Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems
The pages of this unique book have had pasted onto them a collection of cut out emblems featured in such juvenile literature….more
Books
The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)
Encyclopaedic survey of sexual knowledge exploring topics ranging from spiritual love to wild love, traditional marriage to foot fetish, erotic painting to morning …more
1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)
A vision of the world hundred years in the future, in which societies have been transformed into Quakerly perfection….more
British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
Wirt Sikes, US consul to Cardiff from 1876 to 1883, describes the mythology and traditions of Wales, a land steeped in folklore….more
Mary Wollstonecraft’s Adventures in Scandinavia
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, the book produced after the radical philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft took her infant daughte…more
E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Strange Stories
English translation of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Nachtstücke published in 1816, a collection of supernatural horror short stories including his classic The Sandman….more
The Philosophy of Beards (1854)
Eccentric Victorian book arguing a strong case for the universal wearing of a beard – that essential symbol of manly distinction since ancient times….more
Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
Twenty-two letters written by Andrew Lang (1844–1912) to bards, poets, and novelists from Homer to Rabelais to Austen….more
The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)
A collection of fifteenth-century erotica from the Middle East, translated with a lengthy opening essay by the anonymous English Bohemian….more
The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Shewing how he Went Further than he Intended, and Came Safe Home Again (1782)
A 1906 edition of William Cowper’s famous ballad, illustrated with brilliantly comic woodcuts from Robert Seaver….more
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921)
Beautiful 1920s edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s version of Greek myths for children, with illustrations by Virginia Frances Sterrett….more
Napoleon’s “Englich” Lessons
While imprisoned on St Helena, Napoleon started learning English. One resident of the island called his English “the oddest in the world.”…more
