Full Description
This volume examines the growth of high-end literary pornographic productions that took place towards the final quarter of the nineteenth century and were largely published on the continent where control of production was lax. These publications were published and circulated for the elite. Publications that came from this group and period include The Pearl, My Secret Life, Romance of Lust, and The Sins of the Cities of the Plain; or, The Recollections of a Mary-Ann, with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism. The volume includes Home Office and Foreign Office records that detail the methods attempted to limit the spread of pornography.
Contents
Volume 3: Pornographic Literature and the Underground Book Trade, 1880s-1910s
Editor: Colette Colligan
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chronology
General Introduction
Volume 3 Introduction
Bibliography
Introduction: Pornographic Literature and the Underground Book Trade, 1880s-1910s
Part 1: The Sins of the Cities of the Plain or the Recollections of a Mary- Ann, 1881
Introduction
1.1. Literary Excerpts
1. The Sins of the Cities of the Plain or the Recollections of a Mary-Ann with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism, vol. 1 [excerpts] (London [Paris]: Privately Printed, 1881 [c. 1891]), pp. 7-26, 96-106.
2. The Sins of the Cities of the Plain or the Recollections of a Mary-Ann with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism, vol. 2. [excerpts] (London [Paris]: Privately Printed, 1881 [c.1891] ), pp. 107-22.
3. Letters from Laura and Eveline. Giving an Account of their Mock=Marriage, Wedding Trip etc. [excerpt] (London [Paris]: Privately Printed, 1903), pp. 5-53.
1.2. Bibliographic Entries
4. The Sins of the Cities of the Plain and Letters from Laura to Eveline in Pisanus Fraxi, Catena Librorum Tacendorum: Being Notes Bio-biblio-iconographical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon books (London: Privately Printed, MDCCCLXXXV), pp. 194-95.
1.3 Early Reception of The Sins of the Cities of the Plain
5. Doctor Jacobus X, Crossways of Sex. A Study in Erotico-Pathology, vol. 2. [excerpt] (Paris: British Bibliophiles' Society. Issued for the Subscribers, 1904), pp. 156-57.
6. Charles Reginald Dawes, A Study of Erotic Literature in England. Considered with Especial Reference to Social Life [excerpt] (Gotheringon, Cheltenham: [Unpublished], 1943).
1.4. Victorian Laws Prosecuting Queer Sexuality
7. Offences Against the Person Act 1861, c. 100, Section 61.
8. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, Section 11.
1.5. Newspapers and Queer Sex Scandals
9. Newspaper coverage of the Boulton and Park Trial: 'Occasional Notes', Pall Mall Gazette, 10 May 1871, p. 4, and Reynolds's Newspaper, 14 May 1871, pp. 6-8 and 21 May 1871, pp. 5-6.
10. Newspaper coverage on the arrest of a soldier: 'Police Intelligence', The Daily Telegraph, 9 July 1881, p. 2.
1.6. Underground Dealers: William Lazenby, Bookseller and Publisher
11. 'Police', The Times, 17 July 1871, p. 13.
12. 'Police', The Times, 16 September 1876, p. 11.
13. 'Indecent Publications', Reynolds's Newspaper, 24 September 1876, p. 1.
14. Trial of William Lazenby, Proceedings of the Central Criminal Court, 18th September, 1876.
15. William Lazenby, Newgate Prison Register
16. 'Selling Obscene Publications', Pall Mall Gazette, 27 November 1886, p. 10.
17. William Lazenby (alias Duncan Cameron), 22 November 1886.
Part 2. Randiana; or Excitable Tales, 1884
Introduction
2.1. Literary Excerpts
18. Randiana; or Excitable Tales; Being the Experiences of an Erotic Philosopher [excerpt], (New York [London]: MDCCCLXXXIV), pp. 122-27
19. Abishag. A Luscious Tale of a Successful Physiological Search After Rejuvenescence... By David II (Jerusalem [Paris, 1900?]), pp. 3-19
2.2. Randiana in Underground Book Catalogues
20. Entry for Randiana in Bibliotheca Arcana, Being a Rough List of Rare, Curious and Uncommon Books, Pamphlets, Prints, & Engravings (London: MDCCCXCIX)
21. Entry for Randiana from Catalogue of Rare and Curious English Books
2.3. Bibliographical Entries on Randiana
22. Entry on Randiana from Pisanus Fraxi [Henry Spencer Ashbee], Catena Librorum Tacendorum: Being Notes Bio-biblio-iconographical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books (London: Privately Printed, MDCCCLXXXV).
