Sexology
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Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation
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First Edition.
23.5cm x 16cm. 501 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket
Very minor foxing to edges, minor to top edge of jacket verso. Near Fine Condition. -
The Sexual Dilemma: Abortion, Homosexuality, Prostitution and the Criminal Threshold
$30.00 Add to cartPaul Wilson
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1971. -
L’Erotomanie: Illusion Delirante d’Etre Aime
$1,000.00 Add to cartGaston Ferdiere
Paris: G. Doin & Cie, 1937.
Study of erotomania by French psychiatrist Gaston Ferdiere (1907-1990). Ferdiere was close to a number of the Surrealist circle of artists and was the head of psychiatry at the asylum where Antonin Artaud underwent electroshock therapy. This copy inscribed by Ferdiere to the French artist Georges Hugnet, also with a manuscript letter from Ferdiere to Hugnet with the original postmarked envelope and the original prospectus laid in. -
A Treatise on Gonorrhea Virulenta, and Lues Venerea
$1,500.00 Add to cartBenjamin Bell
Edinburgh: G. Mudie and Son, 1797.
Primarily regarded as surgeon, Bell is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. His scientific approach is especially evident in this treatise in which he convincingly argues, against the prevailing medical opinion of the time, that gonorrhea and syphilis are separate diseases. Bell’s work is foundational to the modern understanding of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The rare Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. -
Solo Sex: The Problems of the Sexually Lonely
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Reprint.
18.5cm x 12cm. 184 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
A psychological study of masturbation.
Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Havelock Ellis in Appreciation
$1,200.00 Add to cartJoseph Ishill
Berkeley Heights: The Oriole Press, 1929.
Havelock Ellis in Appreciation by Elie Faure, Bertrand Russell, H. L. Mencken, Henry W. Nevinson, Henri Barbusse, Clarence Darrow, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, John A. Hobson, Marguerite Tracy, Eleen Key, Dr. B. Malinowski and thirty-four other important contributors. With an unpublished letter by Thomas Hardy to Havelock Ellis, and a foreword by Isaac Goldberg & embellishments by Louis Moreau. Compiled, edited, and printed by Joseph Ishill. Limited to 450 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by Ishill to William Duff. -
Autoerotic Phenomena in Adolescence: An Analytical Study of Psychology and Psychopathology of Onanism
$1,000.00 Add to cartK. Menzies
London: H. K. Lewis, 1919.
Early 20th century psychoanalytical study of masturbation written for a lay audience. With a foreword by Dr. Ernest Jones. An important text in helping to normalise healthy self-pleasure and provide a balanced approach to unhealthy behaviours in the early 20th century. -
Psychopathia Sexualis, Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung Der Contraren Sexualempfindung: Eine Medicinisch-Gerichtliche Studie Fur Arzte Und Juristen
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Twelfth Edition.
24cm x 17cm. ix, [1], 437 pages. Blue cloth, white lettering, marbled edges. Text is in German.
The classic early sexual pathology text regarded as the bible of psychopathology. With it came the coining of the terms sadism and masochism and the view of homosexuality as a mental illness. From the collection of Dr. Gary Simes, book-plate pasted down, date written on rear paste-down.
Slightly cocked. Moderate shelf wear. Tanning. Previous owner’s name. English blurb for a different edition pasted to endpaper. Good Condition. -
African Birth: Childbirth in Cultural Transition
$50.00 Add to cartBeverley Chalmers
Johannesburg: Beverley Chalmers, 1990.
Illustrations by Roger Titley. -
Sex Change and Dress Deviation
$40.00 Add to cartGilbert Oakley
London: Morntide, 1970.
A psychological study of transvestites and transsexuals. -
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
$10.00 Add to cartDavid G. Ostrow; Terry Alan Sandholzer; Yehudi M. Felman
New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1983. -
Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice
$40.00 Add to cartMarie Carmichael Stopes
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1923.
A Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions. With an introduction by William Bayliss and introductory notes by James Barr, C. Rolleston, Jane Hawthorne and Obscurus. Third printing of the pioneering work on the subject by the seminal figure of the English birth control movement, Marie Stopes (1880-1958). -
Sex Education in Medicine
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First Edition.
23cm x 16cm. [xvi], 155 pages. Black cloth, silver lettering, no jacket.
Ex-Canberra Department of Health Library, stamps and stickers. Very minor shelf and handling wear. Minor foxing to top edge. Good Condition (ex-library). -
Gay, Straight, and In-Between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation
$20.00 Add to cartJohn Money
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. -
De la Prostitution dans la Ville de Paris
$300.00 Add to cartA. J. B. Parent-Duchatelet
Bruxelles: H. Dumont, 1837.
