Red Hot Books!
This category is most definitely for adults only.
We have a more specialised list than ever to offer discerning adult readers. Select from the categories or listings below...
Saucy RompsIn ones, twos, threes and orgies, here are bedroom antics, frolics and fantasies in the best of contemporary and historical settings. |
Through the KeyholeThis really is what the butler saw. Voyeurism in the form of Reality TV is something we are today all guilty of and enjoy to a greater or lesser degree. A titillating collection. |
Carnal KnowledgeFrom the ancient Sanskrit marriage manual the 'Kama Sutra' to the international bestseller 'The Penis: It's Performance, Enlargement and Training', here is socio-sexual posturing to sexual positioning. |
Tongue in CheekSpeaks for itself… what we find funny in the bedroom, bathroom, garden, in public and private places, vices and virtues, often in cartoon form or scribbles simply good for a giggle. |
Collector's LibraryWhere a book is rather rare, of literary value, or in a limited edition, we at Curiosa have decided to categorise it as part of our Collector's Library. You may bag a rare find or simply enjoy the tactile feel of the binding from the following selections. |
Male OrderHomo eroticism, and homosexuality, the appreciation of the male body, the male nude and artistic photography.
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Femmes FatalesWicked, worldly women who just love the phrase "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" Lashings of stockings, high heels, long leather boots, PVC, corsetry and the female form in all its curvaceous beauty. |
Flog 'EmSadistic, cruel, meek and mild, whippings and lashings, leather and lace, stilettos and stockings, flog 'em and see. May contain explicit depictions of sadomasochism. |
Lascivious LivesHistorical and modern biographies where the content has a desirable attraction. Characters from George Melly to Casanova can grace our Internet pages as often as they like. |
LesbefriendsGirl on girl action. |
JUDITH WATTS & MIRREN BAXTER Book Number: 89923 |
Published price: £10.99
Bibliophile price: £1.25
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Another in the famous Teach Yourself series, the book is packed with ideas that will drive you and the confidence you might be lacking to write well about sex. That is difficult even for the most ...
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GRAHAM HOWE & B. GATES WARREN Book Number: 90770 |
Published price: £40
Bibliophile price: £12.00
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During his 50-year career, Edward Weston (1886-1958) blazed a trail in Photo-Modernism capturing portraits, landscapes, still life and nudes. This has established him as one of the most revered pr...
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LISA HILTON Book Number: 90792 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £2.50
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In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend her maligned sex. Her book, The City of Ladies, was built around preserving women's reputations from the slights and misunderstandings of histor...
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Julia London Book Number: 91300 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £2.50
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An unashamedly romantic cheek-dabbing novel. Every prince has his secrets and she is determined to unravel his. Every dashing young man in London is vying for Lady Caroline Hawke's hand, except o...
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EMMANUELLE ARSAN Book Number: 91261 |
Published price: $15
Bibliophile price: £2.50
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In the 1950s and 1960s, Emmanuelle Arsan offered a radical portrait of an uninhibited young woman. Free from moral judgements and devoted to the pleasure of her body and mind, one of the most famo...
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GEORGE SHACKELFORD & X. REY Book Number: 91337 |
Published price: £57
Bibliophile price: £24.00
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With contributions by Lucien Freud, Martin Gayford and Anne Rocquebert here is the classical body observed, exploited and exhibited and finally transformed. The nude figure was critical to the art...
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JEANETTE WINTERSON Book Number: 91348 |
Published price: £16.99
Bibliophile price: £3.00
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Winterson is always dazzling, and this ambitious novel is no exception. Mary Shelley, the creator of Frankenstein, is in Italy with her husband the poet Shelley, his friend Lord Byron, and his half...
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MATTHIAS HARDER Book Number: 91537 |
Bibliophile price:
£70.00
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Helmut Newton (1920-2004) is remembered as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, channeling sensuality and eroticism into his work. Controversial scenarios, bold lighting,...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91544 |
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£8.50
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The Little Big Book of Breasts features over 150 celebrated big breast models from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, including Michelle Angelo, Virginia Bell, Roxanne Brewer, Joan Brinkman, Lorraine Burne...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91546 |
Bibliophile price:
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Middle wicket, Percy, John Thomas ... one of the few things not discussed in this book is the myriad of euphemisms and pet names for the penis. Features over 150 massively endowed male members of m...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91547 |
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The first in-depth exploration of the female pudendum, that coveted orifice man spends nine months trying to escape, and a lifetime attempting to re-enter! Dian Hanson delves into the historical si...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91548 |
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£15.00
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How can we pack so much big booty into such a tiny and inexpensive package? The female butt, tush, culo, or derrière has always inspired awe, fantasy and slavish devotion. Here are bottoms from 19...
