Sexuality - Nudism / Naturism
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Decent Exposures
$100.00 Add to cartPeter Simon
Berkeley: Wingbow Press, 1974.
“This is not a book of Nude Photography (pictures of people who took their clothes off to be photographed) but portraits of people taken when they happened to have them off. They are representations of an alternative or, at least, the beginnings of one. A sensibility. A state of consciousness where it is not necessary to cover your genitals any more than your face, any more than your feelings, any more than your love, any more than your human soul.” (from the introduction by Asa Eliot) -
International Men Enjoying Naturism, Inc. Imen 1998 Membership Directory II
$65.00 Add to cartInternational Men Enjoying Naturism, Inc.
: International Men Enjoying Naturism, Inc., 1998.
Member directory of gay nudist organisation, IMEN. Lists members’ contact info with brief personal statements. The directories were distributed privately to members only. Listed by US State, with international members from Belgium, Canada, England, Hong Kong, and Norway. -
The Psychology of Nudism
$300.00 Add to cartCarl Easton Williams
Mays Landing: Sunshine Book Co., 1941.
A Study of Mental Health and the Technique of Happiness by the president of The American Sunbathing Association. -
The Naked Truth About Nudism
$200.00 Add to cartWilliam Welby
London: Thorsons, 1950.
A more indepth treatise on the subject following on from to the author’s successful first book, Naked and Unashamed: Nudism from Six Points of View. Illustrated with photographs by Walter Bird, Bertram Park, and others, including numerous amateur society snapshots. The revised edition, much condensed from the first. -
Nudism in a Cold Climate: The Visual Culture of Naturists in Mid-20th-Century Britain
$65.00 Add to cartAnnebella Pollen
Los Angeles: Atelier Editions, 2021.
“Annebella Pollen’s richly illustrated study examines the idiosyncratic phenomenon of social nudism, or naturism, in 20th-century Britain, a place known for its lack of sunshine and conservative attitudes to sex. By bringing naturists’ own words and images to light, Nudism in a Cold Climate tells this little-known but fascinating history for the first time. From the 1930s, thousands of people appeared nude in books and magazines associated with the nudist movement, drawing attention to the cause, attracting public curiosity and inciting moral panics. Naturist nude photography offers a fascinating lens on moral, legal and aesthetic shifts over a century of dramatic social change, including national beliefs about sex and gender, ethnicity and class, pleasure and power. Nudism in a Cold Climate offers readers a fascinating glimpse behind British veils of propriety and a unique view inside an enduring experimental culture that sought to radically challenge, liberate and ultimately transform conventional attitudes to bodies and their representations.” (publisher’s blurb) -
Male Nude Photo Album
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29.5cm x 22cm. 92 colour photographs. Padded leatherette album.
Late 20th century photo album containing 92 original colour photographs, each measuring 13cm x 9cm, most of the same young male model posing nude at the beach and in the Australian bush. A few shots at a nudist beach posing with another man, and a few indoors. An amateur collection though a number of the shots demonstrate a dedicated eye. Most of the photos take a nudist approach to the poses though the final 3 photographs in the album are erotic.
Shelf wear to boards. Korean made magnetic self-adhesive album with expected amounts of tanning to the mounts and photo versos. Good Condition. -
The Romance of Naturism
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. 64 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
An English nudist themed romance novella. “A charming and interesting romance woven around the Naturist Movement in Great Britain.” At the centre of which is an “art supplement of camera studies of the nude” by Roye.
Spine creased. Minor foxing to edges and first and last few pages. Good Condition. -
International Men Enjoying Naturism, Inc. Member Directory I & II (2 Volumes)
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. [72], [68] pages, 2 volumes. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Two member directories of gay nudist organisation, IMEN. Lists members’ contact info with brief personal statements. The directories were distributed to privately to members only. Listed by US State, with international members from Canada, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Norway, The Netherlands, and Australia. IMEN remains unrepresented in any institutional collection, with no holdings recorded in OCLC.
Minor shelf wear. Minor soiling to wrappers of vol. 1. Near Fine Condition. -
Adventures in Nakedness
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First Edition.
21cm x 13.5cm. xi, 290 pages, 33 plates. Orange cloth, black lettering and decoration, no jacket.
An American tours the European nudist camps. Illustrated with seventy-four photographs by the author. Includes appendices of rules, manifestos, and articles of association of some of the clubs.
Minor wear and marks to cloth. Interior clean. Very Good Condition. -
Sun Seeker No. 171
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First Edition.
