

Erotica
We have in stock many more erotica titles than are listed here, and are particularly strong on titles published in Paris in the first half of the twentieth century: Olympia Press, Pall Mall Press, Palladium Publications, Librairie Astra, Erotica Biblion Society, and many more besides, including French-language imprints. If you would like to send us a wants list, you can do so at the contact page.
[EROTICA] [illus. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey] ARISTOPHANES
The Lysistrata Of Aristophanes:
Paris: Privately Printed [?Vendôme Press], 1931
Large 8vo, pp. 61. Loose signatures laid in to stiff paper wrappers, lettered in red on front panel and spine. Unopened. Card... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[attrib. PETRONIUS]
London Unexpurgated
London: New English Library, 1969
8vo, pp. 286, 2 pp. advertisements. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers.
First edition.
An intriguing survey of the... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[pseud. GLASSCO, John] UNDERWOOD, Miles
Under The Birch The Story of an English GovernessParis: Olympia, 1965
PETERS, Adam
Business As Usual
Paris: Week End Books, 1958
Small octavo, pp. 192. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition, published simultaneously by the Ophelia Press (an Olympia imprint) with the authorship creditied to 'Soliman Peters'.... [more]
CRANE, Harold
Pursuit Of Happiness
Paris: Oceanic Press, 1959
Small octavo, pp. 199. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition. Two books bound in one : the title story, and Success Story. Both are rubbish, and of quite outstanding... [more]
[pseud, SCHNURRER, Adam] ADAM
Taxi
Amsterdam: Sombrero, 1986
4to, pp. 48. Original illustrated card wrappers. Dutch text.
First edition.
A suite of graphic short stories -- graphic in both... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[pseud. RAY, Robin] VON GOTHA, Erich
El Sueño De Cécilia
Barcelona: Carton Comics, N.d.
4to, pp. [unpaginated]. Original colour illustrated stiff paper wrappers.
First edition.
Pornographic graphic strips, with no... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
MAD JACK
Emilienne
Paris: Edition de L'Etoile, 1954
Octavo, pp. 137. Original grey stiff paper wrappers, lettered in blue on front panel and spine.
First edition.
A second edition of this title, published later in the 1950s and... [more]
DEXTER, Erle
Mabel's Torments
Paris: Oceanic Press, 1958
Small octavo, pp. 188. Original grey stiff paper wrappers, lettered in red and black.
First edition.
Oceanic Press was established in 1958 as a rival to Maurice Girodias's Olympia... [more]
WILSON, Mary
The Voluptuous Night
Paris: Mediterranean Press, 1957
Small octavo, pp. 167. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition.
The title story is a pornographic translation of the Vivant Demon's story Point de Lendemain,... [more]
[ANONYMOUS]
Histoire de Mary et d'Arabella ou Les Voluptes Secretes d'Un Debauche
Paris: Le Serail Royal, 1952
Octavo, pp. 129. Original grey paper wrappers, lettered in red and black on front panel.
Third edition, the first two having been published in the 1890s.
This edition was... [more]
[Olympia Press] APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume
Amorous Exploits Of A Young Rakehell
Paris: Olympia Press, 1953
Small 8vo, pp. 110. Original green stiff paper wrappers, printed in black.
First unexpurgated English-language edition, second... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[OLYMPIA PRESS] [pseud. OWENS, Iris] DAIMLER, Harriet
Woman
Paris: Olympia Press, 1965
Small 8vo, pp.181. Original green stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black.
Second edition. First published by Olympia as The Woman... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[Olympia Press]SHERWOOD, James
Stradella
Paris: Olympia Press, 1962
12mo, pp.193. Original stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black.
First edition. No.89 in the Traveller's Companion series.
A... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
MARTIN, Ed
Busy Bodies
Paris: Olympia Press, 1963
8vo, Original green stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black.
First edition. No.92 in the Traveller's Companion series.
The... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