23. Excerpt from Épreuves corrigées (corrected proofs) for Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand Fleuret, and Louis Perceau, L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale, (1913)
24. Excerpt from the published version of Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand Fleuret, and Louis Perceau, L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale, icono-bio-bibliographie de tous les ouvrages composant cette célèbre collection (Paris: Mercure de France, 1913).
Part 3. The Romance of Violette, 1891
Introduction
3.1. Literary Excerpts
25. The Romance of Violette. A Posthumous Work by a Celebrated Incognito (London [Paris]: Privately Printed, 1891), pp. vii-x, 11-27, 185-210.
26. Le Roman de Violette. Oeuvre Posthume d'une Célébrité masquée¸ [excerpt from Chapter 9] (Lisbonne [Brussels]: chez Antonio da Boa-Vista [Auguste Brancart], 1870 [1883]).
3.2. The Romance of Violette in Underground Book Catalogues
27. Entry from Catalogue of Rare Curious and Voluptuous Reading, 1893.
3.3. Dildoes in Pornographic Literature
28. Love and Safety; or Love and Lasciviousness with Safety and Secrecy [excerpt], (The Erotica Biblion Society of London-New York [Paris], [c. 1906]), pp. 59-67.
29. The Story of a Dildo. A Tale in Five Tableaux [excerpt], (London [Brussels]: Private Printed, 1891), pp. 31-41, 82-6.
30. School Life in Paris [excerpt], (Privately Printed: MDCCCXCVII), pp. 37-49
3.4. Underground Dealers: Henriette Doucé, Bookseller and Publisher
31. Excerpt from an advertisement for Doucé's bookshop in La Revue populaire, 30 November 1882, p. 52.
32. Félicien Rops, La jolie fille en chemise [menu pour Mlle Doucé], n.d., rotogravure retouched with drypoint and soft varnish on paper.
33. Publisher's ornament on the title page of Honoré Gabriel Riquetti de Mirabeau, Erotika Biblion (Bruxelles: Gay et Doucé, Éditeurs, 1881).
34. Publisher's ornament on the title page of Éric Besnard, Le Lendemain du mariage (Paris: H. Doucé, Libraire-Éditeur, 1884).
35. Publisher's ornament on the title page of Émile Blain et H. Sombre, Flétrie (Paris. Lalouette-Doucé, Libraire-Éditeur, 1888).
36. 'Doucé et Consorts', Archives de l'État à Bruxelles
Part 4. Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal, 1893
Introduction
4.1. Literary Excerpts
37. Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal. A Physiological Romance of To-Day, vol. 2 [excerpt] (Cosmopoli [London]: 1893), pp. 7-63, 92-122
38. Des Grieux (The Prelude to "Teleny"), [excerpt], 1 vol. (N.d. [Paris]: 1899), pp. 5-26
39. 'Erotic Fragments from the Diary of a Paris Student', in Female Lust. As Illustrated in the Ridingcocke Papers (Vichy [Paris]: 1901), pp. 93-109
4.2. Teleny in Underground Book Catalogues
40. Entry on Teleny from Catalogue of Rare and Curious English Books
41. Entry on Teleny from List of Rare and Curious Books
4.3. Rumours about Oscar Wilde's Involvement with Teleny
42. Vyvyan Holland's letter to Christopher Millard, 5 August 1921(extract)
43. 'Notice Bibliographique Extraite des Notes et Souvenirs d'un Vieux Bibliopole', in Teleny. Étude Physiologique. 2 vols (Paris: MCMXXXIV).