23.5cm x 16.5cm. 34 pages, black and white illustrations, colour centrefold. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Australian edition of the nudist journal Sun Seeker. In this issue: Nudism in Russia 1931, Birches Outdoor Club, German Bath Nights in the Middle Ages, Make-Up for Bare Breasts, Pay Raise for Models, Directory of British Sun Clubs, and more. Illustrated throughout.
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The Streaking Times: Spring Special, 1974 (Volume 1 Number 1)
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First Edition.
33cm x 26.5cm. 40 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self wrappers.
First and only issue of Canadian underground newspaper dedicated to the sport of streaking. Features articles, photos, cartoons, and a pull-out poster celebrating the joy of the artform. Articles include The Art of Streaking, Streaks We’d Like to See, Why I Did It, Why I Wouldn’t, You’re Never Too Old to be a…Snailer, Exercises for Streakers, and What the Experts Say.
Minor foxing. Very minor stain to tail fore-edge corner of first two leaves. Very Good Condition. -
The Streaking Times: Spring Special, 1974 (Volume 1 Number 1)
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First Edition.
33cm x 26.5cm. 40 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled self wrappers.
First and only issue of Canadian underground newspaper dedicated to the sport of streaking. Features articles, photos, cartoons, and a pull-out poster celebrating the joy of the artform. Articles include The Art of Streaking, Streaks We’d Like to See, Why I Did It, Why I Wouldn’t, You’re Never Too Old to be a…Snailer, Exercises for Streakers, and What the Experts Say.
Minor foxing to crown fore-edge corner of wrappers upper panel and with very minor chip to same corner of upper section of leaves. Near Fine Condition. -
Sun Lane Volume One, Number One
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First Edition.
27.5cm x 21.5cm. [56] pages, illustrations, some colour. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
First issue of nudist rag Sun Lane. A slightly more titillating photography selection with a few articles for good measure. The editors put forth they are trying to go beyond the restrictiveness of the nudist camp to show the joy of the movement in all places, be it the home, the mountains, the beach, or just about anywhere it does not offend people. Unrecorded in OCLC.
Very minor creasing to crown fore-edge corner of wrappers lower panel. Near Fine Condition. -
Sun Waves Vol. 1 No. 1
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First Edition.
27.5cm x 21.5cm. 64 pages, illustrations, some colour. Pictorial saddle-stapled self-wrappers.
Single and possibly only issue of Sun Waves by nudist publisher Sandville. Sandville produced a variety of short lived nudist publications during the 1960s. Sun Waves was a quality publication with refined photographic merit and essays of subcultural interest bearing the description: An Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Publication, for the Advancement of Nudism. Cover articles: Naked Equals Naughty, A Dodo in the Making, Nakedness Out of Place. Includes a directory of official nudist parks in the United States. Unrecorded in OCLC.
A small chip and closed tear to wrappers lower panel. Near Fine Condition. -
Let’s Go Naked
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Reprint.
21cm x 14cm. 192 pages, [28] pages of black and white illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, no jacket.
A French journalist’s reports of European nudist colonies in the early 20th century. The First American Edition published by Brentano’s translated from the French, ‘Au pays des hommes nus’, by Paul Quiltana, and here reprinted 11 years later by Zenith with slightly larger margins, and numerous additional illustrations.
Slightly cocked. Minor bumping to corners. Very Good Condition. -
All Aboard to Robbert Broekstra’s Nude World
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First Edition.
27.5cm x 21cm. 118 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Lifelong nudist Robbert Broekstra reports on nudism in his home country of the Netherlands as well as short sections on various nudist camps around the world including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Thailand, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Wales. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Unrecorded in OCLC.
Very minor wear to wrappers edges. Near Fine Condition. -
Zuruck zur Natur! A Collection of Nudist Studies
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24.5cm x 17cm. [24] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Eine Sammlung von Nackt Studien. Band Eins (Frei Luft Aufnahmen). Back to Nature Vol. 1 Outdoor Studies. Reprinted by arrangement by James & Co. Art Publishers, Liverpool. Rare naturism photography book, circa 1930s, containing 20 full page black and white photographs depicting men, women, and children, never exposed, either turned, or the women airbrushed, the men with pouches, outdoors displaying the form physique. This, or a German edition, both unrecorded in OCLC.
Minor edge where to wrappers with very minor closed tearing to fore-edge. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition. -
The Naked Truth About Nudism
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First Edition.
22cm x 14cm. 195 pages, 24 plates. Cloth, black lettering, pictorial jacket.
