Erotica items on antiquarianauctions.com Auction #78

[Ian Balchin]

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12 Lots from our Erotica catalogue Q255 are attractively priced for
sale. The full catalogue is available on request as an illustrated pdf
file.

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We have the following lots on offer:

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Lot 318
#26828 Tomatsu Yato OTOKO
Photo-Studies Of The Young Japanese Male
Rho-Delta Press, Los Angeles, 1972 1st and only edition.
A Fine copy in matching dustwrapper.

Follows from author's earlier two works, 'Young Samurai' and 'Naked
Festival'. 85 studies of 51 young Japanese males around the age of
twenty. "I should like to compare the young men who appear here to
perfectly wrought balls of jade because of their unique perfection".
Due to circumstances surrounding the author's death the original
photographs were lost and will likely never be reprinted.


Lot 319
#27018 Bruce Weber. BRUCE WEBER.
Twelve Trees Press, Los Angeles, 1983 1st edition.
Black cloth boards. unnumbered. illustrated large format.
A very Fine copy in VG dustwrapper. No chips, tears, or loss). Still
excellent shelf and table appearance.

Author's first monograph. Black and white images. Signed by Author on
title page. Limited to 5000 unnumbered copies. Includes business-card
of Rizzoli International Bookstore, 5th Ave. NY. presumably the
location of the purchase and signing.


Lot 320
#26827 Bruce Weber. (Text by William S. Burroughs). BRUCE WEBER.
(Catalogue of) An Exhibition By Bruce Weber At Fahey/Klein Gallery ...
Treville / Bulfinch Press, Tokyo, 1991. 1st edition 2nd printing.
Large format soft-cover with fold-ins. illustrated black & white and
colour.
Fine condition.

Text 'Eternal Farewells!' by William S. Burroughs. "... Los Angeles,
California, May Nineteen Ninety-One And At Parco Exposure Gallery Tokyo
November Nineteen Ninety-One". Many photographs of well-known people.


Lot 322
#26843 Douglas Cloutier, Tom Kurthy, & Philip Pirolo. NO KA 'OI.
(No Comparison)
Alluvial Publishing, Hollywood, 1996 1st edition.
Gilt on blue paper-covered boards with black spine. square 4to in
matching blue slipcase.
A fine copy in matching dustwrapper (Some rubbing but no chips, loss or
tears). VG slipcase (rubbed, no bumps, but covering paper scuffed on
top edge - pushed into bookshelf of inadequate height? no loss, now set
down again neatly with clear adhesive).

A collaborative photo essay from the Authors. Special Limited edition.
Copy No.35 of 100. Signed by all three Authors.


Lot 334
#27032 Seva Galkin RUS.
Kolonna, Russia, 2004 1st edition.
Spiral bound with 5 foldout pages. 87pp. printed card wraps - the front
wrap folds back and around to become the rear wrap. 8 colour and 70 b&w
illustrations. Cyrillic text.
No inscriptions, last image and black facing page shows scuff marks.
conservatively VG condition.

The second publication by this Russian photographer who has since made
a name for himself worldwide.


Lot 351
#27019 Ken Haak THE PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Rosehill Press, New York, 1985 1st edition.
Avocado green cloth boards large format with photographic inset to
front. 81 plates. in matching slipcase. no dustwrapper (as issued).
Folio.
A very Fine copy overall.

Limited edition of 5000 unnumbered copies. Monograph of Author's work
spanning the period 1965 to 1985.


Lot 352
#Greg Gorman. (Foreward by Elton John). AS I SEE IT
Daco Verlag, Stuttgart, 2000 1st edition thus. Published simultaneously
with the American edition.
Brown cloth boards with photo inset to front board. unnumbered
illustrated 4to 260mm x 195mm. 1.4kg. Trade edition came with neither
dustwrapper, slipcase, nor signed original print.
Save for usual binding mark to both hinges a very Fine copy.

German text. Exceptional tritone printing. Male nude photography at its
very best.


Lot 353
#27069 Mike Fisher PHILANDROS
Alternative Books, Cape Town, 1984 1st edition
Black cloth boards. pp unnumbered. illustrated.
No inscriptions. VG condition in lesser dustwrapper

1500 unnumbered copies privately printed, "not available to the general
trade". Male nude photographs. Contains original promotional leaflet.


Lot 435
#27015 Tom of Finland. (Text Micha Ramakers. Ed. Burkhard Riemschneider)
TOM OF FINLAND
The Art Of Pleasure
Taschen, Koln, 1998
White title wording on black boards. illustrated large format.
A very Fine copy in Fine dustwrapper, excellent copy.

This book is the most comprehensive monograph on Tom of Finland yet
published, presenting every phase of his career, from the excited
sketches of a young boy in Finland to his last drawings in America.


Lot 436
#26846 Rick Day PLAYERS.
Bruno Gmunder, Berlin, 2009 1st edition
Printed boards. illustrated large format.
Very Fine condition in dustwrapper.

"I want to blur the lines of sexuality with this project. Men and women
should be able to turn the pages and lose themselves in beauty and
lust". Rick Day.


Lot 438
#Rick Day PLAYERS TWO.
Bruno Gmunder, Berlin, 2011 1st edition.
Corners bumped, hence a VG-F copy in dustwrapper.

Rick Day's photographs of athletes are one of the most published in the
global gay media and an integral part of today's world of fashion. This
is the author's second book with immaculate and trained sport gods in
chunky rugby wear, tight trunks, or simply naked.


Lot 576
# 27073 Giovanni BITES XXL
Bruno Gmunder, Berlin, 2009 1st edition.
Printed boards. unnumbered.
White rear board a little handled, VG-F condition.

All models are unidentifiable as part of the pact between unnamed
Milanese fashion photographer and the models in his project to record
the 'faces' of male sexuality. "With the help of studio lighting I
created landscapes of flesh and blood and full-frontal portraits ... I
feel that I have been able to put forward a collection of images for
the book that is breath-taking in its aesthetics and thrilling in its
straightforwardness and intimacy". Giovanni.
(This item is NOT the calendar of the same name).


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