Elsa Gress (26 results)
Published by London, Quarter Books 1989, 1989
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.The Warm Springs Book Company
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardback, 1st edition, Fine in Fine DJ; Author's last book, it involves both real (i.e. Karen Blixen, Sam Shepard, etc.) and fictional characters in an international setting., 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Love's Picture Book: The history of pleasure and moral indignation: From the French Revolution to the Present Time [Volume/Book II]
Busendorff, Ove and Henningsen, Poul; Gress, Elsa (Translator)
Published by New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Lyle Stuart, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.Black and Read Books, Music & Games
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Thus--First U.S. Edition. Book 2 of a 4-book set. Good+ 8vo hardcover without a dust jacket. The illustrated contents (159 pp.) have some smudges but are otherwise clean, complete, and securely bound. Top edge gilt. Light water stain line on the pages' bottom edge. Marble…d light green paper quarter bound in black leatherette with gilt spine lettering. Some light discoloration from sunning on the upper board. Touch of reddish staining on the lower board near the spine. Rubbed and exposed corners. Bit of rubbing on the spine's edges. NOT an ex-library copy.
Love's Picture Book: The history of pleasure and moral indignation--Exotic Horizons (Book III)
Brusendorff, Ove and Henningsen, Poul; Gress, Elsa (Translator).
Published by Copenhagen, Denmark: Veta Publishers, 1963
- Softcover
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.Black and Read Books, Music & Games
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. Book III ONLY. A G+ to VG 8vo paperback of erotic art and images from non-Western countries. The profusely illustrated contents (159 pp.) appear clean and securely bound. The wrapper has flaps. Sun-faded spine, rubbing along the spine and fore edges, and some creases and rubbing along the slightly ya…pped bottom edge. Other cover wear is light. NOT an ex-library copy.
Published by Lyle Stewart
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, CanadaB-Line Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. First Edition. Tight unmarked book with toned pages; in lightly rubbed dust jacket.; 8.40 X 5.40 X 1 inches; 256 pages.
Published by Veta Publishers
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 3. (Erotic Art, History) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Veta Publisher
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 2. (Erotic Art, History) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Decenter, Denmark, 1968, 1968
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDUnopened else very good. Illustrated.
Published by Quartet, London, 1989
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, CanadaKen Saunders
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More imagesPublished by Arena, Fredensborg Denmark, 1961
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 189 pages. Signed by author on ffep, with a short inscription to William Kienbusch, dated April, '61. William Kienbusch was an American painter who worked in NY and Maine. Condition is Very Good; very clean inside and out, pages are uncut. STK.
More imagesPublished by Spectator, Copenhagen, 1964
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 180 pages. Signed by author on ffep, with a short inscription, dated April, '65. Condition is Very Good; very clean inside and out, pages are uncut. STK.
More imagesPublished by Spectator, Copenhagen, 1964
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very good. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 228 pages. Signed by author on ffep, with a short inscription, dated April, '65. Condition is Very Good; very clean inside and out, pages are uncut. STK.

Published by Decenter, GLUMSO, 1969
- Softcover
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United KingdomPsychoBabel & Skoob Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Pen and pencil annotations to inside front cover. Mark to page block foot and wear to cover edges. Binding glue visible at FEP. No other notable flaws. AD. Used.