A more indepth treatise on the subject following on from to the author’s successful first book, Naked and Unashamed: Nudism from Six Points of View. Illustrated with photographs by Walter Bird, Bertram Park, and others, including numerous amateur society snapshots. Includes a brief account from an Australasian gent regarding his nudist experiences in Sydney. This copy with a prospectus laid in.
Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. Very minor tanning and soiling to cloth. Very minor bump to tail for-edge corner. Inkstamp, ‘MADE AND PRINTED IN ENGLAND’, to front free endpaper. Creasing to jacket. Very Good Condition. -
The Common Sense of Nudism: Including a Survey of Sun-Bathing and “Light Treatments”
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First Edition.
19cm x 12.5cm. 165 pages, 8 plates. Yellow cloth, blue lettering, pictorial jacket.
Scarce general work on nudism for an English audience by prolific sexuality author George Ryley Scott (1886-c.1980). Provides a general history, overview, and analysis, together with a glossary and directory of English nudist associations.
Tanning to spine. Minor tanning to interior. Moderate shelf wear to jacket, corner of lower flap repaired with replacement paper and paper tape. Very Good Condition. -
Naked in Paradise
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First Edition.
33cm x 24cm. [112] pages, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, blind lettering, pictorial jacket.
Photo essay of the Swiss Friends of Light at New Age, Switzerland, one of the world’s oldest naturist organisations. Introduction by A. D. Coleman.
Minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Let’s Go Naked
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First US Edition.
19cm x 12cm. 192 pages, 8 leaves of black and white illustrations. Cloth, green lettering and decoration, no jacket.
A French journalist’s reports of European nudist colonies in the early 20th century. The First American Edition translated from the French, ‘Au pays des hommes nus’, by Paul Quiltana.
Minor to very minor tanning. Blurbs from the jacket flaps pasted to front endpaper. Near Fine Condition. -
Nudism in Modern Life: The New Gymnosophy
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New Revised Edition.
22.5cm x 14cm. xii, 303 pages, 12 plates of illustrations, [4] advertisements. Black cloth, yellow lettering, pictorial jacket.
Foxing. Clipped and shelf worn jacket with small chips and tears to edges. Good Condition. -
The Paths from the Nudist Beach
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. [28] pages. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
SAMISDAT, Volume 53, #4.
Minor handling wear and tanning. Very Good Condition. -
Naturism in South Africa: An Illustrated History
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First Edition.
22cm x 31cm. [iv], vi,158 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial glossy papered boards.
Scarce history of nudist culture in South Africa.
Minor bumping to corners. Rubbing to joints at spine crown. Very Good Condition. -
Nudist Nudes
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First Edition.
28cm x 21.5cm. 46 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Rubbing to spine. Binding reglued. Good Condition. -
The Naked Truth About Nudism
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First Edition.
22cm x 14cm. 195 pages, 24 plates. Cloth, black lettering, pictorial jacket.
A more indepth treatise on the subject following on from to the author’s successful first book, Naked and Unashamed: Nudism from Six Points of View. Illustrated with photographs by Walter Bird, Bertram Park, and others.
Minor to moderate foxing. Jacket with small chips and tears to edges. Very Good Condition. -
The Common Sense of Nudism: Including a Survey of Sun-Bathing and “Light Treatments”
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First Edition.
19cm x 12.5cm. 165 pages, 8 plates. Yellow cloth, blue lettering, pictorial jacket.
Scarce general work on nudism for an English audience by prolific sexuality author George Ryley Scott (1886-c.1980). Provides a general history, overview, and analysis, together with a glossary and directory of English nudist associations.
Foxing. Clipped and shelf worn jacket with small chips and tears to edges. Good Condition. -
The Story of American Nudism
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21.5cm. 40 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stitched wrappers.
An introduction to the nudist lifestyle for non-nudists by the editors of Sunshine & Health. Scarce, 1 copy in OCLC.
Wrappers professional restitched. Very minor shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition. -
Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing & Beyond No. 6, No. 1 (Issue 31, May/June 1981)
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First Edition.
28cm x 21cm. 64 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
1980s music and culture magazine. New Wave art and living. In this issue: Elvis Costello, Fabulous Beverly Hills People, The Serious Building Climber’s Handbook, Amos Tutuola: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, World Guide to Nude Beaches & Recreation, Joel-Peter Witkin, Sergio Premoli, and more.
Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Beyond Nakedness
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First US Edition.
23cm x 15cm. 112 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.
A philosophical and historical study on the body, clothes, and nudity.
Minor to moderate shelf and handling wear. Very Good Condition.