Reade Rolf (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered Edition. No. 199 of 200 copies. Two Volumes. Ex-library. Burgundy cloth with spine labels. Sticker ghosts on spine heels. Spine labels shelf rubbed, scuffed. Light shelf rubbing to top and bottom edges. Bookplate removed from inside of front covers. Glue residue inside back covers. Hinges tight, texts unmarked. Scarce.

1st edition. 4to. Two volumes, pp. xii+398, pagination continuous. 1936 was important for two reasons. It marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, and the publication of this work, the most complete general bibliography of erotic literature yet attempted, listing over 5000 separate works. Until the publication of Kearney's The Private Case in 1981, it was the only guide to the erotica holdings of the British Museum Library. It is still of value, however, for information on the books in other collections, including the Vatican. This edition was limited to 200 hand-numbered copies, printed on hand-made paper. Please note: Oversized volumes: this set will require additional shipping for destinations outside the US; we will ship at cost. Original black cloth, leather labels, gilt, t.e.g. Some bumping to corners, and slight rubbing to spine labels along edge, otherwise a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2 voumes, black cloth covers, leather labels, top edges gilt, in clean, tidy condition, a little browning to the endpapers, text bright, number 186 from a limited edition of 200 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, on hand-made paper, INTERLEAVED THROUGHOUT WITH BLANKS, free endpapers very slightly browned; original black buckram, backs with black leather labels framed and lettered in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, boards very lightly age-marked else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 136). Prior to Kearney this is the most comprehensive bibliography of erotic literature ever attempted, listing more than 5,000 separate works and including, importantly, those in the holdings of the British Library and the Vatican.

Hard Cover. Registrum Librorum Eroticorum: vel (sub hac specie) Dubiorum: Opus Bibliographicum Et Praecipue Bibliothecariis Destinatum (London: Privately Printed for Subscribers 1936). Limited to 200 copies, printed on hand-made paper of which this is # 43. 2 volume set. Original black cloth bindings with leather spine labels, top edge gilt. At the time the most comprehensive bibliography of erotic literature ever attempted, listing more than 5,000 separate works. Contains details of the erotica holdings in, inter alia, The British Library and the Vatican. A VG (or better) set with minor marks in places to the black boards. Issued without a D/W.