VARIA. EROTICA, ISLAM, JUDAICA, MUSIC, OCCULTISM, PHILOSOPHY, UNDERGROUND PRESS etc.

Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

38 lots

Lots

Lot 1345

[Ballet and dance]. Lehikoinen, K. Stepping Queerly? Discourses in Dance Education for Boys in Late 20th-Century Finland.

Oxf. etc., P. Lang, 2006, 336p., ills., orig. wr. Croft, C. Queer Dance. Meanings and Makings. Ibid., O.U.P., 2017, XVIII,315p., ills., orig. wr. - AND 8 others, i.a. V.L. MIDGELOW, Reworking the Ballet. Counter-Narratives and Alternative Bodies (Milton Park, 2007, ills., orig. wr.); J.C. DESMOND, Dancing Desires. Choreographing Sexualities on and off the Stage (Madison, 2001, ills., orig. wr.); J. FISHER and A. SHAY (ed.), When Men Dance. Choreographic Masculinities across Borders (Oxf., 2009, ills., orig. wr.) and P. STONELEY, A Queer History of the Ballet (London/ New York, 2007, orig. wr.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1346

[Body culture]. Monaghan, L.F. and Atkinson, M. Challenging Myths of Masculinity. Understanding Physical Cultures.

Farnham, Ashgate, 2014, VIII,206p., orig. boards. Andreasson, J. and Johansson, T. Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies. Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion. N.pl., Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 248p., col. ills., orig. boards. - AND 9 others, i.a. B. ALLEGRANTI, Embodied Performances. Sexuality, Gender, Bodies (n.pl., 2015, ills., orig. wr.); V.J. SEIDLER, Transforming Masculinities. Men, cultures, bodies, power, sex and love (London/ New York, 2006, orig. wr.); V. ROBINSON, Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport (Oxf./ New York, 2008, orig. wr.) and A. GUTTMANN, The Erotic in Sports (New York, 1996, ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 1347

[Erotica]. Maes, H. and Levinson, J. Art and Pornography. Philosophical Essays.

Oxf., O.U.V., 2015, VI,335,(1)p., orig. wr. Clarke, K. Porn from Andy Warhol to X-Tube. A Photographic Journey. Berlin, B, Gmünder, 2013, 250,(6)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 6 others, i.a. P. GERHARD, Pornography or Art? (Copenhagen, 1968, ills., orig. wr., 4to); S. PAASONEN a.o. (ed.), Pornification (New York, 2007, ills., orig. wr.) and K. DENNIS, Art/ Porn. A History of Seeing and Touching (Oxf./ New York, 2009, ills., orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €100

Lot 1348

[Erotica. Homosexuality]. Dik Fagazine.

Vol. 7-14. Ed. K. Radziszewski. N.pl., Queer Archives Institute, 2008-2023, 8 vols., (col.) ills., printed in 500-1000 (numb.) copies, orig. unif. wr., 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €210

Lot 1349

[Erotica. Homosexuality]. Waugh, T. Hard to Imagine. Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film From their Beginnings to Stonewall.

New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1996, XVI,(2),470p., ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr. Reed, C. Art and Homosexuality. A History of Ideas. Oxf., O.U.P., 2011, X,(2),285p., (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr. - AND 3 others, i.a. J.M. SASLOW, Pictures and Passions. A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts (New York, 1999, col. plates, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 1351

[Islam]. Auer, B.H. Symbols of authority in medieval Islam. History, religion and muslim legitimacy in the Delhi sultanate.

New Delhi, Vinod Vasishta, 2013, 1st Indian ed., XX,237p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Brakel, L.F. The Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiyyah. A medieval muslim-malay romance./ The story of Muhammad Hanafiyyah. A medieval muslim romance. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1975/ 1977, VII,(2),319; VIII,131p., orig. unif. wr. - AND 8 others, i.a. M.C. LYONS, The Man of Wiles in Popular Arabic Literature. A Study of a Medieval Arab Hero (Edinb., 2012, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and P. HEATH, The thirsty sword. Sîrat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic (Salt Lake City, 1996, orig. cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 1352

[Islam]. Berg, L.W.C. van den. Le hadhramout et les Colonies Arabes dans l'archipel Indien.