44. Charles Reginald Dawes, A Study of Erotic Literature in England. Considered with Especial Reference to Social Life [excerpt], (Gotheringon, Cheltenham: [Unpublished] 1943)
4.4. Underground Dealers: Leonard Smithers, Bookseller and Publisher
45. Catalogue from New and Gorgeous Pantomime entitled Harlequin Prince Cherrytop and the Good Fairy Fairfuck or the Frig the Fuck and the Fairy (Theatre Royal Olymprick [London]: Private Reprint, MDCCCCV), pp. 49-52
46. Catalogue from Pleasure Bound 'Afloat.' The Extraordinary Adventures of a Party of Travellers, et leurs affaires galantes (Imprinted for the Members of the 'Chatty' Club. London: 1908)
47. Some Rare and Precious Second-Hand Books [excerpts] (N.p. [Paris:], 1903)
48. Excerpt from a Letter from Oscar Wilde to Reginald Turner, 10 August 1897
49. Excerpt from the unpublished manuscript of Dan Ryder (London bookseller).
Part 5. Gynecocracy, 1893
Introduction
5.1. Literary Excerpts
50. Gynecocracy: A Narrative of the Adventures and Psychological Experiences of Julian Robinson (Afterwards Viscount Ladywood) Under Petticoat Rule, Written by Himself [excerpts], 3 vols (London: Printed for Distribution Amongst Private Subscribers Only: MDCCCXCIII), vol. I, pp. 87-91, vol. II, pp. 1-18, 65-80
5.2. Illustrations for the French Adaptation of Gynecocracy
51. Illustrations by Martin van Maële for Jacques Desroix, La Gynécocratie ou La Domination de la Femme (Paris: Charles Carrington, Libraire-Éditeur, 13, Faubourg Montmartre, 13, MCMII).
5.3. Gynecocracy in Underground Book Catalogues
52. Entry for Gynecocracy from Catalogue of Rare Curious and Voluptuous Reading, 1901.
5.4. Flagellation and Submission in Pornographic Literature
53. The Petticoat Dominant or Woman's Revenge. The Autobiography of a Young Nobleman as a Pendant to Gynecocracy, by Le Comte du Bouleau [excerpt](Paris and New-York: 1898), pp. 127-72
54. The Yellow Room or, Alice Darvell's Subjection. A Tale of the Birch. By M. Le Comte du Bouleau [excerpt] (London [Paris]: Privately Printed, 1891 [c.1902] ), pp. 98-132
5.5. 'Corsets for Men' in Magazines
55. 'To the Editor of "Society"', Society, September 16 1899.
56. 'To the Editor of "Society"', Society, September 23 1899.
57. 'Corsets for Men', Society, September 23 1899.
58. 'Madame Dowding" Advertisement, Society, November 18 1899.
59. 'To the Editor of "Society"', Society, April 21,1900.
Part 6. My Secret Life, 1888-1894
Introduction
6.1. Literary Excerpts
60. My Secret Life, [excerpts], 11 vols (Amsterdam: Not for publication, [1888-1894]), vol. 1. pp. 5-14, 220-41, vol. 2. pp. 267-77, vol. 8. pp. 33-61, vol. 3. pp. 28-30, vol. 5. pp. 53-8, vol. 7. pp. 366-69, vol. 9. pp. 262, vol. 11. Pp. 141-42
6.2. Prospectus and Underground Book Catalogues for My Secret Life
61. Prospectus for My Secret Life or The modern Casanova
62. Entry from Catalogue of Rare and Curious English Books
63. Entry on The Dawn of Sensuality from List of Rare and Curious Books
6.3. Early Reception of My Secret Life
64. Excerpt on My Secret Life in Forbidden Books. Notes and Gossip on Tabooed Literature. By an Old Bibliophile (Paris: For the Authors and His Friends, 1902).
65. Excerpt from Charles Reginald Dawes, A Study of Erotic Literature in England. Considered with Especial Reference to Social Life (Gotheringon, Cheltenham: [Unpublished] 1943)
6.4. Underground Dealers: Auguste Brancart, Bookseller and Publisher
Brancart's Title Pages for Pornographic Books in English
66. Title page for The Power of Mesmerism. A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies (Moscow: Printed for the Nihilists, 1891).
67. Title page for The Yellow Room or, Alice Darvell's Subjection. A Tale of the Birch by M. Le Comte du Bouleau (London: Privately Printed, 1891).
68. Title page for The Bagnio Miscellany. Containing the Adventures of Miss Lais Lovecock Written by Herself (London: Printed for the Bibliopolists, 1892).
Brancart's Underground Book Flyers
69. "By the Same Publisher', in The Bagnio Miscellany. Containing the Adventures of Miss Lais Lovecock Written by Herself (London: Printed for the Bibliopolists, 1892)
70. 'Latest Novelties'
71. Brancart's Newspaper Advertisements in British and French Newspapers
The Illustrated London News, 20 September 1890, p. 381.
