Search Results: Authors starting with K from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

North Hollywood: Carousel Book / Frimac Publications, 1964. First Edition. PBO. Carousel Book No. 521 (not in Holroyd). Cover artist unknown. Tiniest bit of wear along top of front cover, otherwise a beautiful, fine copy. She was an Amazon, seven feet tall, with a body that wouldn't quit and qualifications that no other girl had. And she was for sale to the highest bidder." Story about a man who creates a rubber doll (for fun and profit) that can do it all! This was later reprinted by PEC in 1966 under the title of "Rubber Dolly".

San Diego: PEC, 1967. First Edition. PBO. N-156 (not in Holroyd). Cover artist unknown. Faint price sticker residue to upper left front, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. A note about the cover image: this appears to be an altered version of a drawing by Gene Bilbrew which appeared in Leonard Burtman’s Exotique #17 (1957). I have included a photo of the original Bilbrew image. But the artist on this is still a mystery since Bilbrew is not known to have done any covers for PEC Publishing. “The big ranch house behind the seven foot wall was set back off the road - and miles from normal living. Here the six friends gathered regularly for a week of erotic, exotic living. From the sensuous, sadist leader dressed always in leather and her transvestite, heterosexual husband to the wild pairing of a homosexual and a lesbian, Mike and Cyd, they were the wildest, weirdest bunch that ever played house together. Who'd guess they could find time for murder?" "The big ranch house behind… Read More

Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal Folio (measures 20 x 14 inches). Limited to 1000 deluxe hand-numbered copies this being No. 741. xxiii + 100 full page b&w engravings on heavy card stock. Captions for each plate on facing page. Bound in quarter brown leather over brown boards. Endpaper maps. Housed in a sturdy slipcase. Slipcase has some wear and markings. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase. An uncommon title. Note: this is a very large and heavy book. When packaged for shipping it weighs nearly 15 pounds. Additional shipping charges will be required for international orders. With 100 amazing full page engravings showing ancient ruins and monuments of Egypt as well as imagery of Muslim Egypt. A spectacular production.

El Cajon: PEC, 1966. First Edition. PBO. N136 (Holroyd page 410). Cover art by Doug Weaver. A very fine copy. Paul Kenyon, Hollywood publicity man, went to a party ... and was shocked to find he was the only guest with clothes on!

Phantom Books, 1965. First Edition. PBO. Phantom Books 54 (not in Holroyd). Cover artist unknown. Light spine crease otherwise a near fine copy. Sadistic women's prison novel.

Unique Book, 1967. First Edition. PBO. UB 146 (Not in Holroyd). Cover by Eric Stanton. A near fine copy.

London: Privately Published, 1894. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12.5 x 9.5 inches). 1894 facsimile of the 1865 edition. Bound in contemporary quarter leather over brown buckram boards. Spine titled in gilt. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies, printed from type, twenty-five of which are large paper copies. This volume is one of the large paper copies and is numbered "Twenty Five." Marbled endpapers. 254 pages plus 40 pages of black and white erotic plates presented throughout the text (some copies of this edition had all the plates bound at the end). Printed on thick paper. Some wear to the leather on spine and along spine edges. Edge and corner wear. Small catalog listing of this title affixed to front pastedown. Front hinge cracked but does not affect the binding. A very good of this large paper edition. This work, which was Knight’s first book (first published in 1786) sought to recover the importance of ancient phallic cults. Knight's apparent preference… Read More

London: Privately Published, 1894. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12.5 x 9.5 inches). 1894 facsimile of the 1865 edition. Bound in early 20th century half calf over boards. Gilt rules along leather. Spine with 5 raised bands with titles and decorations in compartments. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies, printed from type, twenty-five of which are large paper copies. This volume is one of the large paper copies though it is not numbered. Marbled endpapers. 254 pages plus 40 pages of black and white erotic plates at end of volume. Printed on thick paper. Some rubbing to boards and along edges of leather, slight indentation to lower front right edge. A very good or better copy of this large paper edition. This work, which was Knight’s first book (first published in 1786) sought to recover the importance of ancient phallic cults. Knight's apparent preference for ancient sacred eroticism over Judeo-Christian puritanism led to many attacks on him as an infidel and as a… Read More

Unique Book, 1968. First Edition. PBO. UB 152 (Holroyd page 530). Cover by Eric Stanton. A fine copy.