YOU ARE BUYING 14 PAPERBACKS OF EROTIC FICTION PUBLISHED BY BRANDON HOUSE FROM THE 1960s

= They are as follows ==

This is a Collection of 14 works of erotic fiction, all published by Brandon House in North Hollywood California in the 1960s.  Mainly set in the late years of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries, with some as far back as the 16th century. Some published either anonymously or pseudonymously.  First Editions and first paperback editions.  Mostly unread copies in near fine to near mint condition (a few minor flaws noted).  

A LADY OF QUALITY ( VARIANT COPY )

by Crebillon Le Fils.  (Huxley)  Preface by W. R. Eshelman.

Brandon House Hollywood # 903 , 1964.  with 202 pages , Minor edge-wear to spine, near fine.

New edition of this anonymous translation of a 18th-century French erotic classic, with the second printing of the Aldous Huxley’s 14-page introduction.

The Introduction by Aldous Huxley is extracted from an essay accompanying The Opportunities of the Night (Chapman & Hall, London: 1925), 

This variant copy is a bit taller, and the front cover is illustrated with a picture of a single woman, her face partially obscured by a veil and holding a fan in her right hand. Instead of the Brandon logo, there is a small oval medallion containing the initials 'LP' and the price 95¢.

WHITE THIGHS

by Alexander Trocchi.  Introduction by Jack Hirschman, and a new Postscript by the author. 1967.

Brandon House Hollywood # 2018 , 1967.  Second Edition with new intro by Jack Hirschman and postscript by the author. First published by the Olympia Press in Paris in June 1955 as volume 14 of its Traveller's Companion Series at which time the authorship was ascribed to Trocchi's pseudonym “Frances Lengel” with 208 pages. Price blacked out on front cover gold spine slightly faded, otherwise near fine. 

SCHOOL FOR WIFES

by Alexander Trocchi. Introduction by Jack Hirschman, and a new Postscript by the author.

Brandon House Hollywood # 2032 , 1967.  with 207 pages , Slight slant otherwise near fine. 

Second Edition with new introduction and postscript both by the author.

First published by the Olympia Press in Paris as School for Sin at Paris in March 1955 as volume 3 of its Traveller's Companion Series under the pseudonym “Francis Lengel” ,

CONFESSIONS OF AN AUTHOR

by FELIX DOORMAN [pseud. of FELIX BEIDERMANN].  Translated by Paul Anhalt

Brandon House Hollywood # 3014 (1967). First Edition in English of an erotic novel originally written in German and published in Vienna in 1920.

with 191 pages , Slight reading crease. otherwise fine

THE ADVENTURES OF CLAUDIA

by JOAN CABOT {pseud.] Introduction by Frank Hoffman.

Brandon House Hollywood # 6002 (1968). First Edition of this erotic novel set in Chicago in the early 1930s.

According to Frank Hoffman's Introduction, this novel is a reprint of an American work first published in the 1930's. with 288 pages ,

Price sticker at top of front cover, otherwise near mint. 

JUVENILE LEAD

by PEARSON GROVES.     Introduction by Steven George [Jack Hirschman]

Brandon House Hollywood # 3029 (1968). Second Edition of an erotic novel originally published in Paris in 1958. with 208 pages.  Near mint.

THE LIFE AND AMOURS OF KATE PERCIVAL (Two Volumes in One)

by ANONYMOUS.  Written by Herself     Introduction by Allen D. Warner [Hilary E. Holt].

Brandon House Hollywood # 3013 (1967). New Edition. American erotic novel set in Maryland in the 1890s and thought to have been published in the 1930s.

with 159 Pages . Small rough spot in upper left corner of the front cover from price sticker removal, otherwise a fine, unread copy.  

MEMOIRS OF MADAME MADELEINE.  VOLUMES 1 and 2

by ANONYMOUS.  Introduction by Jack Hirschman.

Brandon House Hollywood # 3023 Volume 1 with 224 pages

Brandon House Hollywood # 3024 Volume 2 with 256 pages

(1968). Second Edition, originally privately published in Paris in a very small printing.  Erotic novel set in Europe in the early years of the 20th century.

Very scarce complete in two volumes (only one such copy on the internet).  Near fine, unread copies except for a crease in the lower corner of one back wrapper.  

THE LIBERTINE READER : 4 Erotic Novellas

Introduction by Hilary H. Holt, Ph.D.

Brandon House Hollywood # 3017 , 1968. First editions thus.  240 pages , Back cover lightly rubbed, else near fine. 

1. The Libertine’s Manual by Mericourt, == Originally published in 1791.

2. Gamiani by Albert Musset, == Originally published in 1833.

3. Angelique by Antonio Rocco  == Originally published in 1683.

4. Amorous Experinces of  Surgeon by James Reddie. A reissue of a late Victorian pornographic work by James Campbell Reddie,

first published, posthumously, at London by the mysterious Lazenby with the burlesque imprint 'Printed for the Nihilists, Moscow, 1881.'

THE LOVE PAGODA : THE AMOROUS ADVENTURE OF HIS MEN AND HIS SIX WIFES 

ANONYMOUS [Sinclair Beiles].  Introduction by Albert Ellis.

Brandon House Hollywood # 931, 1965 Second Printing of this new edition of 17th century. Chinese erotic classic.  with 238 pages Light wear. very good

 THE DIALOGUES OF LUISA SIGEA

by Nicholas Chorier,

Brandon House Hollywood # 935 (1965).  New edition of the 17th century Italian erotic classic, also known as The School of Venus.  Originally published, in Latin, probably at Lyons about 1660. Introduction by Albert Ellis. This edition is a reprint of an English translation first published at Paris in 1890 by Isidore Liseux.  with  320 pages + ads. Near mint. 

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FORBIDDEN BOOKS. 

by Herbert Spencer Ashbee.  Introduction by Robert Kramer.

Brandon House Hollywood #2013 , 1966 ,   with 447 pages Near Fine. 

Originally published privately in 3 volumes in an edition of 250 copies in London, 1877. The classic annotated bibliography of Victorian erotic literature.

THE PETALS OF PASSION

Translated by Henrik van Breda.

Brandon House Hollywood # 6066 , 1969.  with 192 pages , Light wear. very good

MORE ABOUT =Erotica (from the Greek eros "desire") is any artistic work that deals substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter.

All forms of art may depict erotic content, including painting, sculpture, photography, drama, film, music or literature. Erotica has high-art aspirations, differentiating it from commercial pornography.

Curiosa is erotica and pornography as discrete, collectible items, usually in published or printed form.

MORE ABOUT = Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of human sexual relationships which have the power to or are intended to arouse the reader sexually. Such erotica takes the form of novels, short stories, poetry, true-life memoirs, and sex manuals.

 A common feature of the genre is sexual fantasies on such themes as prostitution, orgies, homosexuality, sadomasochism, and many other taboo subjects and fetishes, which may or may not be expressed in explicit language. Other common elements are satire and social criticism.

Despite cultural taboos on such material, circulation of erotic literature was not seen as a major problem before the invention of printing, as the costs of producing individual manuscripts limited distribution to a very small group of readers.

The invention of printing, in the 15th century, brought with it both a greater market and increasing restrictions, like censorship and legal restraints on publication on the grounds of obscenity. Because of this, much of the production of this type of material became clandestine.