Hardcore Crafts by Levine, Nancy Bruning

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 0345249976 . B&W and Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 124 pages; 1976 Ballantine Books. Oversize paperback. Snugly bound and clean in glossy pictorial covers. Light shelf/handling wear to the cover edges and spine; mild stress crease bottom edge of the rear cover. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with B&W and color photographs of some decidedly racy and erotic cermaic and sculptural work. VG .

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Light to moderate wear to the covers, including some gentle edge-wear and a two-inch crease to the back cover at the fore-edge head. Design by Marsha Gold. Photos by Paul Levin and Steven Mays. 'It seems so natural,' writes Levine in the intro to this innovative monograph, 'that the work of craftspeople who constantly deal with sensual materials should reflect our society's sexual freedom. So . . . it came as quite a shock that while crafts and sex may be a natural combination, the results remain unnaturally underground.' She goes on to describe the circuitous correspondence chains she engaged in and the often wild-goose expeditions she embarked on ('with the nuggets much harder to find than they were in gold-rush days') in her efforts to capture images of the pieces collected here. Covering a wide range of erogenous bits and bobs, and by turns bawdy, yearning, and rapturous, the monograph includes works in wood, metal, clay, and fiber by Helen… Read More

New York, Ballantine Books, 1976. 4°, ca 50 Bl., zahlr Abb teilw. farb. Abb., Broschur, Min berieben, tadell. Lustige erotische Handwerkskunst aus verschiedenen Materialien. SELTEN. 010

New York: Ballantine Books, Inc.. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial black paper binding rubbed at extremities; leaf edges browned, else tight. ; In wraps; profuse black & white and color photo illustrations; a TREE COMMUNICATIONS EDITION. ; TREE COMMUNICATIONS EDITION Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; Unpaginated pages .