Roloff Bernard (10 results)

Hard. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 1st. Hard cover. First Edition. Published NY, Abrams, 1958. Small folio, 11" x 12 3/4." 182 b/w photos by Beny, plus text by contibutors and notes on the plates by Beny. A very good plus copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First printing thus. Wide folio, 182 pp., b/w plates. German edition of The Thrones of Earth and Heaven. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, spine and edges of boards just a bit sunned, small faint tape marks to rear board. Jacket sunned, rubbed, handled and worn, with numerous chips and tears, tape repair and stains to interior.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8-page pamphlet on the dangers of venereal disease. In original 8-page printed yellow self-wrappers with illustration of devastated family ("invalid husband" with wife and "a blinded baby") on front. Printed by Master Printers & Engravers [Chicago]. Light wear (two small chips), light soiling o/w excellent copy of a very scarce pamphlet.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8-page pamphlet in printed self-wrappers, white paper with black lettering. Staples beginning to rust, tear along 'spine' at bottom but overall presentation clean on this scarce pamphlet.

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8-page pamphlet in original cream-coloured self-wrappers with black lettering and photo of husband and wife with baby on front. Beneath photo: "Happiness comes only when two healthy people marry." Pamphlet discusses the dangers of venereal disease. Light soiling to front cover, small bumps to corners o/w clean and intact. Scarce.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8-page pamphlet warning of dangers of venereal disease. In original self-wrappers, white paper with black lettering. Printed by Master Printers & Engravers, Chicago. Light fold marks, staples rusting, rust mark on front cover, corners bent, but no marks or tears on this scarce pamphlet.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 48 Pp + Printed Card Covers. First Printing, 1927. Slight Usage, No Marks Or Stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Hardcover. 25x35cm. 96pp. Ausgezeichnete Erhaltung.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gr,4° - 182pp - 182 amazing Photo-gravures. Roloff Beny (1924-1984) Canadian photographer who spent the better part of his life in Rome and on his photographic travels throughout the world. First German edition. Original cloth and dust-jacket.The Dust-jacket is missing 2 cm on back plate, cloth slightly stained otherwise in very good condition.

Condition: Near-fine. Toned. A sex education booklet for married couples in 1928, written in a friendly casual tone. Warns against bringing venereal disease into a marriage, and urges men to "move cautiously, considerately, [and] humanely" on his wedding night in respect of his young wife's "maidenly modesty" (p. 8). Provides an overview of basic reproductive anatomy, and openly addresses society's reluctance to discuss birth control: "A federal law, old and foolish like many other laws which we have outgrown, but which is upheld and brandished by a few puritanical folks who can't possibly see the sun because of the size of their noses, keeps us from telling married folks how best to keep from having babies. The joke of it is that most married folks, and, in fact, most young folks, already know most of the standard methods . Most physicians nowadays will gladly advise . He dare not, however, print or publish this advice. Hence you won't find it in this book" (pp. 12-3). A rare open acknowledgment of the taboo of sex and birth control c.1928. Single vol. (6" by 4.5"), pp. 15, [1], stapled in original printed wrps. N.B.: this is not simply an innocent sex education booklet. Note the involvement of Albert Dezel, who toured the country showing sex films under the guise of sex education in order to avoid the film censors. Publications like this would have lent legitimacy to his operation.