Consideree sous le rapport de l’hygiene publique, de la morale et de l’administration. ‘Of Prostitution in the City of Paris’, “considered from the point of view of public hygiene, morals, and administration; supported by statistical documents drawn from the archives of the police, with maps and tables.” Authored by French physician Alexandre Parent-Duchatelet (1790-1836), an eminent hygienist who wrote numerous works on public health. This text, published post-humously, became his most famous and is regarded as a medical classic; a major work on the history of prostitution and one of the first empirical sociological surveys based upon nearly 8 eight years of research digging through police archives and conducting field interviews and surveys. The first edition published in 2 volumes in 1836 is considered one of the first work’s of modern sex research. This is the Second Edition to which is added an essay on his life and work by Fr. Leuret. -
Handbuch der Gesamten Sexualwissenschaft in Einzeldarstellungen: Die Prostitution (2 Volumes)
$65.00 Add to cartIwan Bloch; Georg Loewenstein
Berlin: Louis Marcus Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1912-1925.
Handbook of the Whole Sexual Science in Individual Views: Prostitution. Catalogue clippings for erotic items laid and pasted in to endpapers and preliminaries of volume 1. -
Sexual Attraction in Therapy: Clinical Perspectives on Moving Beyond the Taboo – A Guide for Training and Practice
$45.00 Add to cartMaria Luca
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2014. -
Forschungen uber gleichgeschlechtliche Liebe
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: Book Renaissance, No date.
Research on same-sex love. -
Beitrage zur Pathologie und Therapie der Syphilis
$200.00 Add to cartAlbert Neisser
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1911.
Contributions to the Pathology and Therapy of Syphilis edited by German physician Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855-1916). Neisser was a pioneer in sexually transmitted infections who discovered the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea. He was also a part of leading work on leprosy and syphilis. This book collects research on syphilis in primates which Neisser and a number of colleagues conducted in Java in the early 20th century. -
The Encyclopedia of Aphrodisiacs: Psychoactive Substances for Use in Sexual Practices
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First Edition.
29cm x 22cm. 736 pages, colour illustrations and photographs. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.
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The Sex Complex: A Study of the Relationships of the Internal Secretions to the Female Characteristics and Functions in Health and Disease
$60.00 Add to cartBlair Bell
London: Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 1916. -
Eros; oder, Worterbuch uber die Physiologie und uber die Natur-und Cultur-geschicte des menschen in hinsicht auf seine Sexualitat (2 Volumes)
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Berlin: August Rucker, 1823.
Dictionary on the physiology, nature, and culture of the human being in terms of his sexuality. -
Knickers No. 2
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First Edition.
17.5cm x 11.5cm. [192] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Sexological smut study of the erotic symbolism of underwear.
Spine creased. Rub to fore-edge of wrappers lower panel. Minor soiling to tail edge. Good Condition. -
Des Habitudes Secretes ou des Maladies Produites par l’Onanisme chez les Femmes
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Third Edition, Corrected.
22cm x 13cm. [iv], 321, [3] pages, 4 plates. Red papered boards, gilt lettering on leather label. Text is in French.
French “medical” work warning women and girls of the diseases and maladies they will bring upon themselves by the act of solitary masturbation.
Board edges rubbed with some chipping along joints. Very minor foxing to interior and occasional pencil annotation. Good Condition. -
Birth Control: Advice on Family Spacing and Healthy Sex Life
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First Edition.
19cm x 12.5cm. 94 pages. Rebound maroon cloth, gilt lettering.
First Edition of this reproductive health guide by pioneering English birth control, family planning, and sex therapist Helena Rosa Wright (1887-1982). Running to numerous editions into the 1960s all of which are now hard to source, designed as a simple and easy to read guide to birth control discussing moral and practical issues, and providing clear explanations in the use of acceptable methods, as well as a national call for increased institutional education.
Rebound. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition. -
Sexual Dimensions: The Fact and Fiction of Genital Size
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 20cm. 114 pages, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, illustrated papered boards.
Scarce hardback edition of this detailed pictorial guide to genitalia, more than half about penises though the vagina, vulva, and clitoris are not missed.
Sticker rub to upper board. Very minor foxing to endpapers. Very Good Condition. -
Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Ancient and Modern Egypt
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First Edition.
30cm x 21cm. [iii], 34 pages, [47] leaves of colour illustrations. Pictorial glossy papered boards.
A history of obstetrics and gynecology in ancient and early modern Egypt, illustrated throughout.
Very minor shelf wear. Previous owner’s name. Near Fine Condition. -
Handbook of Sex Therapy
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 16.5cm. xx, 531 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.
Moderate shelf and handling wear. Minor discolouration and soiling. Previous owner’s name. Good Condition. -
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public / Private Life
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First Edition.
24cm x 15.5cm. xx, 938 pages, [16] pages of illustrations. Quarter cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.
Foxing to top edge and endpapers. Minor soiling. Previous owner’s name. Lightly shelf worn clipped jacket with minor foxing to verso. Good Condition. -
Sexual Identity Conflict in Children and Adults
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First Edition.
24cm x 16cm. xxii, 328 pages, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
Top edge foxed. Tanning. Previous owner’s name. Minor tanning, foxing to jacket verso. Good Condition.