Farnborough, Gregg International, 1969, VIII,202p., fold. map and fold. genealogical tree, 7 plates, orig. giltlettered cl. Fahd, T. La divination Arabe. Études religieuses, sociologiques et folkloriques sur le milieu natif de l'Islam. Leyden, Brill, 1966, XI,617p., orig. wr. AND 4 others, i.a. T.C. VAN DER MEIJ/ N. LAMBOOIJ, The Malay Hikayat Mi'râj Nabi Muhammad. The Prophet Muhammad's Nocturnal Journey to Heaven and Hell (Leyden/ Boston, Brill, 2014, ills., orig. boards).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 1354

[Islam]. Ritter, H. Das Meer der Seele. Mensch, Welt und Gott in den Geschichten des Fariduddin Attar.

Leiden, Brill, 1978, 2nd ed., VIII,(2),780p., orig. giltlettered cl. - AND 6 others, i.a. A.A. REIDEGELD, Handbuch Islam. Die Glaubens- und Rechtslehre der Muslime (Kandern im Schwarzwald, 2005, orig. boards) and W. DIEM, Studien zu sabab in der Arabischen Kunstprosa des 10.-15. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zur Arabischen Lexik, Phraseologie und Stilgeschichte/ Arabische Kerzendichtung des 10.-15. Jahrhunderts. Eine Studie zur Arabischen Ekphrastischen Poesie/ Wind und Wasser in der Arabischen Poesie des 9.-14. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zur Arabischen Motivgeschichte (Wiesbaden, 2022-2024, 3 vols., orig. unif. wr.).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 1357

[Judaica and hebraica]. Schürer, E. The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135). Ed. G. Vermes and F. Millar.

Edinb., T.&T. Clark, 1986-2004, 3 parts in 4 vols., frontisp., orig. (almost unif.) cl. w. dustwr. (fine). Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture I. Ed. P. Schäfer. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 1998, VIII,690,(2)p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Moore, G. Foot. Judaism in the first Centuries of the Christian Era. The Age of the Tannaim. Cambr., Harvard Univ. Press, 1954, 3 vols., 4th-7th ed., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. AND 5 others in 6 vols., mostly German language, i.a. K.E. GRÖZINGER, Jüdisches Denken (...). Vol. 1 and 2 (Frankf./ New York, 2004, 2 (of 5) vols., orig. unif. boards. Fine).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 1358

[Judaica and hebraica]. Sholom Aleichem (= S. Rabinovich). Afn fidl.

Mocow, Emes, 1938, 31,(2)p., Yiddish text, ills. and orig. wr. by I. VERMUS. Idem. Der Leydikgeyer. Ibid., idem, 1947, 55,(1)p., Yiddish text, ills., orig. wr. - AND 1 other: S. GORSZMAN, 33 Nowele (Warsaw, 1961, frontisp. portrait, Yiddish text, orig. wr. Backstrip dam.).

Estimate €40 – €60Result €50

Lot 1359

[Music]. Mengelberg, R. Magnificat.

N.pl., n.d. (±1942), 43 isographed parts (incl. 2 copies of the full-score), orig. unif. wr., orig. portfolio w. mounted printed title-piece, folio.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €150

Lot 1363

[Occultism, heresy etc.]. Pistis Sophia. Opus Gnosticum Valentino adiudicatum.

Latin transl. by M.G. Schwartze. Ed. J.H. Petermann. Berlin, F. Duemmler, 1851, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),VII,(1),392; (2),246,(2),9(advert.)p., orig. gilt and blindst. cl. AND 1 other: A. PEYRON, Lexicon Copticum (...) accedunt ephemeridi Aegyptiaca Berolinensi exerpta (Berlin, 1896, reprint, contemp. hcl., 4to.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €475

Lot 1364

[Philately]. Lietzow-Berlin, P. Universal-Permanent Briefmarken Album.

Leipsic, Baumbach & Co., n.d. (±1895), 3rd rev. ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (6),500; 149p., title printed in bistre and blue, worldmap on upper pastedown, num. ills., coats of arms and portraits (of heads of state), orig. gilt pict. cl., sm. folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200

Lot 1366

[Philosophy]. Husserl, E. Logische Untersuchungen. Erster Theil. Prolegomena zur reinen Logik.

