Introduction Legman (14 results)

Good reading copy wraps only.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Teal cloth hardcover shows only the slightest wear. DJ appears faded at spine and front fold with wear at edges and light rubbing. THIS IS NUMBER #899 OF A MALEDICTA PRESS LIMITED EDITION. 25 pages are clean and tight. 1 pound.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Minor rubbing, creasing, and edgewear to the covers and spine with a 2 inch tear to the bottom of the front hinge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Printing. (1968) 698+pp. Original pictorial white wraps, lightly soiled w/ mild edge wear. Crease to spine. Contents nice.

Very good in black cloth. Volume 2 spine crease.

Hardcover. Octavo, 25 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Mild edge wear, rubbing, toning to spine. Price unclipped: "$25". Boards in green cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block ha small surface tear to front pastedown, light musty odor. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1395207. FP New Rockville Stock. First edition; Limited edition, number 240.

Hardback. G. Legman (Introduction), Grove Press. Author: G. Legman (Introduction)Binding: HardbackPublished: Grove Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Wear, fading and some chipping to DJ. Denting to spine and some discolouration of board. Light tanning to block. Pages yellowing. All text legible, binding sturdy. This multi-volume memoir chronicles the intimate and often scandalous personal experiences of an anonymous individual. It presents a candid and unvarnished account of societal norms and private desires from a bygone era. The narrative details a life lived beyond conventional boundaries, offering a unique window into the hidden facets of human relationships and individual pursuits. This collection illustrates a deeply personal journey, revealing the complexities of identity and desire with remarkable frankness. Hardback.

Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 1000 copies. 5.5 x 7in. 542pp.; 587pp.; 589pp. Publisher's cloth boards. All 3 volumes are in FINE/AS NEW condition in Near Fine slipcase. The books themselves are flawless. The slipcase shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, otherwise remains strong, bright and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus. Three volumes in a very good green paper-covered slipcase with mild edgewear and rubbing. The three volumes are Index Librorum Prohibitoru (542 pp.), Centuria Librorum Absconditorum (591 pp.) and Catena Librorum Tacendorum (593 pp.). All have tan cloth-covered boards,7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, gilt spine lettering (bright) and a yellow ribbon marker. Partially unopened. Fine (neat signature of previous owner on the front free endpaper of Volume I and Volume II; mild sunning, spines). (1722RO003).

Condition: Near fine. Limited edition. Limited De Luxe edition of 1000 copies. Facsimile of original publication done in London 1877-1885. Octavo. 7 1/8 x 5 3/4" Beige buckram with green leather labels, in slipcase. Three volumes: Volume I: Index Librorum Prohibitoru, 543 pages; Volume II: Centuria Librorum Absconditorum, 593 pages; Volume III: Catena Librorum Tacendorum, 594 pages. Each volume includes preliminary remarks, notes, index, errata, etc. Books are in about fine condition, but slipcase has some wear and soiling.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. facsimile reproduction. Three volumes, (a reproduction of the work originally published in London 1877-1885) absent orginal title pages and illustrations. Limited to 1000 copies of this deluxe edition (as indicated on slipcase). Each volume with cream colored linen cloth covers with gilt titles on spine on a red field; each volume with a bound-in yellow ribbon marker. Volume I: Index Librorum Prohibitoru, 543 pages. Volume II: Centuria Librorum Absconditorum, lx + 593 pages. Volume III: Catena Librorum Tacendorum, lxvii + 594 pages. Volumes include preliminary remarks, epigraphs, additions, on quoting authorities, authorities consulted, index, errata. Books are in near fine condition. Slipcase has some scuffing, still very good. 060299A Bibliography, Erotica, Curiosa, Books About Books.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon état. In-4 étroit 25,5 x 15 cm. Reliure éditeur pleine toile noire, titre argent sur le dos, 354 pp., 1920 ouvrages référencés, index. Exemplaire en bon état. Texte en anglais.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Grove, 1966. First edition. First printing. Hardbound in slipcase. Both volumes, very good in a very good jacket. Slipcase near fine, some slight rubbing. A clean tight set. Book are tight, bright, unmarked, a couple of small spots on fore-edge, pages clean. The jacket is clean with small tears and slight bumping to crown. 8vo. Ixiii+2359pp., pagination continuous. Introduction by Gershon Legman. The first complete and public reprint of this classic Victorian erotic autobiography, penned between approximately 1883 and 1895 by an Englishman of means. In the USA it was finally published without censorship in 1966 by Grove Press, but in 1969 a British printer, Arthur Dobson, was sentenced to two years' prison for producing a UK reprint. The identity of "Walter" is unknown. The most commonly suggested author is Henry Spencer Ashbee (1834 1900). He was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer and, from the three volumes he published under his pseudonym Pisanus Fraxi, the expert on erotic books in his day. Gershon Legman was the first to link "Walter" and Ashbee, in his introduction to the 1962 reprints of Ashbee's bibliographies, and the 1966 Grove Press edition of My Secret Life included an expanded version of that essay.