Like Tijuana Bibles, these underground pamphlets were produced and sold illegally. Most stories are accompanied by pornographic photos and drawings. To throw off the authorities many state that they were printed/published in France, Cuba, Mexico, etc., but they were most likely printed in the USA. However there are a few older items here that were most likely printed in England or France.
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Out of stockanonymous (Hearton Publishing Co., Hartsville, France, nd.) 5.5" X 4", 32pp, softcover, good quality for age, very pornographic photos, stated "Illustrated from Life"
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Out of stockAn Essay on Woman, by Pego Borewell, Esq., "with notes by Rogerus Cuneaus, Vigerus Mutoniatus, & Co. and A Commentary by the Rev. Dr. Warburton, inscribed to Miss Fanny Murray (np, bibliography on last page dated 1883) 7.5" X 9.75", 24pp., original soft wraps appear to be enclosed in brown wrap, appear to be two pages cut out before the title page, articles from "Notes and Queries" (dating July 11, 1857 and July 18, 1857) pasted into back of the book, followed by notes on legal paper from previous owner presumably trying to verify this edition Sometime in 1755, John Wilkes, together with fellow rake and son of the Archbishop of Cantebury, Thomas Potter (c. 1718-1759), composed a bawdy set of parodied Alexander Pope poems entitled An Essay on Woman, a satirical imitation of Pope's An Essay on Man. In 1763 he was put in jail for political reasons ("seditious libel for his anti-Jacobite smearing which appeared in his 'radical' weekly publication"). Upon release, his home was unlawfully searched and proofs of his "Essay on Woman" was discovered. This is an unknown reprint, as no original is known. I am still researching.
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Out of stockClives Revenge, (Phedrin Publishing Company, Havana, Cuba) 8.25" x 5.5", 32pp., pamphlet, good condition
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Out of stockanonymous (Paris, France, nd.) 5.5" X 4.25", 32pp, softcover, good quality for age, illustrated with pornographic photos
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The Lady Cassanova, Luis Garcia (Printed in Havana, Cuba, np, nd) 5.5" X 4.25", 32pp, softcover, good quality for age, very pornographic photos, stated "Illustrated from Life" vintage underground erotic pamphlet illustrated with vintage pornographic photos (these were illegal when printed so no publisher, no date, if listed it is probably false)
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Out of stockanonymous (Paris, France, nd.) 5.5" X 4.25", 32pp, softcover, good quality for age, illustrated with pornographic photos
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Out of stockThe Town Bull: the experiences of a young man before and after his marriage Bob Stirling, (Privately Printed by U. C. M. Fall, London, Paris,nd [false imprint. this is a pamphlet, not the book]) 7.25" x 5.5", 32pp., pamphlet, good condition, some fading Erotic story, no illustrations