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The following are a series of illustrated erotic art books.

THE EROTIC MUSEUM IN BERLIN by Hans Jurgen Dopp. Parkstone Press. London. 2000. 10” x 13” DJ. 256p. 376 illustrations. A survey, with an abundance of images, of the Erotic Museum in Berlin.
$55.00

THE EROTIC ARTS by Peter Webb. New York Graphic Society. Boston. 1975. 7” x 9.75” 514p. DJ. 276 illustrations. First US edition. An authoritative survey of erotica with the emphasis on the West. Peter Webb is a noted and well-known English art historian. Slight marring of the cover, but otherwise in good condition.
$45.00

ROMANTIQUE Erotic Art of the Early 19th Century by Hans-Jurgen Dopp. Elephant & Mouse. Bearsville, NY. 2000. 11.25” x 12” 224p. Hard cover with DJ.
225 illustrations. An extensive collection of erotic prints and lithographs originating from the July Monarchy (1830-48), the period in which the new technique of lithography became widespread in France.
$65.00


FORNICON by Tomi Ungerer. Grove Press. NY. 1969. 9.75” x 13” 61 plates. Heavy art stock. First printing. Folio of satirical portrayals of mechanized sex. Some scratches on the cover, but otherwise in fine condition.
$95.00

ENGLISH EROTICISM by Piero Lorenzoni. Crescent Books. NY. 1984. 8.75” x 11” Hard cover with DJ. 96p. 94 illustrations. Survey of erotic art in England over several centuries. Mint condition.
$55.00

EROS IN POMPEII The Secret Rooms of the National Museum of Naples. Text by Michael Grant. Wm. Morrow. NY. 1975. 9.5” x 11.5” Cloth cover with DJ. 171p. An expose of wall paintings, statues, and mosaics contained in the “hidden” erotica of Pompeii at the National Museum at Naples.
$50.00

TANTRA The cult of ecstacy by Indra Sinha. Hamlyn. London. 2000. 8.5” x 11” Soft cover. 154p. A rare collection of erotic and Tantric literature and lavish illustrations from the classical, medieval and modern periods. A two thousand- year-old guide to the spiritual and erotic mysteries of Tantra.
$25.00


LOTUS D’OR (Golden Lotus). M.R.A.H. - K.M.K.G. Brussels. 1993. 8” x 8” 59p. 18 works illustrated. Soft cover. Exhibition catalogue of the contemporary erotic art of Chinese artist ZHU XINJIAN. Text in French.
$25.00


DECADENCE Japanese Fetish Art edited by Gnojewski & Bromwell. Fantagraphics Books. Seattle, WA. 2004. 9” x 11.25” 88p. 68 color & black/white illustrations. Hard cover with DJ. Popular subject matter for Japanese woodblock prints of the late 1700s onward became truly decadent due to widespread economic hardship. This book combines images of sex and violence, a tradition that continues in present Japanese fetish art movements.
$45.00



Erotica Around the World, editor Bret Norton. Asrlog Pulishing. Israel. 2006. 6.5” x 9.25” 224p. 216 color and black/white illustrations (some double page). Soft cover. A selection of artistic erotica from cultures around the world. It draws on material from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Text in English.
$30.00

Shunga, The Essence of Japanese Pillow-Book Eroticism edited by Bret Norton. Asrlog Pulishing. Israel. 2002. 9” x 7.5” 144p. 143 color illustrations (some double page). Soft cover. A guide that goes back to one of the earliest sources of erotica to uncover ancient lessons for achieving sexual pleasure. Text in English.
$28.00

HARUKAWA GOSHICHI, Ehon tegoto no hana by Yoshikazu Hayashi & Richard Lane. Japan. 2000. 9.5” x 11.5” 52p. 12 double-page erotic color illustrations. 18 B/W illustrations. Soft cover with DJ. The album reproduced, Ehon tegoto no hana, is a folding album with multi-colored woodblock prints. The theme is “Men from Edo & Women from Kyoto,” implying that this is the best of all combinations.
Text in Japanese and English. #1 in the Hayashi/Lane series.
$70.00

