic black and white images of young girls and women pictured amidst the French countryside. A handsome copy showing some light wear and handling to the covers. Inventory Number: 017974 $ 25.00 order/inquire       (DWECK, MICHAEL). Dweck, Michael & Christopher Sweet. MICHAEL DWECK: MERMAIDS - DELUXE BOXED EDITION WITH THE SIGNED CHROMOGENIC PRINT "MERMAID 37, MIAMI 2007". Signed by the Photographer - with a Color Print. NP (New York): Ditch Plains Press, 2008. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (160pp), 65 tritone and 36 color illustrations. Designed by Jeremy Miller. "Mermaids" is Michael Dweck's knockout, lavishly produced follow-up to "the End": in which "drawing inspiration from his teenage years spent by the beach on Long Island, Michael Dweck set out to photographically capture the vanishing surf culture of Montauk, a sleepy fishing village that in the 1970s became a heaven for East Coast surfers". For his second book, the photographer "explores the theme of the female nude submerged in water, and celebrates the modern mermaid, as represented by beautiful young women who appear very much at home in the water". A pristine copy of this stunning tome from the limited edition of one hundred copies only housed in a debossed black linen solander box SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Michael Dweck. This is one of fifty examples containing the 8 x 10" chromogenic color print "Mermaid 37, Miami 2007". PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9818465-0-5 Inventory Number: 016736 $ 700.00 order/inquire       (DWECK, MICHAEL). Dweck, Michael & Christopher Sweet. MICHAEL DWECK: MERMAIDS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. NP (New York): Ditch Plains Press, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (160pp), 65 tritone and 36 color illustrations. Designed by Jeremy Miller. "Mermaids" is Michael Dweck's knockout, lavishly produced follow-up to "the End": in which "drawing inspiration from his teenage years spent by the beach on Long Island, Michael Dweck set out to photographically capture the vanishing surf culture of Montauk, a sleepy fishing village that in the 1970s became a heaven for East Coast surfers". For his second book, the photographer "explores the theme of the female nude submerged in water, and celebrates the modern mermaid, as represented by beautiful young women who appear very much at home in the water". A pristine copy of this stunning tome BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by Michael Dweck in black marker on the half title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9818465-0-5 Inventory Number: 018115 $ 100.00 order/inquire       (EISENSTEIN, SERGEI) Eisenstein, S.M., Jean-Claude Marcade & Galia Ackerman. S.M. EISENSTEIN: DESSINS SECRETS. Paris: Seuil, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. Embossed Cloth. Film Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 190pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This charming volume published only in France presents quite another facet of the creativity of Sergei Eisenstein. It reproduces one hundred and fifty-two explicitly erotic drawings made by the legendary Russian film director between 1931 and 1948 involving men, women, mythological creatures, and pretty much all the permutations that might be attained by their various couplings. A pristine copy. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 2-02-033612-X Inventory Number: 016815 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (FAFI). Fafi & Michel Mathe. FAFI: GIRLS ROCK. Paris: Le Club, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and French. "Born and raised in Toulouse France, Fafi's strong presence in the graffiti and fine arts scene was first witnessed on her hometown walls in 1994. Back then, as she was painting and hustling, her sexy, funny, and sometimes aggressive girl characters made the whole world look and helped kick-start a whole new graphic language. By exploring femininity through stereotypes, and using it to her advantage, she drew enormous attention and thus started to travel the world with thousands of Fafinettes in her brushes and paint cans". What more can we add to Fafi's own description of her emergence as a worldwide art, fashion and marketing phenomenon? This is her ultra-scarce first book from 2002, chock-full of lovely color reproductions of her graffiti, sketches, prints, and clothing. A most handsome copy. 2-9518849-1-5 Inventory Number: 014224 $ 250.00 order/inquire       (FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig. JAMES FEE: NEW FIGURATIVE WORK. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 30pp, 22 color plates. In the body of work pictured here, the noted late, Los Angeles based photographer James Fee beautifully captured the nude with his characteristic experimental manipulations of the photographic printing process. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 013651 $ 60.00 order/inquire       (FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig. JAMES FEE: NEW FIGURATIVE WORK SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. 30pp, 22 color plates. In the body of work pictured here, the noted late, Los Angeles based photographer James Fee beautifully captured the nude with his characteristic experimental manipulations of the photographic printing process. A most handsome copy SIGNED by James Fee on the title page. Inventory Number: 012055 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (FIERET, GERARD PETRUS). Bell, Deborah, Susan Herzig & Paul Hertzmann. G.P. FIERET: PHOTOGRAPHS. New York & San Francisco: Deborah Bell Photographs & Paul Hertzmann, Inc., 2007. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. 24pp, 24 b&w illustrations. Designed by Beverly Joel, pulp, ink. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 New York gallery exhibition of photographic portraits by Dutch eccentric Gerard Petrus Fieret. A pristine copy with the gallery announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 017989 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (FIERET, GERARD PETRUS). Van Krimpen, Wim. FOTO EN COPYRIGHT BY G.P. FIERET. Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS: Den Haag Fotomuseum & Uitgeverij Voetnoot, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Dutch, English and French. Published in conjunction with a 2004 Dutch museum retrospective, this is the most comprehensive collection to date of the amateurish yet intriguing, sometimes erotic photographic portraits of cantankerous Den Haag eccentric Gerard Petrus Fieret. A most handsome copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 90-71877-85-X Inventory Number: 017987 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (FISCHL, ERIC). Tuten, Frederick. ERIC FISCHL: THE BED, THE CHAIR... NEW PAINTINGS. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. np (48pp), 13 color illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of thirteen new paintings on linen and watercolors by Eric Fischl. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880154-40-2 Inventory Number: 016050 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (FRENCH, JIM). French, Jim & Bruce Weber. LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME: JIM FRENCH. New York: Little Bear Press, 2003. First Edition 1/4000. Small 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (128pp), 71 illustrations in color and b&w + covers. Designed by Dmitri Levas. This brand new offering from Bruce Weber's Little Bear Press features pioneering male-figure photographer Jim French's collection of 1972 nude studies of object of affection, model David Skrivanek. An interview of French by Weber serves as the introduction for the book, and in the same way as "Chop Suey Club" adoringly captures Peter Johnson's moods and physique, so here does the camera linger throughout on the impressively chiseled (and endowed) Skrivanek. As with all of Little Bear's books, the quality of the design, paper and printing is impeccable. A pristine copy, at the publisher's list price. 