Gil Blas, 6 September 1891, p. 4.
Gil Blas, 3 October 1891, p. 4.
The American Register, 11 April 1891, p. 3.
Gil Blas illustré, 2 October 1892, p. 7.
La Démocratie du Cher, 17 October 1892, p. 4.
The Anglo-American Times, 21 October 1892, p. 1.
La Lanterne, 2 November 1893, p. 4.
La Lanterne, 11 October 1894, p. 4.
Truth, 19 May 1892, pp. 1043-4.
Brancart's Associates Under Surveillance
72. Excerpt from Rapport Affaire Hurt et Maheu, 23 April 1890
73. Excerpt from the investigating judge's report, 19 June 1890
74. 'Ouvrages en Anglais'
Part 7. Pauline, The Prima Donna, 1898
Introduction
7.1. Literary Excerpts
75. Pauline, The Prima Donna; or, Memoirs of an Opera Singer [excerpts], (Printed for the Erotica Biblion Society of London and New-York [Paris], 1898), pp. 79-116, 167-86
7.2. Pauline, The Prima Donna in Underground Book Catalogues
76. Entry in Bibliotheca Arcana, Being a Rough List of Rare, Curious and Uncommon Books, Pamphlets, Prints, & Engravings (London: MDCCCXCIX)
77. Entry in Publications of the Erotica Biblion Society
78. Entry in Catalogue of English Books 1902 - Paris - 190.
7.3. Underground Dealers: Jules Eugène Gauché and Angélina Leboucher, Publishers and Printers
79. Title page for Pauline, The Prima Donna; or, Memoirs of an Opera Singer (Printed for the Erotica Biblion Society of London and New-York [Paris], 1898)
80. Title page for The Horn Book. A Girl's Guide to the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Printed for the Erotica Biblion Society of London and New-York [Paris], 1899)
81. Title page for Memoirs of a Russian Princess (London [Paris]. Privately Printed (Not to be sold], 1906)
82. Title page for Les onze mille verges. Par G... A... (Paris: En ventes chez tous les Libraires, [c.1907]),
83. Excerpts from Publications of the Erotica Biblion Society
84. Entry on Odor di Femina from the proofs for Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand Fleuret, and Louis Perceau, L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale, icono-bio-bibliographie de tous les ouvrages composant cette célèbre collection (Paris: Mercure de France, 1913)
Part 8. Crissie, 1899
Introduction
8.1. Literary Excerpts
85. Crissie A Music-Hall Sketch of To-Day [extracts], (The Alhambra [Paris]: 1899), pp. 55-65, 133-54.
8.2. Crissie in Underground Book Catalogues
86. Entry from Catalogue of Rare Curious and Voluptuous Reading, 1901
8.3. Early Reception of Crissie
87. Discussion of Crissie in Forbidden Books. Notes and Gossip on Tabooed Literature. By an Old Bibliophile (Paris: For the Authors and His Friends, 1902), pp. 110-12.
8.4. Newspaper and Magazine Coverage of London's Music Halls
88. 'The Social Purity Party's Objection to Music-Hall Licences', The Illustrated Police News, 24 October 24 1896, p. 6.
89. 'The Need for Improved Music-Halls', Hearth & Home, 20 October 1898, p. 882.
90. 'Licensing at Clerkenwell', The Era, 12 November 1898, p. 21.
Part 9. Suburban Souls, 1901
Introduction
9.1. Literary Excerpts
91. Suburban Souls. The Erotic Psychology of a Man and a Maid [excerpts] (Paris: Printed for Private Distribution amongst Private Subscribers Only: 1901).
9.2. Early Reception of Suburban Souls
92. Forbidden Books. Notes and Gossip on Tabooed Literature by an Old Bibliophile [excerpt] (Paris: For the Author and His Friends, 1902), pp. 121-36
9.3. Underground Dealers: Charles Carrington, Bookseller and Publisher
Carrington's Advertisements and Flyers
93. 'Private Literature', Society, 6May 1899, p. 1467.
94. Bibliographie de la France, 7 April 1900, p. 875.
95. 'Very rare and very curious English Books,' in Charles Sackville, Two Lascivious Adventures of Mr Howard. A continuation of Maud Cameron and her Guardian (London [Paris]: Printed for Subscribers Only, MCMVII).