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DARCEY STEINKE Book Number: 91616 |
Published price: £8.99
Bibliophile price: £3.00
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'Was it the bourbon or the dye fumes that made the pink walls quiver like vaginal lips?' Greeted as shocking, daring and scandalous on publication in 1922, the swirl of bourbon, dyed blonde hair a...
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VICKY BEECHING Book Number: 91618 |
Published price: £9.99
Bibliophile price: £2.25
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'It is a beautiful story of personal triumph over toxic nonsense of religious homophobia.' - Nicky Campbell. Vicky Beeching began writing songs for the church in her teens and by 30 she was a hous...
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ELISSA WARD Book Number: 91636 |
Published price: £7.99
Bibliophile price: £3.00
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How far would he go? And how far did I want him to? You can rid yourself of the wolf at the door, but what do you do when the wolf is in your bed? Two identical twin sisters, one a sexually repr...
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MARSHA KEITH SCHUCHARD Book Number: 91763 |
Published price: $19.95
Bibliophile price: £9.00
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Miranda Seymour in the Sunday Times said 'Schuchard places Blake at the heart of a secret London as high on spiritualized sexuality as San Francisco in the 'summer of love'.' William Blake (1757-18...
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FREDERIC MARTEL Book Number: 88692 |
Published price: £25
Bibliophile price: £9.00
Product format: Hardback
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Sub-titled 'Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy' this massive book exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. It is a brilliant piece of investigative writing bas...
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EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS Book Number: 91648 |
Published price: £19
Bibliophile price: £8.50
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Shown in classic pose with left hand on hip, right hand holding a long black whip, Catwoman wears a tight black latex, figure hugging cat suit, has a beautifully painted face complete with cats? ey...
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TRANS. BY RICHARD F. BURTON Book Number: 91689 |
Published price: £14.99
Bibliophile price: £7.50
Product format: Hardback
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Decorated with exquisite Indian miniatures in colour, many of the most explicit sexual kind, the reputation of the Kama Sutra (Aphorisms on Love) has gained a reputation as a manual for the sexuall...
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H. KOETZLE & UWE SCHEID Book Number: 76008 |
Bibliophile price:
£20.00
Product format: Hardback
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This book offers a cross-section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerrotypes and ethnographic nude photographs to experimental nude photography. All the picture...
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PETER DRIBDEN Book Number: 79572 |
Bibliophile price:
£16.00
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"Girls, Gags & Giggles," ran publisher Robert Harrison's recipe for dishing up pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starlets dressed in outfits so fe...
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DAVID LEDDICK Book Number: 86811 |
Bibliophile price:
£20.00
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The boys are back in town in our short history of male nude photography. This ode to the male physique celebrates the evolving, at one time illicit, art form from anonymous 19th century erotica th...
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DIAN HANSON, SARAHJANE BLUM Book Number: 91531 |
Bibliophile price:
£55.00
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500 plus sexy paintings by leading artists such as Alberto Vargas, George Petty, and Gil Elvgren that have sold for $2,000 in 1996 are going for $200,000 and more today. Deliciously erotic, clothe...
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INGRID SISCHY Book Number: 91532 |
Bibliophile price:
£22.00
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Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world's most original and successful fashion photogr...
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EDITED BY DIAN HANSON Book Number: 91545 |
Bibliophile price:
£10.00
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Over a hundred photos document the first burlesque shows of the 1800s, the silk-stockinged flappers of the 20s, the nylon-mania of the 40s, the dawn of the stiletto in the 50s, and the golden age o...
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ARVIDA BYSTROM & MOLLY SODA Book Number: 91731 |
Published price: $24.95
Bibliophile price: £7.50
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Prepare to be shocked! Much nudity and intimate erogenous zones photographed close up, some people strike the weirdest poses whether on the toilet, in soiled underwear, close ups of nipples, a bot...
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FLAMMARION Book Number: 91732 |
Published price: £12.95
Bibliophile price: £7.00
Product format: Hardback
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A buxom brunette smiling with red lips and white teeth wears a tiny fur wrap around her middle as she leans forward, showing her long naked legs and chest, but cleverly no nipples! Wearing pointed...
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Noelle Gallagher Book Number: 91657 |
Published price: £55
Bibliophile price: £12.50
Product format: Hardback
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A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in 18th century British literature and art. The disease is everywhere and nowhere - while physicians and commentators belie...
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RED ROBIN PUBLISHING Book Number: 91563 |
Published price: £10.99
Bibliophile price: £6.00
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Two blondes, one red head and ten brunettes lie seductively on white or satin sheets, their curves exposed within sexy lingerie of lace and silk. Beautiful faces look directly at the camera or sli...
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RONAN FARROW Book Number: 92000 |
Published price: $18.99
Bibliophile price: £6.50
Product format: Paperback
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The newly updated edition. In 2017, a routine network TV investigation led to a story only whispered about - one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth an...
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