Sexuality - Fetish & SM
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Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power
Valerie Steele
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. -
DeMask Bizarre Rubber Collection
Steve English; Housk Randall
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 1997.
The third printed catalogue of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine. Photography by Housk Randall. -
ROB Catalog 5: Leather Rubber Twisted Gear
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First Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 131 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Late 1990s catalogue for leather and fetish wear brand Rob.
Very minor shelf and handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
DeMask Bizarre Rubber Collection
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 24cm. 70 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
The third printed catalogue of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine. Photography by Housk Randall.
Minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Security sticker to wrappers lower panel. Very Good Condition. -
Erotica
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 40 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
1990s catalogue of rubberwear by the English firm She An Me photographed by Trevor Watson. Includes December 1994 pricelist, new shoes catalogue, and mail order form laid in.
Very minor shelf and handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Kunzmann International
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 84, 32 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Text is bilingual, German and English.
1990s catalogue of rubberwear by the German firm Kunzmann. Includes 32 page pricelist bound in.
Very minor shelf and handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Illusion LM-Fashion
Illusion LM-Fashion
Oberhergheim: Illusion LM-Fashion, No date.
1990s catalogue of rubberwear by the French firm Illusion LM-Fashion. -
Zeitgeist
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 48 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.
1980s catalogue of rubberwear available at the London fetishwear store Zeitgeist. The catalogue with inventory numbers marked in manuscript texta.
Minor soiling. Two hole punch to spine edge. Very Good Condition. -
Maids Mistresses Sealwear
Sealwear
Bournemouth: Sealwear, No date.
Catalogue of rubber fetishwear by English firm Sealwear. Founded in 1959 by Mr. Richfield and operating a premises in Bournemouth for the next 24 years, Sealwear was one of the early designers of fetish latex. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Sealwear was often featured in Atomage, Ruberrist, Dressing for Pleasure, and many other fetishwear magazines of the times. -
Private Theatre: Personal Observations and Revelations of a Dominatrix
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. [vi],194 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
The story of a dominatrix that strained in Auckland, New Zealand, before starting her own practice in Melbourne, Australia.
Half-title clipped. Very minor shelf wear. Very Good Condition. -
Latex Maid
Fantasy Publication
Walthamstow: Des Admans, No date.
A short soft erotic photostory of a woman hiring a maid, unbeknownst to her that the position has a uniform made from latex. Turns out she doesn’t mind and then assists her new madam to get dressed into her finest latex to go for a horse ride. The clothes in Latex Maid were designed by English rubberwear firm Sealwear. -
Ultra Latex Number Six
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First Edition.
28cm x 21.5cm. 48 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.
Exotic Rubber Fashions For Every Mood… American mail order latex fashion catalogue. Photographic illustrations with descriptions and prices for aprons, bloomers and knickers, blouses shirts and tops, bras and girdles, capes and coats, cat suits, corsets and garters, dresses and gowns, exercise and jump suits, gloves, health items, hoods, hosiery and footwear, leotards and swimsuits, nightwear and lingerie, novelties, costumes, panties and briefs, sheets, skirts, slacks, shorts and bermudas, and supporter briefs.
Minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Dresseuse et… Dressee
Andre Vergereau; [Umberto Brunelleschi]
Paris: Aux Editions Prima, 1939.
French flagellation novel with 12 plates by d’Ernest Mosse, a pseudonym for Italian illustrator Umberto Brunelleschi who had been residing in Paris since 1900 and among his works designed numerous costumes for Josephine Baker. -
Have Leather . . . Will Fashion
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First Edition.
21cm x 13.5cm. 58, [4] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
“likely the first appearance of the word ‘dominatrix’ in a fetish context.” (Richard Perez Seves: ‘Eric Stanton & the History of the Bizarre Underground’, pp. 120) One of the early publications of Satellite Publishing Co., a new and short lived partnership between Stanton, Stanley Malkin, and Edward Mishkin, while Stanton was creative director. An anonymous story of leather and bondage illustrated throughout by Stanton. “A beautiful young bride tries to regain her husband’s waning love by wearing leather bondage costumes, but find the exotic garments should be worn by him. All happens under the masterful direction of a girl bondage expert.” Satellite’s Bound Bulletin #1 bound in at centre.
Crease to tail fore-edge corner of wrappers upper panel, and small crease to crown fore-edge corner of lower panel. Very Good Condition. -
Les Confessions d’un Travesti
[Eric Losfeld]
Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1956.
Les Grandes Etues Francaises de Psychiatrie No. 1, an aggrandizing imprint and seemingly a once-off published by Eric Losfeld’s Le Terrain Vague imprint. Autobiographical psycho-social confessions of a 43 year old married heterosexual male cross-dresser and female underwear fetishist. Illustrated with 5 photographic plates of the author in various states of undress. -
Gateavisa Nr. 9, 1981
Gateavisa
Oslo: Futrum Forlag, 1981.
