PORNO & OBSCENITY: A Pictorial Study of the President's Commission Report; Volumes I and II.
Miami: University Circle Press, 1971. Digest-sized wrappers. Light shelfwear. Very good.
Item #60521
158pp., 158pp., foreword by Kenneth Harding, sexually explicit photos and illustrations in b/w. Commentary on the President's Commission Report, with background on the history of censorship and pornography, landmark cases, changing mores, etc., illustrated throughout with sexually explicit photographs and artwork. Chapters include: The Committe and Its Work; The Report on Juveniles; Do Sexual Materials Cause Criminal Behavior?; Does Pornogarphy Influence Crime?; Do Books Make a Man Want to Rape?; The Written Word As Sexual Stimulant; Pornography in Retrospect; The Question of Erotic Realism; Pornography As Major Authors See It. Many photos are captioned "From a Danish publication"; plus British examples (including some artwork from "Soho Bibles"), as well as artworks from classical, libertine, and the 1950s, etc. UGD9001, UGD9002.
Price: $75.00