588 - 717 EROTICA
- 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.
= Probably from the extra suite of A. France, Thais (London, 1901).
- Occas. some sl. foxing/ soiling. = Monod 6685.
= WITH a loosely inserted autograph signed note by the same.