Published by Glydendal, [Kobenhaven (Copenhagen)], 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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£ 22.81
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Add to basketCondition: Good +. good +. Later Danish hardcover edition. 463 p. 23 cm. Blue paper-covered boards, white cloth spine. Shelfworn lower edges. In mylar-covered dustjacket illustrated with scenes from the American motion picture, showing James Dean on the front and rear panels, and Julie Harris on the rear panel. Some dampstains t…o front flap and rear flap price clipped. Some light edgewear to jacket. Danish text. Goldstone & Payne D83.
More imagesLove's Picture Book. The History of Pleasure and moral Indignation. Eroticism in a New Light
Ove Brusendorf and Poul Henningsen. Translated by Elsa Gress
Language: English
Published by Veta Publishers, Copenhagen, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United KingdomLazarus Books Limited
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£ 39.00
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Add to basketCalf. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1966 first edition. Size octavo, 8.75" tall, 151 pages. Red calf binding with gilt frame and very small gilt heart to the front cover and gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good plus, a little rubbing to corners and spine ends…, slight offsetting from the dust jacket on to the end-papers, the contents are very clean indeed being printed on gloss paper throughout. Dust jacket condition good, corners edges and folds are rubbed, spine is very faded, a previous owner has reinforced the edges of the front panel and the head and tail of the spine with clear tape, remarkably they have used tape that hasn't gone brown so it doesn't look too bad, the price has not been clipped though no price has been printed.
More imagesPublished by Spectator, Copenhagen, 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerPaperback. White paper wraps, BW-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 144 pp. 8 pages of BW plates. Text in Danish. Presentation copy inscribed to art critic, Dorothy Miller. VG-/VG- slight discoloration to wraps, light wear and scuffing/soiling to dust jacket.
Published by Gyldendalske Boghandel / Nordisk Forlag, 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: marvin granlund, emeryville, CA, U.S.A.marvin granlund
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 49.42
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good hardback in leather spine & board corners & marbled boards show wear along the hinges and board edges. 463 pages, unmarked; ECR S FIC; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 463 pages.
More imagesLove's Picture Book : Love, Lust And Pleasure : The History of Pleasure and moral Indignation - I From the days of classic Greece until the French Revolution/II From the French Revolution to the present time/III Exotic horizons/IV Eroticism in a new light - FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE
Ove Brusendorff And Poul Henningsen Translated by Elsa Gress
Language: English
Published by Lyle Stuart, Inc., New York, N. Y., 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.Gates Past Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York, N. Y.: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1969. All Four volumes appear Unread, keeping these from Fine, is age spotting. Dust Jackets light extremity wear, light age (see scans). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Copious Images Throughout. 8vo size - ove…r 9¼" tall. Heavy, Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.
Seller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, DenmarkVangsgaards Antikvariat Aps
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Add to basketDecenter, Glumsø 1969. Tvær-8°. 169 sider. Illustreret i s/h. Heftet med orig. omslag. Læsestriber på ryg og ganske lette brugsspor på omslag. * Med dedikation fra Elsa Gress på titelbladet.
Seller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, DenmarkVangsgaards Antikvariat Aps
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Add to basketBerlingske Forlag, København 1980. 147 sider. Illustreret i s/h. Heftet med orig. omslag. * I serien »Musiske mennesker«. Med dedikation fra Elsa (Gress) til Torben (Brostrøm).

Published by Spectator, Copenhagen, 1968
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Sixes Book & Tackle, Port Orford, OR, U.S.A.Sixes Book & Tackle
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Association copy, inscribed by Gress to an American theater critic, and with a dense, typed letter, signed, with additions and emendations laid in, written entirely in English. With a foreword by Ellen Stewart of La Mama. Text in Danish. A superb letter, discussing the avant-garde poetry scene of the Lower East Si…de and Gress's experience in avant-garde theatre. Near fine with some minor rubbing to spine ends.
The history of pleasure and moral indignation; exotic horizons; Love's picture book;
Henningsen, Poul, ove Brusendorff und Elsa translation Gress:
Language: German
Published by veta publishers;, 1965
Seller: Antiquariat Schloßbücher, Schloß Holte Stukenbrock, NRW, GermanyAntiquariat Schloßbücher
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Add to basketBroucher. 159 pages; berieben : Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.
More imagesPublished by Copenhagen: Veta Publishers, 1960-1961, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland°ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm. 8° - 4 Volumes 159+159+159+151pp - B/w Reproductions. First edition, text in English language. Original (red) boards. In the 4th volume few loose pages otherwise In Very good condition.
Language: Danish
Published by Odense Universitetsforlag, 1986
- Softcover
Seller: ralfs-buecherkiste, Herzfelde, MOL, Germanyralfs-buecherkiste
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Gut. 234 Bibl-Ex. Einband hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren Guter Zustand Bibl-Ex. Einband hat leichte Gebrauchsspuren ha1091956 da Gewicht in Gramm: 400.
Seller: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, DenmarkVangsgaards Antikvariat Aps
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Add to basketGyldendal, København 1979. Enkelte illustrationer i s/h. 221 sider. Heftet med orig. omslag. * Med dedikation fra forfatteren til Benny (Andersen): "Til Benny / broder-udi-det-musiske / Elsa".
More imagesPublished by Glumso Bogtrykkeri, Glumso, 1969
Seller: Antiquariat Günter Hochgrebe, Kassel, GermanyAntiquariat Günter Hochgrebe
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Add to basketMit Abbildungen. Quer 8°, ca. 19 x 18,5 cm, 168 S., kartoniert. Front and back paintings and drawings in the text by N. A. Abildgaard. Frontispiece by J. T. Sergel. Mit vierzeiliger Widmung der Autorin, signiert. Beiliegender Flyer: Season's greetings from the Gress-Wrights. Lang: englisch 600 g. Einband und Schnitt etwas flecki…g, Karton mit Knickspuren.