Halle a.S., Max Niemeyer, 1900, 1st ed., 1 vol. (of 2), XII,257,(3)p., contemp. hmor. - Title-p. sl. dampstained and owner's entry in top margin. = The rare first edition of the first volume. AND 4 others by the same in 6 vols., Philosophie der Arithmetik. Ed. L. Eley (The Hague, 1970, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and Logische Untersuchungen (Tüb., 1968, 2 parts in 3 vols., 4th/ 5th ed., orig. unif. giltlettered and blindst. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 1368

[Theatre, cinema etc.]. Lot

of ±55 programmes, mainly ±1930-1960, mainly movie and theatre programmes, i.a. for Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen. I. Siegfried (n.pl. (Germany), n.publ., (±1925), (8)p., ills., 4o), Charley Chaplin, Modern Times (n.pl., L.C. Barnstijn's Filmdistributie, n.d. (±1936), (22)p., ills., orig. wr.); Merian C. Cooper, Chang (n.pl. (Germany), Paramount, n.d. (±1930), (16)p., ills., orig. wr., 4to); programmes for Dutch productions, i.a. after H. HEIJERMANS, Op hoop van zegen (1934); Dood water (1934); "Oranje Hein" (1936) and 20 PR brochures for the dancer/ performance artist CILLI WANG (±1946-1970).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 1369

[Theatre]. Herman van Veen - 60.

N.pl., Herman van Veen/ International Art Center, 2005, 68p., (mounted) ills., text contributions by i.a. HERMAN FINKERS, YOUP VAN 'T HEK, JEROEN KRABBÉ, JUDITH HERZBERG, printed in 100 copies, orig. boards, obl. folio.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1371

[Underground press]. Circle.

No.2-10. Ed. G. Leite. Berkeley, Circle, 1944-1948, 9 issues in 8 vols., orig. not unif. dec./ pict. wr., 8vo (7x)/ large 4to (1x).

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 1372

[Underground press]. Goad.

No.1-4. Ed. H. Schwartz. Columbus, San Francisco and Sausalito, Goad, 1951-1953, 4 issues, orig. not unif. wr.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 1373

[Underground press]. Hip Pocket Poems.

No.1-3 [all published]. Ed. E. Snyder and J. Hirschman. Hanover (New Hampshire), The Pinwheel Press, (1960), 3 issues, (16); (20); (24)p., orig. unif. wr., 12mo. Love (incorporating hate). Ed. A. Young. Berkeley, the editor, 1966, 39,(1)p., photogr. ills. by C.S. WASHINGTON, ills. and orig. wr. by RON DAHL.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1374

[Underground press]. The Magazine of Further Studies.

No.1-6 [all published]. Ed. J. Clarke, A. Glover a.o. Buffalo, Institut of Further Studies, 1965-1969, 6 issues, printed on recto only, orig. unif. corrugated wr., each issue w. a different item mounted or printed on frontcover (i.a. a piece of raccoon fur and a string of rope), 4to.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 1376

[Underground press]. Plucked Chicken.

No.1-6 [all published]. Ed. W. Petersen and C. Archer. Morgantown, Plucked Chicken Press, 1977-1980, 6 issues, ills., orig. not unif. wr., large 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1378

[Underground press]. Residu.

No.1-2 [all published]. Ed. D. Richter. Athens, London and Provincetown, Residu/ Richter, 1965-1966, 2 issues, 97,(1); 130p., ills., orig. not unif. wr.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1379

[Underground press]. Sabotage handboek.

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (1974), 98,(1)p., ills., orig. wr. AND 3 others, i.a. R.O. STOOP, Roza (Amst., n.d. (±1970), ills., orig. wr, obl. 8vo).

Estimate €40 – €60Result €50

Lot 1380

[Underground press]. Set.

No.1-2 [all published]. Ed. G. Lansing. Gloucester, the editor, 1961-1963, 2 issues, 31,(1); 33-64p., orig. not unif. pict. wr. by HARRY MARTIN.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 1382

[Underground press]. Yanagi.

No.1-3 [all published]. Ed. B. Barrett, L. Patler a.o. Sausalito and Mill Valley, the editors, 1974-1976, 3 issues, no pagination, printed on recto only, orig. not unif. pict. wr. by i.a. B. BECKMAN.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50