On this page you will find not just erotica, but titles relating to sexual
customs and practices, prostitution, sexuality and related subject matter.
Here are the 26 titles in this section as of September 26, 2007, and
here is how to order them from Ray Boas, Bookseller,
in Walpole, New Hampshire.
1. Ackerman, Diane, A NATURAL HISTORY OF LOVE, Random House, New York, (1994), 358pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, ISBN 0679403477 Following the triumphant success of her A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman has turned her formidable gifts to that greatest gift of all-the elusive, eternal, and endlessly interesting matter of love. In A Natural History of Love Ackerman draws on a variety of sources, both classical and from her immediate experience. The historical, cultural, religious, and biological roots of love are all explored and illuminated., (Order No: 10086 ), $7.50
2. Alwood, Edward, STRAIGHT NEWS: GAYS, LESBIANS, AND THE NEWS MEDIA, Columbia University Press, New York, (1996), B&W illustrations, 386pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231084366 Former CNN reporter Edward Alwood presents an insider's view of the changing fortunes of lesbians and gays in American print and broadcast media., (Order No: 34551 ), $8.00
3. Braun, Walter (translated and with additional material by Rudolf Schlesinger), LESBIAN LOVE: OLD AND NEW, Argyle Books, Los Angeles, CA, (1966) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 191pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on dustjacket, Includes a historical survey on the subject followed by a close scientific analysis., (Order No: 38481 ), $20.00
4. Bullough, Bonnie L., THE HISTORY OF PROSTITUTION, University Books, New Hyde Park, NY, (1964), 304pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Sections include: Primitive and Ancient Societies; Prostitution and the Great Religions; Prostitution in Western Europe; Prostitution in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; and, Prostitution in a Changing World., (Order No: 42903 ), $30.00
5. Cleugh, James, LOVE LOCKED OUT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IRREPRESSIBLE SEXUALITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1964), 320pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light spotting to cloth, (Order No: 3352 ), $7.50
6. Comfort, Alex (translated by), THE KOKA SHASTRA: AND OTHER MEDIEVAL INDIAN WRITINGS ON LOVE, Stein and Day Publishers, New York, (1965), 172pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This new translation preserves the flavor of joy in the originals and provides insight into Indian erotology., (Order No: 11683 ), $7.50
7. D'Emilio, John and Freedman, Estelle B., INTIMATE MATTERS: A HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN AMERICA, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1988) 1st ed, B&W ill., 428pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0060158557 Contents include: THE REPRODUCTIVE MATRIX, 1600-1800; DIVIDED PASSIONS, 1780-1900; TOWARD A NEW SEXUAL ORDER, 1880-1930; THE RISE AND FALL OF SEXUAL LIBERALISM, 1920 TO THE PRESENT., (Order No: 35960 ), $8.50
8. Edwardes, Allen & Masters, R.E.L., THE CRADLE OF EROTICA: A STUDY OF AFRO-ASIAN SEXUAL EXPRESSION AND AN ANALYSIS OF EROTIC FREEDOM IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, The Julian Press, Inc., New York, (1964) 7th ptg, 362pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The Cradle of Erotica, an examination of African and Asian sexual behavior, is an eagerly awaited sequel to The Jewel in the Lotus, Allen Edwardes' historical survey of the sexual culture of the East. For the present epoch-making study, Edwardes has collaborated with R.E.L. Masters, author of various important psycho-anthropological works. The result is an immensely valuable and immensely readable source book and scrutiny of the erotic practices of peoples whose behavior is all but unknown to most scholars of the West. This volume discusses in detail, and to an extent seldom approached in sexologic literature, the whole range of sexual practices found among the peoples studied. First published in 1962., (Order No: 9047 ), $7.50
9. Faderman, Lillian (compiled and edited by), CHLOE PLUS OLIVIA: AN ANTHOLOGY OF LESBIAN LITERATURE FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT, Viking, New York, (1994), 812pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670846384 A literary anthology of lesbian writers over the past four centuries, with each piece set in historical and literary context., (Order No: 31628 ), $8.50
10. Fils, Crebillon, THE LADY ON THE SOFA, Bridgehead Books, New York, 1954, ill. by Robert Bonfils, 256pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 35943 ), $12.50
11. Ginzburg, Ralph (Reik, Theodor - introduction by; Nathan, George Jean - preface by), AN UNHURRIED VIEW OF EROTICA, The Helmsman Press, New York, (1958), 128pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) in worn slipcase, "Collector's Edition" Includes a Bibliography of One Hundred Titles., (Order No: 14287 ), $3.00
