[Collected Works]. Becket [1884].

Eight volumes. Small 8vo. Original full dark red gilt-stamped morocco, all edges gilt; rubbed. Bookplates of Samuel Bronfman; ownership signature of Edwin Robinson, 1864, 1872. All volumes with crudely painted erotic scenes on the fore-edges, fanned in both directions. EIGHT-VOLUMES WITH EROTIC DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS. INVENTORY: [1] Enoch Arden, etc. London: Edward Moxon, 1864. Small 8vo. [4], 178 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Nude couple, on a bed, she with upstretched arms, he with his penis erect approaching his lover. 2) Nude man masturbating. [2] Idylls of the King. A new edition. 1864. Small 8vo. vi, [2], 261, [1] pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Vertical scene showing the woman kneeling and performing fellatio on the man. 2) Nude man and woman with another copulation position. [3] Poems, 1864. Sixteenth edition. Small 8vo. xii, 379, [1] pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Copulation position. 2) Back-view of the man and woman enjoying a seated position, nude, as if watching a sunset (probably on the edge of a bed). [4] The Princess, a medley. Twelfth edition. [with]: Maud and other poems. A new edition. London: Edward Moxon, 1864. Two volumes in one. Small 8vo. [vi], 183; [viii] 168 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Nude couple, penis erect, the lady lying down and relaxing next to him. 2) The nude couple with a copulation scene. [5] The Holy Grail, and other poems. London: Strahan, 1870. Small 8vo. [6], 222 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Nude man, lying down, performing fellatio on the nude women straddling above him. 2) Man, nude, masturbating. [6] Gareth and Lynette. London: Strahan, 1872. Small 8vo. [6], 136 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Full penetration scene of the man and woman, viewing from the man's rear. 2) Man and woman nude where he is performing fellatio on the woman. [7] Becket. London: Macmillan, 1884. Small 8vo. [4], 213, [3] pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Man & woman in bed, nude, she manipulates his genitalia. 2) Nude embrace. [8] Tiresias and other poems, 1885. Small 8vo. viii, 203, [1] pp. Fore-edge painting: 1) Nude couple, the lady performing fellatio on the man. 2) Another position of the same, she with her back to the man, manipulating his genitalia. PROVENANCE: Edwin Robinson, 1864 Samuel Bronfman (1889-1971), Canadian businessman.

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Year: 1864

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