Murat Walter V (7 results)

4to. pp. [viii]+[2]-158+xxxii. Volume 7 of the series 'Arcana Bibliographica.' A facsimile reprint, with a new Introduction and Index, of the notorious Polunbi-Katalog (Berlin, 1936), the official police list of books suppressed by legal action between the dates shown. An extremely useful catalogue, and one that was kept secret from the public, as the admonition "Geheim! Nur fur amtlichen Gebrauch!" on the titlepage indicates. Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Very good. …

4°. 208 S. Broschiert. "The present work fills a gap as it attempts to offer a history of erotic literature published in the United Kingdom. The word Study in the title is perhaps a bit exaggerated as the material is largely taken from the now well known bibliographies by Pisanus Fraxi (Henry Spencer Ashbee) and quotations from the books themselves. The time line is WW II. Who was the author? He may have been Charles Reginald Dawes (1879-1964) who is supposed to have written (but not published) a text of this or a similar title. His profession or his activities are not known - he once called himself a writer but library catalogues credit him only with two publications: The Marquis de Sade (Paris 1927) and Retif de la Bretonne (London 1946, privately printed). He may have been a popular writer under pseudonyms, though. Dawes owned a good erotica collection which he willed to the British Museum Library; that would explain why the author of this Study - if he was Dawes - could quote freely from erotic texts which only few of his contemporaries would have had available. The main merits of this book are that the author was thoroughly familiar with English (and French) erotic literature and that he put his material in chronological order and in context. The editor added a number of references, illustrations and indices of personal names and titles to facilitate navigation." (Verlagsmitteilung). Gutes Exemplar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. blue cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 158 pp text in German Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. blue cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 158 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. green cloth, gilt lettering, 233 pp, text in German, front cover soiled, spine lightly stained at the top, mildly scratched at the back Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. brown cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 99 pp text in German Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. green cloth, gilt lettering, 99 pp, text in German, one of the first few pages very lightly creased Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.