12. Gulotta, Victor and Toropov, Brandon, BANNED: CLASSICAL EROTICA, FORTY SENSUAL AND EROTIC EXCERPTS FROM ARISTOPHANES TO WHITMAN UNCENSORED, Bob Adams, Inc. Publishers, Holbrook, MA, (1992), 141pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1558501096 A fascinating chronicle of the centuries-old campaign to rein in great minds., (Order No: 41420 ), $7.50
13. Heidenry, John, WHAT WILD ECSTASY: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1997) 1st ptg, 448pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684810379 A popular history of the turbulent last three decades of American sexual culture., (Order No: 35268 ), $9.50
14. Malla, Kalayana, ANANGA RANGA: STAGE OF THE BODILESS ONE - THE HINDU ART OF LOVE, Medical Press of New York, New York, 1964, B&W illustrations, 177pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 5185 ), $10.00
15. Mankoff, Allan H., MANKOFF'S LUSTY EUROPE: THE FIRST ALL-PURPOSE EUROPEAN GUIDE TO SEX, LOVE, AND ROMANCE, The Viking Press, New York, (1973) 2nd ptg, 526pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670452912 The author has explored and researched the little-known and the unknown of Europe: the bars and bordellos; the private clubs and public discotheques; the lovers' hotels and lovers' restaurants; the group-sex houses and the even more eroto-esoteric salons; the nudist colonies; mixed saunas; massage emporia--and just plain places where, in most cities, attractive women, or men, abound., (Order No: 29978 ), $10.00
16. Meadows, Robert (collected, annotated, and arranged by), A PRIVATE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CABINET OF 500 AUTHENTIC RACIAL-ESOTERIC PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, Falstaff Press, Inc., New York, (1934), ill. in blue and brown, good, tan spine, blue boards (hardcover) light edgewear, Anthropological illustrations collected on various expeditions "portraying Intimate Rites and Customs; Racial Types of Beauty' Phenomena of Childbirth; Freaks; Ethnic Mutilations; and many other Curiosities of the Erotic Life of Savage and Civilized Races of Mankind.", (Order No: 51843 ), $15.00
17. Newman, Jenny (edited by), THE FABER BOOK OF SEDUCTIONS, Faber and Faber, London, (1988), 366pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0571151108 Tempter and tempted, rake and ruined maid, devil and angel, Puritan and Cavalier--all have their part to play in this fascinating anthology of seduction scenes spanning the centuries from Thomas Malory to Angela Carter., (Order No: 23252 ), $5.00
18. Petersen, James R. (edited and with a foreword by Hugh M. Hefner), THE CENTURY OF SEX: PLAYBOY'S HISTORY OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION, 1900- 1999, Grove Press, New York, (1999) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 548pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802116523 A comprehensive chronicle of sexual mores, relations, and politics in the twentieth century., (Order No: 36004 ), $14.50
19. Sander, Allegra (translated from the French by Katherine Woods), LOVERS AND MISTRESSES, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, 1954 1st ed, ill. by Jean des Vignes, 124pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjacket, A provocative blueprint for feminine tactics in the unending war between men and women., (Order No: 16587 ), $10.00
20. Selsdon, Esther (edited by), LOVE'S THEATER: WOMEN'S EROTIC WRITING, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 365pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0786701579, (Order No: 36569 ), $7.50
21. Sheik Nefzawi, THE PERFUMED GARDEN: A MANUAL OF ARABIAN EROTOLOGY - PRIVATELY ISSUED, Librairie "Astra", Paris, n.d. c1940s, B&W illustrations, 167pp, good, wraps (softcover), "A Complete Illustrated and Unexpurgated Edition.", (Order No: 51842 ), $7.00
22. Signorile, Michelangelo, QUEEN IN AMERICA: SEX, THE MEDIA, AND THE CLOSETS OF POWER, Random House, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 378pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067941309X, (Order No: 32252 ), $4.50
23. Tannahill, Reay, SEX IN HISTORY, Stein and Day, New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 480pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0812861159, (Order No: 5892 ), $3.50
24. Tully, Carol T., LESBIANS, GAYS & THE EMPOWERMENT PERSPECTIVE, Columbia University Press, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, tables, 303pp, fine, black boards (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 023110958X Contents include: Gay and Lesbian Persons in Historical Perspective; Homosexuality and the Political Continuum; The History and Application of the Empowerment Perspective; Empowerment and Lesbian and Gay Youth; Empowering Gay and Lesbian Adults; Empowerment and Older Lesbians and Gays; Social Work, Politics, and Empowerment: Past and Current Stands and Possible Future Trends., (Order No: 40366 ), $20.00
25. Windsor, Edward, THE HINDU ART OF LOVE, The Panurge Press, New York, (1932), 276pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover), Limited to 1500 copies., (Order No: 36567 ), $17.50
26. Winick, Charles & Kinsie, Paul M., THE LIVELY COMMERCE: PROSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES, Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1971 3rd ptg, 322pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812901614, (Order No: 1307 ), $5.00