Capt Samuel Cock (2 results)

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-43 [44: blank] [followed by a number of blank leaves], facsimile title leaf printed in red and black, original quarter brown cloth and marbled boards, printer's ornament stamped in gold on spine panel, paper label affixed to spine panel, floral patterned endpapers. Later edition. Limited to 200 copies, this being number 174. Early pornography, first published in 1741, cast in the form of a visit to an imaginary country (actually a woman's body). "Imaginary voyage the life with emphasis on sex" (Sargent). Block, The English Novel 1740-1850, p. 246. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 23. Bookplate of noted fantastic fiction collector Stuart A. Teitler affixed to the front paste-down. Cloth spotted, a very good copy. All editions of this book are uncommon. (#167258).…

Hardback. Condition: Good Only. A very scarce limited edition of this pseudonymously authored work of pornographic literature, in which the 'Lethe' voyaged to is in actual fact the female body. A very scarce limited edition.A limited edition re-issue of the 1741 first edition of this erotic fantasy. Very scarce in all editions.Limited to two-hundred copies, this copy is unnumbered and out of series.In this work, Capt. Samuel Cock details his sexual voyages, experiences and conquests.Undated, dated circa 1890An unusual and somewhat humorous work of erotic fiction. In the original paper covered boards. Front board detached. Large portion of back strip tail and small portion of back strip head lacking. Rear joint starting with board holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with text block detaches between pages 2 and 3. Pages clean and bright. Good Only. None (illustrator). book. …