Phallic Miscellanies; Facts & Phases Of Ancient & Modern Sex Worship

Privately Printed. VG+/NONE. 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 49, 52, 60. 1st edition/1st printing. Full Title: Phallic Miscellanies; Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as illustrated chiefly in the Religions of India, an appendix of additional and explanatory matter to the volumes Phallism and Nature Worship. Frontispiece B&W plate. Bound in light beige paper-covered boards with red decoration and printing. The book is straight, has clean pages, no handwriting in it, firmly bound. There is an discoloration to the bottom of both binding boards and the spine from being splashed with water at some time in the distant past; it also left a small amount of discoloration at the inner bottom page edges on the first few and last few pages. There is no mildew or mold; just the discoloration. There is also a bit of handling smudging to the binding, and some wear to lower binding corners, and faint evidence of bookplate removal on the front pastedown. ; 8" x 5-1/4"; 104 incl. ads pages .