= Very rare catalogue of works painted by Italian artist Marcello Mondazzi (1954) between 1981 and 1983.
Eigeltinger, W. Graffiti fur Vespasian. Die Kunst im Pissoir. Berlin, R. Winkel, 1983, 95,(1 advert.)p., num. (photogr.) ills., orig. stiff paper wr., 4to.
- Wr. sl. worn, otherwise fine.
= Rare publication on sexually suggestive graffiti in public toilets, including photogr. material and two essays on resp. urinal art and cottaging.
AND 4 others, incl. P. THOBEN (ed.), Violonfemme. Vrouwen in het werk van Peter Linnartz (Eindh., 1994, 8 tipped-in col. plates, 25 ills., orig. wr. w. dustwr., large 8vo. Fine and rare).
- Lacks plate 29 and 30 (supplemented with mounted reproductions). Originally spiral bound but (clumsily) rebacked w. use of cloth tape. Occas. sl. (finger)soiled; a few tears repaired w. tape. Covers worn along extremities/ creased/ sl. soiled.
= Rare.
AND a series of 12 sm. photogr. plates showing naked women (n.pl., n.d. (±1930), mostly 9,2x6,7 cm., (8x) numb. in lower right corner, loose in envelope).
- Fine. = Presumably part of a larger photogr. series.
- Bookblock loose(ning); occas. sl. foxed. Spine splitting and dam. at top (repaired w. tape)/ foot; backwr. sl. frayed.
= Nice publication w. plates after i.a. H. Baudot, M. Benner, J. Boucher, M.-P. Carpentier, A. Edouard, A. Guillaume, L. Hodebert, A. Penot, T. Ralli, L. Royer and J. Verdier.
Lorelle, L. Lumière et couleur sur le nu. Paris, P. Montel, 1966, 120p., num. (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. giltlettered boards w. dustwr., 4to.
- Hinges weak; a few lvs. loosening. Dustwr. sl. worn along edges (repaired w. tape). Otherwise fine.
AND 2 others similar.
- Lacks the suite "Hors text" called for in the colophon; stain in lower part of orig. wr.
= One of 9 Roman numb. copies on "Japon Imperial". Pia 351; Monod 258; Dutel 1413. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
(Louys, P.). Les véritables chansons de Bilitis. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (prob. Paris, Maurice Duflou, 1937), 102p., num. col. lithogr. ills., printed in 350 numb. copies, bound unif. w. the above, orig. wr. pres.
- Two leaves w. (large) repaired tear. = Dutel 2588.
AND 2 others: P. VERLAINE, Oeuvres libres (Segovie, 1868, num. tinted woodcut ills., contemp. giltlettered faux snake) and G. DONVILLE, Le Libertinage du retroussé (Paris, n.d. (1937), 16 helio-engr. plates, later giltlettered hmor., orig. wr. pres.).
- Dustwr. sl. worn/ stained (on verso) along edges, otherwise fine.
Maricevic, V. Male to Female. La Cage aux Folles. Text by V. Goldberg. Kilchberg/ Zurich, Edition Stemmle, 1995, Engl. ed., 127,(1)p., num. photogr. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to (trifle dam. spot at lower joint). - AND 5 others, incl. 2 other photogr. works on transvestism and A. DUPOUY, Scènes Orientales (Tübingen, 1998, num. col. photogr. plates, orig. boards, large 8vo).
- Large (closed) tear in horizontal fold.
= Rare naughty song: "(...) S Dat is mijn stijve Steven, Steven Stootgraag noemt men hem, Omdat hij veel houdt van stooten, steeds met nadruk en met klem (...)".
- Three vols. lack dustwr. All vols. wr. sl. worn along edges.; no. 8 w. library stamp and ticket on frontcover; no. 12 bookblock loose, dustwr. repaired/ strengthened w. tape.
= Rare collection of photogr. albums.
Marton, E. and Feher, E. Nus. Paris, Société Générale d'Éditions, n.d. (±1950), 16 full-p. photogr. plates, loose as issued in orig. wr., 4to.