0-9705745-5-X Inventory Number: 018007 $ 180.00 order/inquire       (GALLO, VINCENT). Gallo, Vincent. THE BROWN BUNNY - SIGNED BY VINCENT GALLO. Signed by the Author. Tokyo: Rockin' On Inc., 2003. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Embossed Linen Over Boards. Film Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (112pp), 70 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hideki Nakajima. Published only in Japan, this spare, elegantly designed book is a sequential distillation of stills and photographs from noted director/actor/artist/musician Vincent Gallo's most recent film, "The Brown Bunny" (including his much talked about cinematic tete a tete with Chloe Sevigny). Other members of the cast include Cheryl Tiegs, Elizabeth Blake, Anna Vareschi, and Mary Morasky. A pristine copy of this minimal beauty BOLDLY SIGNED by Vincent Gallo, and accompanied by the publisher's obi and shrinkwrap (which has been opened for the author's signature, then replaced). PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 4-86502-030-0 Inventory Number: 017235 $ 200.00 order/inquire       (GIGER, H.R.). Giger, H.R. Introduction By Clive Barker. H.R. GIGER'S NECRONOMICON: VOLUMES I & II (1 & 2) - LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED LEATHERBOUND SLIPCASED EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC. Signed and Numbered by the Artist. Beverly Hills, CA: Morpheus International, 1992. First Edition Thus 1/666 Deluxe. Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 82 + 94pp, profusely illustrated in color. With a biography, bibliography, filmography and exhibition history. This is the deluxe leatherbound Morpheus International combined in one volume edition of Swiss master of the macabre H.R. Giger's "Necronomicon" and "Necronomicon II". Best known for his biomorphically grotesque design concepts for films such as "Alien" and "Species", this stylish large-format tome includes selections from the projects "Passages", "Shafts", "Dune", "Baphomet", "Biomechanoid", "Passagen", "Der Aesthet", "New York City 1977", "Debbie Harry - Blondie", "Alien", and many more, along with Giger's thoughts on his work for the theatre, posters, airbrush technique, etc. A most handsome example of the deluxe full black leather with debossed black gilt bound edition limited to six hundred and sixty-six copies only BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by H.R. Giger in silver marker on his specially designed original graphic title page housed in the publisher's black linen over boards slipcase, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value, size and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 017338 $ 900.00 order/inquire       (GIGER, H.R.). Giger, H.R., Timothy Leary, Fritz Billeter, Andrea Melcior & Mia Giger. H.R. GIGER: N.Y. CITY - DELUXE HARDBOUND LIMITED SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Ugly Publishing, 1981. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With a biography, bibliography, filmography and exhibition history. This is the deluxe edition of "N.Y. City" - the artwork laden visual diary of H.R. Giger's exploits amongst the glitterati of Beverly Hills, Hollywood and New York. See the tuxedoed master of the macabre toting his "Alien" Oscar, mugging with Farrah Fawcett, and transforming Deborah Harry into...something, before your very eyes! A most handsome example of the hardbound edition limited to three hundred and fifty copies only BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by H.R. Giger in black ink on the front free endpaper, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value, weight and size - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 017339 $ 600.00 order/inquire       (GLAMOUR GIRLS: THEN AND NOW). Sullivan, Steve, Editor. GLAMOUR GIRLS: THEN AND NOW ISSUE #11. Washington, D.C.: Steve Sullivan & Bunny Yeager, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New. 76pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. This is the eleventh installment of Bunny Yeager and Steve Sullivan's (author/editor of "Glamour Girls The Illustrated Encyclopedia", "Va Va Voom" and "Bombshells") irregularly published magazine-format paean to adolescent male desire, "Glamour Girls Then and Now". From pinups to Playmates, from Burlesque to bathing beauties, the female fantasies of so many baby boomers' youths are detailed here in in-depth, well researched articles with numerous photographs. This features stories on cover girl (and centerfold) DeDe Lind, Kitten Natividad, Raquel Welch, Yvette Vickers, Betty Page, and more (with numerous photographs by Yeager and Russ Meyer). A pristine copy of this out of print issue. Inventory Number: 015907 $ 45.00 order/inquire       (GOLDIN, NAN). Goldin, Nan. NAN GOLDIN: THE OTHER SIDE 1972-1992 - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Scalo Publishers, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 144pp, 100 color and 26 duotone illustrations. "The Other Side" is Nan Goldin's second book - an intimate twenty year study of the photographer's transvestite and transgendered friends in New York, Boston, Berlin, Paris, Bangkok, and Manila - including sections on the late Kim Harlow and Greer Lankton, and Joey. A most handsome copy with a SIGNED PRESENTATION by the photographer in the year of publication to a noted bookseller "May 11. 1993, For ... -, with my love for L.A. light + faces. Thanks for the royal treatment. X Nan Goldin" in black ink beneath the frontispiece photograph. 1-881616-03-7 Inventory Number: 017363 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (GOMI, AKIRA). Katayama, Kaz & Akira Gomi. YELLOWS MEN TOKYO 1995: AKIRA GOMI PHOTOGRAPHS. Tokyo, JAPAN: Fuga Shobo, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese and English. Cover designed by Neville Brody. Published in 1995 in Japan only, this is the Japanese male installment (including full-frontal nudes) of photographer Akira Gomi's ongoing cross-cultural documentation of the bodies and lives of young women and men around the world. A handsome copy in the publisher's obi, as issued. 4-89424-052-1 Inventory Number: 015105 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (GRAHAM, ROBERT). Arteaga, Augustin, Rafael Tovar, Gerado Estrada, Eugenio Lopez, Esthella Provas & Alberto Ruy Sanchez. ROBERT GRAHAM. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 189pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, chronology and bibliography. Published in conjunction with an extensive retrospective exhibition held at the Sala Diego Rivera in 1997, this is still the major reference on the renowned late Mexican born, Los Angeles based figurative sculptor. It contains beautifully detailed photographs of over one hundred works including the Los Angeles Olympic Gateway, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Duke Ellington Memorials as well as scores of the anatomically detailed nudes for which the artist was primarily known. A pristine copy of the uncommon softbound edition of this vital document. 968-29-9890-5 Inventory Number: 017986 $ 100.00 order/inquire       (GRAHAM, ROBERT). Arteaga, Augustin, Rafael Tovar, Gerado Estrada, Eugenio Lopez, Esthella Provas & Alberto Ruy Sanchez. ROBERT GRAHAM. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 189pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, chronology and bibliography. Published in conjunction with an extensive retrospective exhibition held at the Sala Diego Rivera in 1997, this is still the major reference on the renowned late Mexican born, Los Angeles based figurative sculptor. It contains beautifully detailed photographs of over one hundred works including the Los Angeles Olympic Gateway, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Duke Ellington Memorials as well as scores of the anatomically detailed nudes for which the artist was primarily known. A pristine copy of the uncommon hardbound edition of this vital document. 968-29-9890-5 Inventory Number: 017940 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (GRAHAM, ROBERT). McClure, Michael & Robert Graham. ROBERT GRAHAM: EIGHT STATUES. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (36pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1994 Gagosian Gallery exhibition by renowned Mexican born, Los Angeles based figurative artist Robert Graham. It contains numerous views of all eight anatomically detailed sculptures of the female nude shown as well as two texts and an interview with the artist by noted beat literary figure Michael McClure. A pristine copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 017941 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (GUYTHER, TONY) ( VULCAN STUDIOS). Tony of Vulcan Studios. PHOTOGRAPHING PHYSIQUES BY TONY OF VULCAN STUDIOS. NP. ND.: NP (Self Published), 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good. 48pp, 38 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Self published by well known New York based physique photographer Tony Guyther, this seemingly mid to late sixties item combines a brief "how-to" essay with thirty-eight full page examples of the artful lens of "Vulcan Studio" trained on the full frontal gifts of numerous buff male models. A handsome copy of this uncommon item whose covers show some light wear and soiling. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 016040 $ 60.00 order/inquire       (HAYASHI, YOSHIFUMI). Kuentz, Stephan Levy, Hiroshi Fujita & Catherine Robbe-Grillet. YOSHIFUMI HAYASHI: TRAITES SECRETS ECHANGES ENTRE MONSIEUR Y. PHYSIOLOGISTE, ET UN HERMAPHRODITE VAGUEMENT SEQUESTRE DANS LE BOUDOIR D'UNE RECENTE MARIEE. Tokyo, JAPAN: Treville Co. Ltd., 1996. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Very Good/Very Good. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese. These drawings created by noted contemporary Japanese Erotic artist Yoshifumi Hayashi between 1993 and 1996 are dark explorations of fetishized female physiology and mutating genitalia. If David Cronenberg and Hans Bellmer are your idea of a fun time, you'll most likely want to add this to the deep recesses of your library. A handsome copy of this uncommon item in the publisher's printed obi showing some light scraping along the bottom edge of both boards as well as some minor creases to the jacket at the extremities. 4-8457-1099-4 Inventory Number: 013273 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (IONESCO, IRINA). Ionesco, Irina, Michael Lonsdale & Pierre Bourgeade. IRINA IONESCO: PASSIONS. Nyons & Paris, FRANCE: Le Club Du Livre Secret & Pink Star Editions, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -. np (80pp), 67 color illustrations + cover. Text in French. This is one of the earlier collections of Irina Ionesco's erotic color photographs, including some of the earliest published images of her daughter Eva. A most presentable copy showing some scuffing to the wrappers and overall wear and handling. It has been priced accordingly. 2-903-901-058 Inventory Number: 016283 $ 90.00 order/inquire       (IONESCO, IRINA). Ionesco, Irina, Michael Lonsdale & Pierre Bourgeade. IRINA IONESCO: PASSIONS. Nyons & Paris, FRANCE: Le Club Du Livre Secret & Pink Star Editions, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good. np (80pp), 67 color illustrations + cover. Text in French. This is one of the earlier collections of Irina Ionesco's erotic color photographs, including some of the earliest published images of her daughter Eva. A handsome copy showing just a bit of scuffing to the wrappers. 2-903-901-058 Inventory Number: 013202 $ 110.00 order/inquire       (ISHIUCHI, MIYAKO). Ishiuchi, Miyako. SAWARU: CHROMOSOME XY - MIYAKO ISHIUCHI. Tokyo, JAPAN: Shinchosha Co. Ltd & Photo Musee, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With an exhibition history and bibliography. In this, her ninth book, the noted Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi presents graphic yet sensuous black and white close up images of nipples, buttocks, hands, body hair, etc. of Japanese and Caucasian men - including fellow photographers-turned-models here Kineo Kuwabara, Suehiro Tanemura, Masahisa Fukase, and Hajime Sawatari, A pristine copy of this uncommon item in a like jacket still in the publisher's printed obi 4-10-602416-0 Inventory Number: 016375 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (JONVELLE). Jonvelle, Jean-Francois & Veronique Machet. JONVELLE A MARRAKECH. Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (96pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in French. This is one of the three photographically illustrated erotic travel diaries by well-known French chronicler of youthful female beauty Jean-Francois Jonvelle published in 1986 in collaboration with author Veronique Machet. Set in Marrakech (the other two take place in Venice and Saint-Barthelmy), Jonvelle's first (or second, or third - they were released simultaneously) book explores colorful Moroccan environs as well as its young blonde protagonist's lithe physique. The text consists of her imaginary travelogue, accompanied by practical information at the rear such a directory of hotels, restaurants, bars & discos, and a local lexicon. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. 2851084262 Inventory Number: 014335 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (JONVELLE). Jonvelle, Jean-Francois & Veronique Machet. JONVELLE A VENISE. Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. np (96pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in French. This is one of the three photographically illustrated erotic travel diaries by well-known French chronicler of youthful female beauty Jean-Francois Jonvelle published in 1986 in collaboration with author Veronique Machet. Set in Venice (the other two take place in Marrakech and Saint-Barthelmy), Jonvelle's first (or second, or third - they were released simultaneously) book explores the colorful Italian metropolis as well as its young brunette protagonist's lithe physique. The text consists of her imaginary travelogue, accompanied by practical information at the rear such a directory of hotels, restaurants, banks, and a local lexicon. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 2851084255 Inventory Number: 015993 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (KELLEY, MIKE). Stern, Steven. MIKE KELLEY: HERMAPHRODITE DRAWINGS (2005-2006). London: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Gilt Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Robert Ruehlman - Green Dragon Office. This is the exquisite hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2007 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of Mike Kelley's vago-phallicious "Hermaphrodite Drawings". There's something for everyone here in this luscious production! A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 017420 $ 80.00 order/inquire       (KERN, RICHARD). Kern, Richard. RICHARD KERN: NEW YORK GIRLS - 30 POSTCARDS. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (64pp), 30 color illustrations. This is Taschen Postcard book number ninety-two, containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) postcard images by famed erotic photographer Richard Kern distilled from his full-length Taschen tome, "New York Girls". A most handsome, completely intact copy. 3-8228-8088-4 Inventory Number: 017979 $ 15.00 order/inquire       (KOONS, JEFF) (TASCHEN, BENEDIKT). Paz, Marga & Benedikt Taschen. TASCHEN COLLECTION / COLECCION TASCHEN / SAMMLUNG TASCHEN - SIGNED WITH A FLOWER DRAWING BY JEFF KOONS. Signed with a Drawing by Jeff Koons. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. 256pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the beautifully produced, oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2004 Reina Sofia Madrid exhibition of works from the extraordinary contemporary art holdings amassed over the previous two decades by legendary publisher Benedikt Taschen. "Benedikt Taschen began seriously building his personal collection in 1985, through his involvement in the contemporary art world. It is limited to a small number of artists by whom he owns a great number of pieces. This concentration both traces the development of the work of a few over time and allows us to explore their scope and vision in greater depth. Among the best-represented artists of the collection are Germans Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger (with more than a hundred works each), and the American artists Jeff Koons and Mike Kelley. Additionally, Taschen owns many quality pieces representing key artists from the generation that emerged in the 1980s and is still active today. Among them: Thomas Struth, Gunther Forg, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, Darren Almond, Werner Buttner, Andre Butzer, and Wolfgang Tillmans, not to forget photography doyens Julius Shulman and Helmut Newton, and Elmer Batters and Eric Stanton. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED WITH A FLOWER DRAWING by Jeff Koons in black marker on the title page that was executed at Art Basel Miami 2004 and acquired directly from the publisher. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-4011-4 Inventory Number: 015857 $ 1200.00 order/inquire       (KOONS, JEFF). Caldwell, John, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni & Brian Wallis. Foreword by John R. Lane. JEFF KOONS. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Gilt Debossed Boards in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 132pp, 81 color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Catherine Mills. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully designed and illustrated catalogue for the 1992 Jeff Koons exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - the budding superstar's second major American Museum retrospective. In addition to essays by John Caldwell, Jim Lewis, Daniela Salvoni and Brian Wallis, each of the sixty-seven sculptural and photographically based pieces shown (including the erotically charged "Made in Heaven" series with then paramour Cicciolina) is illustrated here. A pristine copy of the uncommon hardbound edition in gilt stamped white leather in a like dustjacket. 0-918471-27-3 Inventory Number: 015917 $ 275.00 order/inquire       (KROLL, ERIC). Kroll, Eric. ERIC KROLL'S BEAUTY PARADE: 30 POSTCARDS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (64pp), 30 color illustrations. This is Taschen Postcard book number ninety-five, containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) postcard images by famed fetish photographer Eric Kroll distilled from his second full-length Taschen tome, "Beauty Parade". A most handsome, completely intact copy BOLDLY SIGNED by Kroll in black ink on the title page. 3-8228-8519-3 Inventory Number: 012845 $ 45.00 order/inquire       (KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona. MONA KUHN: PHOTOGRAPHS - SIGNED BY MONA KUHN. Signed by the Photographer. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2004. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 108pp, 33 duotone and 20 color illustrations. Designed by Steidl Design. "The people in Mona Kuhn's photographs are nude but not naked. Completely relaxed before the camera, they give the impression that nothing could clothe them better than their own skin. With a unique style, Kuhn's intimate photographs of both young and old are sensual compositions of skin and wrinkles, light and shadow, gestures and gazes. She creates tautly composed images and balance sharply rendered portraits against blurred backgrounds to lure the eye and provoke the imagination". This is Brazilian born, California based photographer Mona Kuhn's extraordinary second book of portraits and nudes. Coming from a background that included time as an assistant to Jock Sturges, she has formed her own unique documentary approach that is an ongoing study of youth, nature, and the beauty of the unguarded human body. A pristine copy of the out of print first edition BOLDLY SIGNED by Mona Kuhn in black ink on the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-86521-008-2 Inventory Number: 012398 $ 100.00 order/inquire       (KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona, Frederic Tuten & Gordon Baldwin. MONA KUHN: EVIDENCE - SIGNED BY MONA KUHN. Signed by the Photographer. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2007. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 96pp, 33 duotone and 20 color illustrations. Designed by Mona Kuhn and Gerhard Steidl. "A Los Angeles-based artist of German-Brazilian ancestry, Kuhn photographs in naturist communities in France. The models are her friends, and the resulting photographs reveal a comfortable and graceful intimacy between the artist and her subjects. Containing luscious young bodies that suggest the meditative repose of classical statuary, the mood is languorous, projecting an almost Edenic eroticism that is neither sexy nor exploitative". A pristine copy of Mona Kuhn's third book of portraits and nudes BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the title page. 9783865213723 Inventory Number: 012516 $ 85.00 order/inquire       (LACHAPELLE, DAVID). Faccioli, Davide. DAVID LACHAPELLE. Milano, ITALY. 2001 (2004).: Photology s.r.l., Second Printing. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, 37 color illustrations. Text in English and Italian. This is the compact hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with excess loving American fashion/celebrity photographer David LaChapelle's 2001 one-man exhibition at Milan's Photology gallery. The cast of characters here includes Madonna, Lil' Kim, Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee, Eminem, Paul Reubens, Milla Jovovich, Devon Aoki, Leonardo DiCaprio, Faye Dunaway, David Bowie, Uma Thurman, Drew Barrymore, Tupac Shakur, Alexander McQueen & Isabella Blow, Alec Wek, and more. A most handsome copy. 88-88359-14-1 Inventory Number: 014750 $ 65.00 order/inquire       (LACHAPELLE, DAVID). LaChapelle, David. LACHAPELLE: ARTISTS & PROSTITUTES - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed by the Photographer. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2005. First Edition 1/2500. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 698pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Text in English, German and French. "Once called the Fellini of photography, David LaChapelle has worked for the most prestigious international publications and has been the subject of exhibitions in both commercial galleries and leading public institutions around the world. Celebrating this visionary artist's truly extraordinary photography, "Artists & Prostitutes" is packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images. Bursting at the seams with spectacle and drama, and saturated with colors that only LaChapelle can realize, this limited edition pays tribute to the most daring and ambitious photographer in the history of portraiture". Limited to two thousand, five hundred copies worldwide, this massive volume (the second in Taschen's XXL series) is the most lavish and comprehensive survey of the renowned photographer/director's work to date. A pristine copy numbered and BOLDLY SIGNED by David LaChapelle in black ink on the title page housed in a clamshell box still sealed in the publisher's printed shipping box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-1617-5 Inventory Number: 014523 $ 3150.00 order/inquire       (LACHAPELLE, DAVID). Nicolini, Renato & Max Montana. DAVID LACHAPELLE: EXHIBITION 1999. Rome, ITALY: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1999. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np, 27 color illustrations + cover. Text in English and Italian. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue published in conjunction with notorious American fashion/celebrity photographer David LaChapelle's 1999 one-man exhibition at Rome's Palazzo delle Esposizioni. All of the plates are reproduced against black borders, and the cast of characters here includes Madonna, Tori Amos, Milla Jovovich, Devon Aoki, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Marilyn Manson, Shirley Manson, Alec Wek, Alexander McQueen, Joe Weider, Tricky, Ewan McGregor, Uma Thurman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Billy Corgan, Andy Warhol, and more. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 014545 $ 110.00 order/inquire       (LINDNER, RICHARD). Text By Ashton, Dore. With an Interview By Dean Swanson. LINDNER. Berkeley, CA & Minneapolis, MN: The University Art Museum & Walker Art Center, 1969. First Edition. Square 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 51pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the catalogue for the first American museum retrospective of this idiosyncratic German painter that rose to prominence as a member of the New York art world during the 1960s. A pristine copy with the invitation to the museum opening reception laid in.. LC 73-626868 Inventory Number: 011732 $ 32.50 order/inquire       (MANN, SALLY). Mann, Sally & C.D. Wright. SALLY MANN: PROUD FLESH. New York: Gagosian Gallery & The Aperture Foundation, 2009. First Edition. Folio. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 33 duotone illustrations. Designed by An Art Service. With an exhibition checklist. This is the exceedingly lovely hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with the recent Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of thirty-three large-format wet-plate collodian portraits of photographer Sally Mann's husband Larry. "Her latest photographic study of her husband, taken over six years, has resulted in a series of candid nude studies of a mature male body that neither objectifies nor celebrates the focus of its gaze. Rather it suggests a profoundly trusting relationship between woman and man, artist and model that has produced a full range of impressions - erotic, brutally frank, disarmingly tender, and more. While the relation of artist and model is, traditionally, a male-dominated field that has yielded countless appraisals of the female body and psyche, Mann reverses the role by turning the camera on her husband during some of his most vulnerable moments". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-59711-135-X Inventory Number: 017095 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Jochen Siemens. BIBLIOTHEK DER FOTOGRAFIE (SPEZIAL FOTOGRAFIE) PORTFOLIO NO. 33 (STERN): ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2004. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Tom Jacobi. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this thirty-third installment devoted to Robert Mapplethorpe was no exception. It is a handsome survey of the photographer's storied career, including of course a healthy dose of erotic excess. A pristine copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19423-X Inventory Number: 013788 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert. John Cheim, Editor. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: EARLY WORKS 1970-1974 . New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. np, 40 color illustrations. Designed by John Cheim. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Robert Miller Gallery exhibition of early photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe. Bound in beautifully debossed gold metallic boards, the work (featuring frames designed by the artist) is spectacularly reproduced in full color reproductions, many presented here for the very first time. A most handsome copy showing just a hint of oxidation to the gold metallic boards (as is typical) still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-944680-36-4 Inventory Number: 015784 $ 175.00 order/inquire       (MARK, MARY ELLEN). Mark, Mary Ellen. With a Poem By Maya Angelou. FALKLAND ROAD: PROSTITUTES OF BOMBAY - SIGNED BY MARY ELLEN MARK. Signed by the Photographer. Gottingen, GERMANY. 1981 (2005).: Steidl, First Edition Thus. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 124pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Falkland Road is a notorious street in Bombay lined with old wooden buildings which teem with prostitutes hanging out of the windows, in the viewing cages on the ground floor, and on the steps. From sunrise to sunset the customers pass down the street to survey the girls. Mary Ellen Mark's extraordinary portrait of Falkland Road was first published by Knopf in 1981, and has long been recognized as one of the major bodies of work in the canon of this significant Magnum photographer. The book contains sixty-five photographs made over six weeks that show the daily life lived by the women (and men) of the street. Mark's images are beautiful, electric, shocking, and remarkable for their emotional power and for the visceral brilliance of their color". A pristine copy of the 2005 Steidl edition (whose 1981 first printing is featured on pages 324-325 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") BOLDLY SIGNED by Mary Ellen Mark in black marker on the half-title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-86521-128-3 Inventory Number: 014866 $ 200.00 order/inquire       (MEISELAS, SUSAN). Meiselas, Susan, Sylvia Wolf & Deirdre English. CARNIVAL STRIPPERS - SIGNED BY SUSAN MEISELAS. Signed and Dated by the Photographer. Gottingen, GERMANY & New York. 1976 (2003).: Steidl & The Whitney Museum of American Art, Second, Revised Edition (First Thus). Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 163pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing and interviewing women who performed striptease for small town carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. As she followed the girl shows from town to town, she portrayed the dancers on stage and off, photographing their public performances as well as their private lives. She also taped interviews with the dancers, their boyfriends, the show managers, and paying customers. Meiselas' frank description of the lives of these women brought a hidden world to public attention. Produced during the early years of the women's movement Carnival Strippers reflects the struggle for identity and self-esteem that characterized a complex era of change.". This is the beautifully produced new edition of Susan Meiselas' landmark first book from 1976 which now includes additional photographs along with an audio CD with a collage of voices from its many participants and a 1977 interview with the photographer. A pristine copy of the sold out 2003 first printing (whose 1976 edition is featured on pages 312-313 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 238-239 of "The Book of 101 Books") SIGNED AND DATED by Susan Meiselas in black ink on the title page. 3-88243-954-8 Inventory Number: 017505 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (MEYER, RUSS). Meyer, Russ & Adolph Albion Schwartz. Foreword By Roger Ebert. A CLEAN BREAST!: THE LIFE AND LOVES OF RUSS MEYER (THE RURAL FELLINI... HIS FILMS, FANTASIES UND FRAULEINS) - COMPLETE IN THREE VOLUMES. Hollywood, CA: The Hauck Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. First Edition. 4to. Gilt Embossed Cloth. Film Monograph. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. xviii + iii + vii, 359 + 418 + 436pp, profusely illustrated in sepia-toned monochrome plates. "After a decade of ceaseless toil, the legendary director and Breastman extraordinaire has finally unleashed a pictorial account of his life and mind. Surrender yourself to a startlingly intimate look into the personal and professional life of the director. Feast on a carnal adventure as the lensman describes in detail a Tinsel Town debauch replete with classic films and the most cantilevered women ever to undulate over the Earth's surface. And the Women!!! Over 2,500 photos personally selected by Russ Meyer from his vast underground archive nestled deep within the hills of Hollywood. See Lorna Maitland, Tura Satana, Uschi Digard, Erica Gavin, Kitten Natividad, Tundi, Melissa Mounds, Letha Weapons, Pandora Peaks and dozens more, as you've never seen them before. Thrill to the lust-crazed filmman's erotic meanderings as he recounts for you his monumental couplings with the most oversized and desirable women ever". As if we could add to the author's own hyperbole, this monumental autobiographical kiss and tell comprises three massive tomes detailing Russ Meyer's rise from U.S. Army European Theater combat cameraman to legendary exploitation filmmaker. As an auteur, Meyer has produced such classics as "Mudhoney", "Motor Psycho", "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!", "Vixen", "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", and too many more to mention. In fact, virtually all of Volume Three is a detailed filmography (with hundreds and hundreds of stills), even including a chapter setting the record straight on his and Roger Ebert's aborted participation in the Sex Pistols' "Who Killed Bambi?". Of course, in addition to the always entertaining narrative, there are over a thousand nicely reproduced images of the prominent women in his life including the so far unmentioned Eve Meyer, Diane Webber, June Wilkinson, Cynthia Myers, Dolly Read, Haji, Edy Williams, Raven De La Croix, Susan Bernard, and so many more, as well as numerous heavily endowed illustrations by the renowned Bill Ward. It's hard to imagine a more thorough examination of a filmmaker's life and art than what the late, great Russ Meyer wittily produced here in twelve hundred and thirteen pages. A pristine set of this must-have item for the Bosomaniac in your life, still sealed in the publisher's shipping carton. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Additional shipping costs are required for this set beyond our standard rates due to its size and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9621797-2-8 Inventory Number: 015437 $ 335.00 order/inquire       (MOLLINO, CARLO). Arpino, Giovanni, Daniela Palazzoli & Fulvio Ferrari. CARLO MOLLINO: POLAROIDS. Paris: Le Promeneur, 1988. First Edition Thus 1/2000. Square 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. np (48pp), 16 color, 3 duotone and 1 b&w illustration. Text in French. This slender volume is the larger format, more elaborately printed French version of the first published survey devoted to the noted Italian architect/designer (and apparently all around kinky guy) Carlo Mollino's erotic Polaroids. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 2-87653-067-8 Inventory Number: 018095 $ 110.00 order/inquire       (MOLLINO, CARLO). Brino, Giovanni. CARLO MOLLINO: ARCHITECTURE AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1987. First American Edition. 4to. Buckram in Dust Jacket. Design Monograph. Fine/Fine. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography, chronology and exhibition history "Architecture as Autobiography" was the first comprehensive English language survey of the many talents of Carlo Mollino. It contains a well-researched text accompanied by over one hundred primarily black and white reproductions of archival photographs, plans, and drawings of the late, great Italian modernist master's architecture, furniture, interiors, automotive design, and erotic photographs. A most handsome copy of the uncommon hardbound first Rizzoli edition published in 1987. 0-8478-0824-6 Inventory Number: 015137 $ 400.00 order/inquire       (MOLLINO, CARLO). Ferrari, Fulvio & Napoleone. CARLO MOLLINO: PHOTOGRAPHS 1958-1962. Turin, ITALY: Museo Casa Mollino, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 336pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. Designed by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari. "The Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino held photography dear. It was one of his great passions, a favorite means of expression, and an excellent way to enjoy another great passion, women. The photographs gathered here were all set in one of Mollino's private apartments, which he refurbished especially for this purpose. An advocate of retouching, as documented in his treatise "The Message from the Dark Room", Mollino also painted on his photos or negatives. Most of what appears here has been revised; most bodies sculpted and reshaped, and visibly so now that time has altered the color of the prints, revealing his handiwork. This portfolio, spanning from 1956 to 1962, ends just before Mollino's Polaroid work of the sixties. It was made using a Leica and color negative film, and has never been published before". A most handsome copy of this exquisite item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this set beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9778807-0-2 Inventory Number: 018143 $ 295.00 order/inquire       (MORRISROE, MARK). Taubhorn, Ingo, Torsten Neuendorff & Klaus Ottmann. MARK MORRISROE 1959-1989: EINE RETROSPEKTIVE IN DER RIEHE "UNTERBROCHENE KARRIEREN". Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft Fur Bildende Kunst, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German and English. Designed by Detlev Pusch. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the artistically designed catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1989 German Museum retrospective of eighty-one works by Mark Morrisroe. Sadly less well known than his Boston contemporaries Nan Goldin, Philip-DiCorcia, Jack Pierson, and David Armstrong, Morrisroe survived a stint as a teenage male hustler to become a talented photographic chronicler of that same demi-monde including friends, lovers, drag queens and self-portraits, as well as publish the notorious fanzine "Dirt". His untimely AIDS-related death at age thirty cut short a promising career that had already resulted in hundreds of vivid, diaristic Polaroid Land camera images - many of which had been manipulated in the developing process. A pristine copy of this uncommon item. 3-926796-51-0 Inventory Number: 018106 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (NAZ, DAVE). Naz, Dave. DAVE NAZ - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed and Numbered by the Photographer. Beverly Hills, CA: Dave Naz, 2001. First Edition 1/500. Small Folio. Linen Taped Stapled Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 10pp, 10 color illustrations. Limited to five hundred copies, this is a slender, strikingly designed and printed ten page self-published promotional prospectus of Los Angeles based erotic photographer Dave Naz' vibrant fetish, hosiery and lingerie images that precedes his first trade publication "Lust Circus" by a year. