Erotica from Louise Aird

This is an First American edition (1964) of The Koka Shastra, Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka, and Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love, translated and introduced by the British scientist Alexander Comfort, who is best known as the author of The Joy of Sex. The Koka Shastra is another name for The Ratirahasya, a medieval sex manual written in the 11th… Read more about this item

Merton of the Movement, Only Run, October 1972, 44 pagesMerton of the Movement was printed once, as a run of 20,000, in October of 1972. Its four contributors were members of Dan O'Neill's Air Pirates collective: Cover by editor Bobby London, plus Ted Richards, Gary Hallgren and Shary Flenniken. The only flaw in this copy is that someone crossed out the… Read more about this item

Skull Comics #3, November 1971, 36 pagesThere were 6 numbers of Skull Comics printed between 1970 and 1972 and there are several of them available online—except for #3. This copy is from the first printing (of 10,000), as evidenced by the registration mark in a scarlet pentagon on the back cover. The cover features a rare horror illustration from Spain Rodriguez. Back… Read more about this item

Laugh in the Dark, August 1971, 38 PagesThis is a copy from the first printing (blue cover). The cover is by Kim Deitch; I'm not sure about the back cover—it looks like 'Flendale'. Inside, Rory Hayes, Spain Rodriguez, Bill Griffith, Clay Wilson, Justin Green, Larry Fuller, George Metzger, Michael McMillan and Willie Mendes. The only flaw… Read more about this item