Culp Miranda (4 results)
Published by First Bite Press, Portola Valley, CA 2023
- Hardcover
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Custom Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales, and Americana find their way into this four volume collection of literary erotica. This four volume collection contains 12 stories with 16 full page illustrations, includ…ing Authors' Notes with historical context following each tale. The authors use erotic scenes as a fresh way to explore familiar character arcs and thematic elements, taking great care to present each tale in the idiom and voice of the original author when possible, so that each story might work on its own terms. The original stories were conceived in a patriarchal, hetero-normative context, but by shining an egalitarian light on each of them, unexpected dynamics emerge between these famous characters creating erotic scenes that will appeal to the modern reader. Volume I: The Dark Deed The Time Machine The Very Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde The Lost Entry of Frankenstein's Monster Volume II: Manners & Merrymaking The Emperor's New Clothes Wendy & Peter Pan Cinderella & the Great Ball Volume III: The Upper Hand The Bard & the Ell-Maid of Sherwood Forest The Private Dick Another Adventure for Tom Sawyer Volume IV: The Mortal Transcends Pygmalion, Cynisca, & Galatea An Unusual Request The Story of Not-So-Little Sanjay Typefaces used are Eric Gill's Joanna and Perpetua. The books are printed on Arches Rives Lightweight Paper using Hanco Raven Black Ink on a Vandercook Universal III. Limited and deluxe bindings by Amy Borezo. [publisher's statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, leather spine in burgundy, brown, green, and purple with blanks, hand-marbled paper endpages, leather headbands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, hand colored frontispieces; housed in a telescoping box in green cloth with an acrylic window to show the spines. 12mo. 77, 77, 79, 91pp. Illus. (Colored and b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 25. Second suite of plates in brown cave paper folder.
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- Hardcover
Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, , United KingdomSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 2,319.53
US$ 34.44 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
No. 10 of 25 copies of the deluxe edition. Four volumes, together with a portfolio of erotic illustrations not included in the regular edition. Hand painted frontispieces, illustrations throughout by Laurelin Gilmore. Printed in Gill Joanna and Perpetua on Arches Rives Lightweight Paper. 15.7 x 19.3 cms. 12mo, original bindings…by Amy Borezo of various coloured morocco spine lettered in gilt with the press device in gilt at the bottom of the spine, brown paper covered sides stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, extra prints in a stiff brown paper portfolio stamped in gilt. Housed in a green cloth telescoping box to resemble a library cabinet with a window to show the spines of the books and feet at the bottom. As new 12 erotic short stories in four volumes, mingling classic tales of horror, fantasy, noir, fable tragedy, sci-fi and fairy tales with 'steamy romance' intended to be from the woman's perspective. The book is co-written by a woman with illustrations by a woman artist Laurelin Gilmore and printed by a woman fine press printer - Stephanie Kimbro Dolin.
More imagesThe Canon of Aphrodisia Four Volumes
[First Bite Press] Dolin, Stephanie K., book artist; Miranda Culp and Jef Delman, authors; Laurelin Gilmore, illustrator
Published by First Bite Press, Portola Valley, CA 2023
- Hardcover
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 2,100.00
US$ 8.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Number 14 of 25 deluxe copies of this four volume collection. There were also 100 copies printed for the standard edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First Bite… Press publishes limited edition books in a genre of fiction that is currently not being produced by fine press printers. Romance novels, including those with "steamy" scenes, are the highest grossing genre in fiction. illustrators. Beautiful, high-quality, hand made books to showcase the author's stories are rare. As a result, what we often lack in fine press books is the fun and exciting exploration of the human condition and imagination through intimate experiences. It seems a natural fit for the tactile experience of reading a handmade book. After a successful career in the legal technology field, Dolin turned her attention to learning the skills necessary to publish, design, and produce limited edition books. With her work at First Bite Press, she wants to create beautiful books where all of the components of a book from the content to the sewing of the bindings, coalesces into a pleasurable, thoughtful experience for the reader." Each of the four volumes in this beautiful and intriguing set has a different title and three stories taken from classic fairy tales and literature. In their introduction the authors write: "Unlike much erotic or fan fiction that concludes with happily ever after, in these stories we let classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales.maintain their organic integrity." Thus the stories include their versions of The Time Machine, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Wendy and Peter Pan, Cinderella, Tom Sawyer, and Pygmalion among others. Volume I is titled "The Dark Deed;" Volume II is titled "Manners & Merrymaking;" Volume III is 'The Upper Hand;" Volume IV is "The Mortal Transcends." This deluxe set includes the four volumes each with a hand painted frontispiece, different colored leather spine, leather headbands, and decorative stamping and titling on their brown covers. The collection is housed in an elegant green cloth covered telescoping box with an acrylic window to show the spines. Details include handmarbled papers and a portfolio of five hand printed erotic illustrations that is not included in the standard edition. Printed on Rives Lightweight paper using Perpetua and Joanna Typefaces. In fine condition. Volumes measure 3.5 x 6.25 inches. Volumes I-III each have 77 pages; Volume IV has 91 pages. PRI/073024.
More imagesThe Canon of Aphrodisia Four Volumes
[First Bite Press] Dolin, Stephanie K., book artist; Miranda Culp and Jef Delman, authors; Laurelin Gilmore, illustrator
Published by First Bite Press, Portola Valley, CA 2023
- Hardcover
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 800.00
US$ 8.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Number 9 of 100 standard copies of this four volume collection.There were also 25 copies in the deluxe edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First Bite Press publ…ishes limited edition books in a genre of fiction that is currently not being produced by fine press printers. Romance novels, including those with "steamy" scenes, are the highest grossing genre in fiction. illustrators. Beautiful, high-quality, hand made books to showcase the author's stories are rare. As a result, what we often lack in fine press books is the fun and exciting exploration of the human condition and imagination through intimate experiences. It seems a natural fit for the tactile experience of reading a handmade book. After a successful career in the legal technology field, Dolin turned her attention to learning the skills necessary to publish, design, and produce limited edition books. With her work at First Bite Press, she wants to create beautiful books where all of the components of a book from the content to the sewing of the bindings, coalesces into a pleasurable, thoughtful experience for the reader." Each of the four volumes in this beautiful and intriguing set has a different title and three stories taken from classic fairy tales and literature. In their introduction the authors write: "Unlike much erotic or fan fiction that concludes with happily ever after, in these stories we let classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales.maintain their organic integrity." Thus the stories include their versions of The Time Machine, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Wendy and Peter Pan, Cinderella, Tom Sawyer, and Pygmalion among others. Volume I is titled "The Dark Deed;" Volume II is titled "Manners & Merrymaking;" Volume III is 'The Upper Hand;" Volume IV is "The Mortal Transcends." This standaard set includes the four volumes each with a different colored cloth binding wiith gilt titling to spine. The collection is housed in purple stiff paper slipcase. Printed on Rives Lightweight paper using Perpetua and Joanna Typefaces. In fine condition. Volumes measure 3.5 x 6.25 inches. Volumes I-III each have 77 pages; Volume IV has 91 pages. PRI/031524.
