From booksbesidetheseaside, St Leonards, United Kingdom Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 19 December 2019
First English translation, in a limited edition, this copy numbered 57. A very poor copy indeed, essentially disbound, and the text block itself discoloured and tatty. Clothbound boards heavily rubbed, rear hinge to the spine completely split. A project of this scarce edition. Seller Inventory # 002980
Title: The perfumed garden : a manual of Arabian ...
Publisher: Privately printed for members of the Kama Shastra Society, Benares
Publication Date: 1886
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Poor
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
188pp. Introduction. The classic Arabian treatise on physical love. Photo-reprinted from a copy published by Librairie Astra, Paris. THE PERFUMED GARDEN. Original printed wrappers. Light shelfwear. Very good. Seller Inventory # 45157
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. In English. Good softcover. Tan paper, red & black letters & rules. Lightly scuffed/soiled covers; creased on spine; small label ghost on front cover at top fore corner; tightly bound; clean interior. 12mo, 188 pp. Seller Inventory # 13765
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 176 pp. CL Book 1. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: Concering Praiseworthy Men; Concerning Women who Deserve to be Praised; About Men who are to be Held in Comtempt; About Women who are to be Held in Contempt; Relating to the Act of Generation; Concerning Everything Favourable to the act of Coition; Of matters which are Injurious to the Act of Generation; The Sundry Names given to the Sexual Parts of Men; Sundry Names given to the Sexual Organs of Women; Concerning the Organs of Generation of Animals; On the Deceits and Treacheries of Women; Concerning Sundry Observations useful to know for Men and Women; Concerning the Causes of Enjoyment in the Act of Gereation; Description of the Uterus of Sterile Women, and Treatment of the same; Concerning the Sauses of Impotence in Men; Undoing of Aiguillettes (impotence for a time); Prescriptins for increasing the Dimensions of small members, and for making them splendid; Of Things That Take Away the Bad Smell From the Armpits and Sexual parts of Women and Contract the Latter; Instruction With Regard to Pregnancy and How the Gender of the Child that is to be Born May be Known - That is to Say, Knowledge of the Sex of the Fetus; Forming the conclusion of the Work, and Treating of the Good Effects of Deglutition of Eggs As Favourable to the Coitus; followed by an Appendix to the Autograph Edition. Book. Seller Inventory # 229433
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Librairie AU SUD DE NULLE PART, Le Landreau, France
Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Editions de la Fontaine d'Or, 1964 - In-8° broché, couv. cart., 188 p., couv. lég. défraîchie. Seller Inventory # 1145
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and printing not stated. Good-, 2" split at top of front spine hinge, horizontal split across title on spine, 1" split at bottom of front spine hinge, lower right corner of front cover torn off, small chip & tear on top of front cover. 1" split at bottom of rear spine hinge, top & bottom corners of rear cover torn off, short tear at top center of rear cover. 14 x 22. soft cover. 188pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book. Seller Inventory # 0787295
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Cream Petal Goods, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE PERFUMED GARDEN: A MANUAL OF ARABIAN EROTOLOGY, by Sheikh Nefzawi. Editions de la Fontaine D'Or, Paris, 1953. First Edition. Paper. 188 pages. VERY GOOD FOR ITS AGE. Interior free of marks. IN ENGLISH. A bit delicate. Seller Inventory # 011159
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
paperback, Condition: Good, Editions de la Fontaine D'Or, Paris, c.1962, 5-1/4"x8-1/4", wraps, 188pp., edge-tears to rear cover, G $. Seller Inventory # 97679
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 188 Pp. Orange Wrappers, Printed In Red And Black, Fine. In The Advertising Dust Jacket Provided At Point Of Sale, By Comptoir National D'escompte De Paris. Seller Inventory # 040446
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Redins antikvariat, Enköping, Sweden
Astra, Paris no date (1930?). (6),189 pages. With front wrapper in red half cloth. 4 book-plates.*Privately issued. [#217125]. Seller Inventory # 217125
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good in Wraps. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Arabian equivalent of the Kama Sutra and arguably one of the most beautifully written sex guides ever published. [Translated by Sir Richard Burton.]. Minor shelf/edge wear, minor toning to text block edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Beige paper wrappers, black and red ink lettering. 8vo. 189pp. Small press sheet laid in "English Books Translated from the French" and including 5 books. Seller Inventory # 10092
Quantity: 1 available