Fryer Peter Editor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. Parchment-like paper covered boards, gilt on burgundy title panel on spine. Slightly bumped top corners (no exposure), otherwise as issued. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear, now in archival mylar. 251 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

1969. (hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 251pp. 8vo. Mottled-ecru boards, title compartment to spine, lettering in gold. Dust jacket with light shelfwear, age-toned; NOT price-clipped, showing $6.95. Internally tight, bright, and clean. Occasional page unopened. First published in 1857. Introduction by Fryer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1. English An abridged selection of Henry Spencer Ashbee's nineteenth-century bibliographies documenting erotic and sexually explicit literature, edited with an introduction and explanatory notes by Peter Fryer. Ashbee, a prominent Victorian book collector, systematically recorded works that were frequently published anonymously, circulated privately or excluded from conventional literary catalogues. His descriptions provide information about authorship, publication histories, editions, illustrations and the commercial networks through which such books circulated. The collection offers insight into Victorian attitudes towards sexuality, censorship, collecting and the boundaries of acceptable literature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 228 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly smudged and spotted. Bound in orange cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Purple dustjacket in very good condition with red and white titles. Lightly worn around the edges with small chips and tears. Lightly faded on the spine. VG/VG-. Book.…