Single issue of Norwegian anarchist and counterculture newspaper Gateavisa. First published in 1970 and through various forms and publishing schedules still being produced today. With an anti-authoritarian focus Gateavisa covered a wide range of topics, from occultism and mysticism to politics and philosophy, and of course underground comics. Gateavisa often featured stories on sex and drugs, and was an early supporter in an otherwise conservative Norway of LGBTQ rights and the legalisation of cannabis. Other regular columns ran on squatting, police violence, prisons, organic farming, pirate radios, punk, and more. This issue with feature stories on sado-masochism and lesbian SM. -
Transes d’images: Anatomie de l’Art S&M
Guy Lemaire
Bruxelles: Les Editions Secretes, 1993.
Fetish SM series by Belgian photographer Guy Lemaire. A lot of torture devices, also body suspension. Signed and numbered edition of 1,000 copies. -
Rubber Bizarre Life
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First Edition.
21cm x 14.5cm. xv, 159 pages, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.
An unusual memoir wherein the author tells of his experiences of dyslexia, sexual abuse as a child, and rubber fetishism.
Near Fine Condition in Good Jacket. Very minor wear to cloth and edges. Jacket somewhat stained and cockled. Near Fine Condition. -
Slave of Passion
Xantia
Lancashire: Blue Sky Books, 1998.
The Planet Thor: Where Women are Salves and Men are Masters. Sci-fi SM. The second novel in the erotic fiction Thorean Master Series. -
Slave of Desire
Xantia
Lancashire: Blue Sky Books, 1997.
The Planet Thor: Where Women are Salves and Men are Masters. Sci-fi SM. The first novel in the erotic fiction Thorean Master Series. -
Fetish Fever Collection
Westward Bound
Plymouth: Westward Bound, No date.
Trade catalogue of lingerie, latex, and other fetishwear by UK label Westward Bound. -
Lust for Latex
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 36 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.
Trade catalogue of latex fetishwear by UK label Westward Bound. This undated 2001 catalogue pushing a softer look for the high street.
Moderate shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
DeMask Mistress Collection
Steve English; Trevor Watson
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 2003.
Deluxe trade catalogue of femdom fetishwear photographed by Trevor Watson of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine. -
DeMask Bizarre Rubber Collection
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 24cm. 70 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
The third printed catalogue of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine. Photography by Housk Randall.
Minor shelf wear, very minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Near Fine Condition. -
DeMask Unique Clothing Company: Corsetry & Lingerie
Steve English
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 1995.
The second printed catalogue of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine. -
Caprice Catalog No. 5
Caprice
Los Angeles: Caprice Corset Co., No date.
“Featuring glamourous restricting corsets and other bizarre and humane restraints of leather and rubber.” Circa 1970s trade catalogue of corsets and other fetishwear with a focus on restraining devices. Largely photographic illustrations through also using the artwork of John Willie, illustrator of Bizarre. This copy with a Caprice order form for photo sets laid in. -
Mistress of the Stud Stables
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First Edition.
17cm x 10.5cm. 179 pages, [11] advertisements. Illustrated wrappers.
Femdom pulp fiction. Bizarre Book BB-138. 11 fine line drawing illustrations and cover illustration by Bill Ward. Three lesbian lovers open a riding academy with young men as their horses.
Spine creased and slightly cocked. Cracked at page 46 though still firm. Good Condition. -
Erotic Fetishism
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First Edition.
19.5cm x 13.5cm. 197 pages, [3] advertisements, illustrations, some colour. Pictorial wrappers.
Sexual methods and techniques. Sexological study with photographic illustrations of leather, whipping, bondage, and with illustrations by iconic fetish illustrators Gene Bilbrew, Eric Stanton, and Bill Ward.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Scratch line across wrappers front panel. Good Condition. -
Sado-Masochism
Jonush Gustinski
[Sydney]: Potz Press, 1972.
Short non-fiction introduction to sado-masochism followed by a fictional script of a sadomasochistic encounter, then a long erotic photo series of staged sexual murder. Rare Australian erotica. -
Violette-Sweet Teens [The Romance of Violette & Sweet Seventeen]
[Alexandre Dumas]; John Frederic Savage
[Sydney]: Lay Press, No date.
Rare Australian erotica, two tales published in one, being Alexandre Dumas’ The Romance of Violette, here published anonymously with an introduction credited to John Frederic Savage, PhD., and Sweet Seventeen: The True Story of a Daughter’s Awful Whipping and Its Delightful if Direful Consquences.