KUNISADA, Kaidan Yoru no Tono by Yoshikazu Hayashi & Richard Lane. Japan. 9.5” x 11.5” 65p. 14 double-page & 7 full-page erotic color illustrations. 5 B/W illustrations. Soft cover with DJ. The three volume illustrated picture-book reproduced in this book was first published by Kunisada & Yako in 1826. Each of the three volumes begins with a frontspiece & each contains rape scenes for which Kunisada had become known.
Text in Japanese and English. #10 in the Hayashi/Lane series.
$70.00

HOKUSAI: Fukujuso (Lovemaking at New Year’s) by Yoshikazu Hayashi & Richard Lane. Japan. 9.5” x 11.5” 51p. 12 double-page erotic color illustrations. 54 B/W illustrations. Soft cover with DJ. This album reproduced in this book is perhaps the final, crowning glory of Hokusai’s erotic work.
Text in Japanese and English. #23 in the Hayashi/Lane series.
$70.00

THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF EROTIC ART. San Francisco. 1973. 5.5” x 8.25” 64p. 58 illustrations. Soft wrap. Privately printed survey of the best items in the Kronhausen’s museum of Erotic Art in San Francisco, defunct since 1975.
$10.00


THE JOURNAL OF EROTICA ADDRESS BOOK. Midsummer Books. London. 1993. 6” x 7.75” 33 illustrations. Hard cover. An address books featuring a collection of vintage photographs and illustrations from the 19th and early 20th
centuries.
$15.00

MYTHOLOGIE DU SEIN (Mythology of the Breast) with an introduction by Lo Duca. Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Paris. 1965. 7.25” x 7.25” 245p. Many illustrations covering the fields of art, photography, film, etc. on a subject that has fascinated humans for centuries. Text in French.
$70.00

 

MEL RAMOS The Artist’s Studio, 1986 - 1989. Louis K. Meisel Gallery. New York. 1989. 9” x 8.25” 19 paintings of female nudes illustrated. Exhibition catalogue from the Louis K. Meisel show in November, 1989. Mint condition.
$22.00

 

 

FRED WEIDMANN with an introduction by Lo Duca. Troja-Verlag. Bonn. 1984. 8.25” x 11.75” 67p. Retrospective catalogue of the work of Fred Weidmann including his paintings, murals and jewelry. Mostly erotic but all very sensual. Text in German.
$40.00

 

 

LOVE A Fairy Tale for Grown-up Children by Oscar A. Z. Leneman. Morgan & Morgan. Dobbs Ferry, NY. 1983. 8.75” x 8” 58p. A modern fairy tale illustrated by ancient erotic Asian art from India, Japan, Thailand and China. Inscribed “To Edie” on the inside cover.
$12.00

 

FACE TO FACE A Collection of Drawings & Political cartoons by Fons van Woerkom. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1974 (third printing). 7” x 10” 126p. More than 100 political and satirical drawings by this Dutch artist. Not all are erotic but they are inciteful and interesting.
$10.00

 

 

SEX MANIAC’S DIARY (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988) by Tuppy Owens. Executive Distributors Ltd. England. 3.5” x 7”. Seven diaries (‘87 & ‘88 have gold edges), each unused and in good condition, that were created and written by the British “queen” of pornography. Designed by illustrator Robin Ray with supplementary erotic illustrations by various artists. The dates are foil stamped with gold which doesn’t show well in the photos. A rare find for collectors of erotic printed material.
$140.00 for all

 

A group of 8 Sex to Sexty gag books with cover illustrations by PIERRE DAVIS.
Published in 1972 by SRI Publishing Co., Ft. Worth, TX.
Good condition with a few tiny scratches here and there. Size: 8.5” x 11” each
$50.00 (for all 8)

 

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