The Passionate Pedant ; Being: A New Oxford Thesis on Love
Oshkosh, WI: Self-Published, 1939. Done By the Hand Of The Author Into A Manuscript At Oshkosh, Wisconsin. September, 1939.104 typed mimeographed leaves (printed on rectos only) in bound illustrated wrappers (7.5" x 10.5"), VG or better overall (soiling and edgewear). Contains five (5) approximately 5" x 5" hand-color tipped-in drawings of erotic sex acts.
"Cast in the form of entertaining and edifying mono-dialogues of the theorem that all women are different, and that the sexual satisfaction to be obtained in their carnal embrace is likewise diverse" and "establishes incontrovertibly that the sexual enjoyment of women of divers races is evocative of distinctly different types and degrees of pleasure, through narratives of his own experience, with particular emphasis upon psycho-physiological adumbrations et cetera."
Erotic work by Lupton Wilkinson (1902-1993) writing as L. Erectus Mentulus. Ironically, when he wrote this work, Wilkinson was head of publicity for the Hays Office in Hollywood?the Hays Production Code, of course, set decency standards for motion pictures, including those regarding nudity and sexual perversity.
Exceedingly scarce. No copies in commerce or OCLC. Item #1287
Price: $2,500.00