- Sl. worn/ dam. wr., otherwise fine. = Rare.
Steiner, A. 45 Nus. Paris, Éditions Sun, 1947, (48)p., 45 photogr. ills., orig. wr. w. dustwr., 4to.
- Bookblock loosening. Backstrip sl. dam.; dustwr. sl. worn.
AND 6 others, incl. a duplicate of no. 3, 7 and 10 of the first periodical.
- Backstrip sl. faded/ stained; slipcase sl. worn/ stained. Otherwise fine.
Dreams of Spring. Erotic Art in China. Amst., The Pepin Press, 1998, 2nd ed., 207,(1)p., num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to (fine). Pande, A. Indian Erotica. New Delhi, Roli Books, 2001, 159,(1)p., num. (full-p.) col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to (fine). - AND 11 others, incl. M. BEURDELEY a.o., Jeux des nuages et de la pluie. l'Art d'aimer en Chine (Fribourg, 1969, 28 col. plates, 103 ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio) and B. SOULIÉ, Tantra. Erotic Figures in Indian Art (Fribourg/ Geneva, 1982, num. (full-p.) col. ills, orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- Vol. 1 ties broken; letterpiece sl. worn; vol. 2 box trifle stained. Otherwise very fine.
= Facs. ed. of shunga woodcut print series by ukiyo-e artists HISHIKAWA MORONOBU (1618-1694) and the Kanbun Master (†1673). Rare.
Nihon makura-e kessakusen. (Selection of Masterpieces of Japanese Pillow Paintings). Tokyo, Noberu Shobo, 1993, no pagination, 46 full-p. (28x col.) plates, orig. gilt cl., in orig. slipcase w. mounted col. title, obl. folio.
- Slipcase w. a few dam. spots, otherwise very fine.
= A selection of Japanese 'pillow paintings', executed as (coloured) shunga woodblock prints.
- Wr. w. one creased corner, otherwise fine. = Rare.
Manen, H. van. Portrait. Utr., De Haan, 1986, 2nd ed., no pagination, num. photogr. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio (fine). Gorman, G. Just Between Us. Santa Fe, Arena, 2002, no pagination, num. photogr. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. and mounted plate on frontcover, 4to (near mint). - AND 3 others similar.
- Owner's entry on title-p. = Rare.
Kaare, P. Erotisk Glaede Fotofeature. Copenhagen, C. Erichsen, 1969, no pagination, num. full-p. ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 5 others on erotic photography, i.a. M.E. MARK, Falkland Road. Les Prostituées de Bombay (Paris, 1981, num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and D. HAMILTON, David Hamilton's Private Collection (New York, 1976, num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
- All very fine. = Rare.
- Two copies (1992, 2x) first leaf dam.; 1 copy (1994) sl. waterst. in lower left corner. Otherwise good copies.
= Photographers: Barry Lategan (1988); Joyce Tennyson (1989, 2x); Arthur Elgort (1990); Clive Arrowsmith (1992, 2x); John Claridge (1993, 3x); Herb Ritts (1994, 3x; 1999, 2x); Richard Avedon (1995 (Seasons), 5x; 1997 (Women of the World, 16 lvs. in orig. box); Peter Lindbergh (1996, 2x; 2002, 2x); Bruce Weber (1998, 3x; 2003, 2x); Annie Leibovitz (2000, 4x); Mario Testino (2001, 5x); Nick Knight (2004, 2x); Patrick Demarchelier (2005) and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot (2006).
WITH: L. LAURENZI, The Best of the Pirelli Calendar 1964-2000 (London, 2000, num. col. ills., sq. 8vo, shrinkwrapped) and D. NIVEN (introd.), The Complete Pirelli Calendar Book (ibid./ Sydney, 1975, 1st ed., full-p. col. ills., orig. wr., slipcase, 4to). - AND 5 other calendars.
- Closed tear in upper right corner. = Erotic Spanish couple dancing and playing the castanets.
= Perhaps drawings made after Japanese originals by an Indian minitiaturist.