File 6 - Sex life of the world photographed.

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Sex life of the world photographed.

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    SCA438-GA511-6

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    1 cm of textual records

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    ([ca. 1900]-[ca. 1939])

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    Falstaff Press was a private United States publisher of erotica. Their first publication was Musk, Hashish and Blood in 1900. On November 26, 1935 Ben and Anne Rebhuhn and their nephew Ben Raeburn were charged with sending obscene matter through the mails. The three were convicted in May 1939.

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    Prospectus for 'Sex life of the world illustrated. An erotic voyage around the exotic love-lands of the globe photographing their amatory curiosities and love-arts in color! 500 curious racial erotic photographs and illustrations - all in color!!! From anthropological expeditions, field studies, museum archives, portraying the strangest phases of the erotic life of the savage and civilized races of mankind. Collected, arranged, annotated with complete and unexpurgated descriptions by the anthropologist Robert Meadows translator and editor of 'The Erotikon' by Dr. Cabanes.' Contents of the book include tattooing and acts of love, bizarre childbirths, and sex frenzies in witchcraft among others. The purchase of the book is limited to only those who are 'cultured adults'.

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    Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books in 2024.

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        Created JB 2024.

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