27th Nov, 2024 10:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
Lot 168
 

Erotica: Limited editions, Erotic Print Society, and ephemera

Erotica: Limited editions, Erotic Print Society, and ephemera

A large collection, including:

Russell (David) The Secret Carnival, De Luxe edition, one of 20 copies, signed by the artist, the first pop-up erotic book with 6 double-page illustrations, 5 with pop-up and/or movable parts, hand-coloured throughout, lacking the original watercolour, original red cloth with decorative labels to both covers, De Hobart & Maclean, 1988, with two duplicates and 24 copies from the limited edition of 320 in green cloth; La Vicomtesse de Coeur-Brulant [Henriette de Mannoury Marquise de d’Ectot] Les Cousines de la Colonelle, Limited edition of 300 copies, this copy on of 16 printed on papier imperial du Japon, lacking the 16 pochoir illustrations, original water-colour, and suite of black and white illustrations, loose as issued in original wrappers and housed in marbled-paper slipcase, Paris, Éditions du Condor, 1933; Valotaire (Marcel) & Sainte Croix (George) Illustrator, Nous Deux, First edition thus, one of 2500 copies, a fictional amorous correspondence between student Nelly and her teacher Jean which first appeared in 1929, with 16 monochrome lithographs, and booklet, housed in a grey labelled folder, as new in original publisher's slipcase, The Erotic Print Society, 1998, with 3 duplicates; Ballivet (Suzanne) Initiation Amoureuse, First edition thus, one of 2500 copies, faithful reproduction of the privately published 1943 set of illustrations, with 25 colour prints loose as issued along with a 92 page booklet housed in a pink labelled folder, as new in original publisher's slipcase, 2004, with 4 duplicates; Maclean (Alexander James) The Secret Art of Tom Poulton, First edition, One of 450 copies, signed by the author, accompanied by two prints of Poulton’s work: The Young Fellatrice and Ménage à trois II, housed in a portfolio, original dust-jacket, 1998, with a duplicate; and similar erotic publications, ephemera, postcards, card games, including numerous duplicates (large quantity)

Sold for £580

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