Carrington's Defence of Forbidden Books
96. Preface, Forbidden Books. Notes and Gossip on Tabooed Literature by an Old Bibliophile (Paris: For the Author and His Friends, 1902), pp. ix-xii
Contemporary Impressions of Carrington
97. Letter from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers, 12 August 1898
98. Excerpt from Gustave le Rouge, Verlainiens et décadents: Souvenirs inédits (Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1928), p. 230.
Carrington Prosecuted and Deported
99. 'For Translating Arabic', News York Herald (European Edition), 9 October 1901, p. 1.
100. 'Mr. Carrington Explains', News York Herald (European Edition), 14 October 1901, p. 5.
101. Excerpt from a Letter from Charles Carrington to Anatole France, 16 December 1907
102. Excerpt from Chief Inspector Edward Drew's testimony about advertising from pornographic dealers published in the Report from the Joint Select Committee on Lotteries and Indecent Advertisements, Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendices (London: HM Stationery Office, 1908), pp. 39-40.
103. Seized letters from Carrington in 1911 relating to his mail confiscated by the British Post Office
Printed letter from Charles Carrington to his customers, June 1911.
A note written in Carrington's hand at the back of the above letter, dated June 10, 1911.
Letter from Charles Carrington to Reginald McKenna , 11 December, 1911.
Part 10. The Initiation of Aurora Trill, 1903
Introduction
10.1. Literary Excerpts
104. The Initiation of Aurora Trill [excerpts] (London [Paris]: 1903), pp. 7-18, 114-23
105. A Nocturnal Meeting. By Ramrod [excerpt] (International Publishing Office: London - New York - Paris, [c.1911]), pp. 119-28
10.2. Hirsch's Underground Book Catalogue
106. A Short List of Amusing English Books. Privately printed.
10.3. Bibliographical Entries on The Initiation of Aurora Trill
107. Entry on The Initiation of Aurora Trill from the published version and the proofs of Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand Fleuret, and Louis Perceau, L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale, icono-bio-bibliographie de tous les ouvrages composant cette célèbre collection (Paris: Mercure de France, 1913).
10.4. Underground Dealers: Charles Hirsch, Bookseller and Publisher
Hirsch's London and Paris Bookshops
108. "Booksellers' Windows' [excerpt], The Academy, 3 April 1897, p. 383.
109. Charles Reginald Dawes, A Study of Erotic Literature in England. Considered with Especial Reference to Social Life [excerpt] (Gotheringon, Cheltenham: [Unpublished] 1943)
Hirsch Prosecuted and Imprisoned
London, 1898-1899
110. 'A Booksellers' Photographs', Reynolds's Newspaper, 27 November 1898, p. 4.
111. 'The Sale of Indecent Publications', St. James's Gazette, 27 January 1899, p. 10.
112. 'County of London Sessions', The Times, 2 March 2 1899, p. 13-14.
113. 'County of London Sessions', The Times, 2 March 10 1899, p. 3.
Paris, 1912
114. 'La chasse à la pornographie', Gil Blas, 15 February 1912, p. 2.
115. 'Arrestation d'un libraire', Gil Blas, 16 February 1912, p. 3.
Part 11. Aleister Crowley, White Stains (1898) and Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden (c.1904)
Introduction
11.1. Literary Excerpts from White Stains
116. White Stains. The Literary Remains of George Archibald Bishop A Neuropath of the Second Empire [excerpts]([N.p.]: 1898), pp. 58-65, 78-80, 122-23
11.2. Early Reception of White Stains
117. Forbidden Books. Notes and Gossip on Tabooed Literature by an Old Bibliophile [excerpt] (Paris: For the Author and His Friends, 1902), pp. 45-48
11.3. Literary Excerpts from Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden
118. Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden [excerpts] (1881 A.D. Cosmopoli, Imprimé sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part), pp. 1-13, 113-19, 157-8,
11.4. Aleister Crowley's Confessions
119. Excerpt from Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley. An Autohagiography. Eds. John Symonds and Kenneth Grant (London: Jonathan Cape, 1969), pp. 410-3.
120. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present, compiled and edited by John S. Farmer and W. E. Henley, 7 vols, [excerpts] (Printed for Subscribers Only, 1890-1904).
Index