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the photographer in black ink on the rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 016016 $ 60.00 order/inquire       (NEWTON, HELMUT) (NEWTON'S ILLUSTRATED). Newton, Helmut. Art Director: June Newton. HELMUT NEWTON: NEWTON'S ILLUSTRATED No.1: SEX AND POWER. New York: Xavier Moreau Inc., 1987. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Art Direction by June Newton (Alice Springs). This is the very first number (of four) of Helmut Newton's lavish, self-edited thematic magazine "Newton's Illustrated". The first issue was published by longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1987, and features a selection of the photographer's portraits of the rich and infamous, including coverboy Andy Warhol, David Lee Roth, Ornella Muti, Sigourney Weaver, Kim Basinger, Klaus Von Bulow, Nastassia Kinski, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Caroline, John & Anjelica Houston, Jack Nicholson, Robert & Josh Evans, Larry Flynt, Karl Lagerfeld, David Bowie, Michael Cimino, Mickey Rourke, Michael & Tina Chow, Hugh Hefner, and many others. A pristine copy still sealed in the publisher's clear vinyl pouch. ISSN 0891-9577 Inventory Number: 012375 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (NEWTON, HELMUT).. HELMUT NEWTON: SUMO - THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS (SMALL VERSION). Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Publisher's Prospectus. Fine. np (12pp), 3 color and 10 b&w illustrations. Text in English. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a copy "Sumo" itself, but rather of the small scale version (8 1/4 x 6 inches) of Taschen's slender twelve page pre-publication prospectus for this extraordinary work. The most monumental book yet published on the work of a single photographer, "Sumo" is Benedikt Taschen's love letter cum monument to the transgressive images of the late, great Helmut Newton. Edited by his wife June, (known professionally as photographer Alice Springs), this truly colossal tome has distilled more than forty years of Newton's ground-breaking fashion editorial work, celebrity portraits, and erotica into four hundred and fifty extraordinarily reproduced images that took fifty people working for three years at a reported cost of ten million Deutschmarks to produce. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 017405 $ 45.00 order/inquire       (NEWTON, HELMUT). Faccioli, Davide & Claudio Marra. HELMUT NEWTON: V.I.P. - VERY IMPORTANT PORTRAITS . Milan, ITALY: Photology s.r.l., 1992. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 85pp, 38 b&w and 2 color illustrations. Text in Italian. With a biography, exhibition history, and bibliography. This compact hardbound catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1992 Milan gallery exhibition of Helmut Newton's portraiture. It features images of the famous, and infamous including Salvador Dali, Madonna, Sting, Ava Gardner, Romy Schneider, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Daryl Hannah, Paloma Picasso, Monica Vitti, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, Birgit Nielson, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Cindy Crawford, David Lynch & Isabella Rossellini, Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, Helmut & June, and Fernando Botero, amongst others. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 014039 $ 50.00 order/inquire       (NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. HELMUT NEWTON: PRIVATE PROPERTY. Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Inc., 1984. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Publisher's Prospectus. Very Good. np (6pp), one 11 x 25 1/2 inch sheet printed recto & verso, folded in thirds to make 11 x 8 1/2 inches. 4 b&w illustrations. Designed by Larry Vigon. Not to be confused with the Schirmer Visual Library book of the same title, this scarce item is actually a publisher's prospectus for three Helmut Newton photographic print portfolios issued by G. Ray Hawkins in 1984. A handsome copy slightly creased at the tips of the spine. Inventory Number: 013932 $ 60.00 order/inquire       (OLAF, ERWIN). Olaf, Erwin & Jonathan Turner. ERWIN OLAF: VIOLENCE AND PASSION (ROYAL BLOOD, FASHION VICTIMS, MATURE). Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Reflex Modern Art Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/1250. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine. 40pp, 25 color illustrations. Text in English. "Violence and Passion" is the elegantly designed and beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with a December 2000 Amsterdam gallery exhibition of three recent bodies of work by the noted Dutch purveyor of photographic curiosa, Erwin Olaf. A most handsome copy. 90-805531-2-3 Inventory Number: 017927 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (OLIVER, RON). Brown, Susan & Ron Oliver. RON OLIVER: PORTRAITS. Isleworth, GREAT BRITAIN: Nemo Publishing, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good. np (72pp), 54 b&w illustrations. Renowned for his fine prepubescent imagery, Ron Oliver's first tome "Portraits" is a paean to the innocence of childhood - for those who are long past, yet still have a profound appreciation. A handsome copy of the softbound edition of this legendarily scarce item showing a very slight curl to the upper foredge corner of the front cover as well as a tiny stain along the foredge of the textblock. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9512809-1-0 Inventory Number: 014665 $ 900.00 order/inquire       (PAGE, BETTY) (KLAW, IRVING). Photographs By Klaw, Irving. BETTY PAGE IN BONDAGE. Los Angeles. ND.: Lyndon, First Edition Thus. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 66pp, 32 b&w illustrations. With a good natured wink at the camera from all involved, here Irving Klaw insouciantly photographs the cheerful bondage stylings of Miss Betty (Bettie) Page and friends. A most handsome copy of what is most likely a late seventies digest-sized Lyndon imprint. Inventory Number: 011553 $ 50.00 order/inquire       (PHILLIPS, RICHARD). Bracewell, Michael. RICHARD PHILLIPS. London & New York: White Cube & Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Murray & Sorrell - FUEL. Published in conjunction with a 2005 exhibition entitled "Michael Fried" that traveled from London's White Cube to New York's Friedrich Petzel Gallery, this beautifully designed hardbound catalogue features an essay by Michael Bracewell on these erotically tinged works by Richard Phillips. The fourteen recent paintings feature images of Fried himself (!), sirens Diane Webber, Janise Carter, Eve Bello, Lois Wahl, Mickey Jines, Kathy McKee, Elena Andreas, and Kate Delancy as well as homages to illustrators Chris Spollen and Rene Moncada. These are reproduced along with various preparatory studies. A most handsome copy. 0-9550499-2-X Inventory Number: 016571 $ 55.00 order/inquire       (PIERRE ET GILLES). Pierre et Gilles. PIERRE ET GILLES. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1994. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 67 color illustrations. Text in English. From the iridescent silver covers to the glossy pink endpapers, this lushly produced little monograph on everyone's favorite Gallic duo is as over the top as their campy, glamorous photographs. See Catherine Deneuve, Marc Almond, Thierry Mugler, Jeff Stryker, Julie Delpy, Rossi De Palma, Nina Hagen, and even Saints Pierre et Gilles themselves as idealized, ethereal creatures not quite of this world. A most handsome copy, showing only a minute dent at the upper foredge tips. 4-8457-0888-4 Inventory Number: 006325 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (PIERRE ET GILLES). Texts By Cortes, Jose Miguel G., Eduardo Mendicutti & Sara Leturcq. PIERRE ET GILLES. Valencia, SPAIN: MuseU De Belles Arts De Valencia, 1998. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Pictorial Board. Photography Monograph. Good +/No Jacket - As Issued. 279pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Spanish and English. This is the lushly produced catalogue issued in conjunction with an extensive 1998 Spanish Pierre et Gilles retrospective. It contains interviews with the dynamic duo, as well as biographies, essays, and loads of their fantastically campy, always glamorous photographs. A presentable copy showing a bit of wear and handling to the covers, a slight slant to the spine, and the ghost of a removed adhesive label on the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. 84-482-1822-1 Inventory Number: 017907 $ 150.00 order/inquire       (PIERRE ET GILLES). Turner, Jonathan. PIERRE ET GILLES. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Association with the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1995. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (48pp), 25 color and 15 b&w illustrations. This is the exhibition catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1995 Australian touring retrospective of the work of Pierre et Gilles. Co-published by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, familiar faces pictured here include Rupert Everett, Susie Bick, Marc Almond, and David LaChapelle. Also included is the first appearance of the Gallic duo's notorious "Glory Hole" photo. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 015102 $ 125.00 order/inquire       (PRICE, KEN). Rose, Barbara. KEN PRICE: FIGURINE CUPS. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1970. First Edition. 8vo. Loose Plates in Portfolio. Artist Monograph. Near Fine. np, 6 individual 9 1/2 x 6 1/2" color plates laid into an illustrated printed paper portfolio housed in a printed die-cut cardstock portfolio. This is one of Los Angeles based Gemini G.E.L.'s lovely little print/multiple prospectuses announcing the 1970 publication of a series of six hand-printed color lithographs by Ken Price entitled "Figurine Cups". These feature the artist's photo-collaged renderings of nude female models posing alongside his ceramic cups. A most handsome copy of this uncommon ephemeral object. Inventory Number: 017565 $ 75.00 order/inquire       (PRINCE, RICHARD) (BERMAN, WALLACE). McKenna, Kristine & Richard Prince. Introduction By Michael Kohn. SHE: WORKS BY WALLACE BERMAN & RICHARD PRINCE. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Xiaoqing Wang, Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist. "The use of heterosexual pornography or soft erotica in collage and assemblage is often all too uncritical, but for a few of the California artists who came of age in the early 1950s, Wallace Berman for example, its applications were much more nuanced. This approach to "girlie magazine" imagery and its polar opposite - the impulse to decommodify sexuality - can both be found in the photographs, paintings and books of Richard Prince, an artist whose fondness for the era of Berman is well known. "She" traces these overlaps and sympathies with reproductions of previously unseen works by Berman and new images from Prince's "Girlfriends" and "de Kooning" series. Also included is an interview with Prince and editor Kristine McKenna, whose ongoing work on Wallace Berman and his contemporaries continues to yield exciting discoveries". A pristine copy of this beautiful hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880086-20-4 Inventory Number: 017009 $ 48.00 order/inquire       (REX). Rex. A TASTE OF LEATHER CATALOGUE / POSTER ILLUSTRATED BY REX. San Francisco, CA. ND (Circa 1980).: A Taste of Leather, 4to. Printed Poster. Artist Monograph. Very Good. One 17 x 22" sheet printed offset recto and verso, folded neatly in eighths to make 8 1/2 x 5 1/2", profusely illustrated in b&w, as issued. In the pantheon of artists rendering the post-Stonewall leather clad, fetishized, butch gay male lifestyle, San Francisco's Rex was on a par with the great Tom of Finland. This exceptional piece is an undated catalogue cum poster he illustrated for the pioneering (and still extant) Folsom Street emporium "A Taste of Leather" featuring over thirty drawings of specialized merchandise including the Piss Guard Head Harness, Pocket Size Cattle Prod, Spiked Cock Ring, and a bottle of "Macho Aroma"! Bearing his logo rendering of a leathered stud leaning against a street sign dated 10-5-78, it has the store's original address of 960 Folsom, indicating it was issued between late 1978 and 1982. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral bit of gay history showing some negligible handling and minor soft creases. Inventory Number: 016920 $ 225.00 order/inquire       (REX). Rex & "Mr. B.", et al.. DOMINATE 11: DOMINANT WOMEN AND BONDAGE SLAVES. Hollywood, CA. ND.: Bizarre Book Co., 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Erotic Periodical. Very Good -. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Rex. In much the same vein as John Willie's "Bizarre". this eleventh issue of "Dominate" (seemingly from the early sixties) contains bondage-themed literature and correspondence, a cover plus numerous original illustrations by Rex, and reproductions of lurid like-minded artwork. A most presentable copy showing some light overall wear and soiling. Inventory Number: 016916 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (REX). Rex & "Mr. B.", et al.. DOMINATE 12: DOMINANT WOMEN AND BONDAGE SLAVES. Hollywood, CA. ND.: Bizarre Book Co., 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Erotic Periodical. Very Good -. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Rex. In much the same vein as John Willie's "Bizarre". this twelfth issue of "Dominate" (seemingly from the early sixties) contains bondage-themed literature and correspondence, a cover plus numerous original illustrations by Rex, and reproductions of lurid like-minded artwork. A most presentable copy showing some light overall wear and soiling. Inventory Number: 016917 $ 40.00 order/inquire       (REX). Rex & Stella Birchwood, et al.. DOMINATE 6: DOMINANT WOMEN AND BONDAGE SLAVES. Hollywood, CA. ND.: Bizarre Book Co., 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Erotic Periodical. Very Good. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Rex. In much the same vein as John Willie's "Bizarre". this sixth issue of "Dominate" (seemingly from the early sixties) contains bondage-themed literature and correspondence, a cover plus numerous original illustrations by Rex, and reproductions of lurid like-minded artwork. A most presentable copy showing some light overall wear and soiling. Inventory Number: 016915 $ 40.00 order/inquire     [1/2]

 

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