Bumbooziana: Erotic Expedition & Illustrations by Donald Friend
Bumbooziana: 'Sundry Notes & Papers, being the recently discovered notes and documents of the Natural & Instinctive Bestiality Research Expedition. collected and collated under the title Bumbooziana wherein is set down the illfated Expedition's numerous adventures and the results of their investigations into the private habits of elephants, camels, zebras, leopards, etc. and the equally strange customs of men, accurately and profusely illustrated, described and anatomised by an Artist of world Renown.' (Adelaide, griffin Press, 1979). Elephant folio. Original quarter green calf with gilt buckram boards. In original captioned slip-case. No.7 of the Edition limited to 150 numbered copies only, fully signed 'Donald Friend', the creator of this masterpiece of erotica. Includes over 100 plates in full colour, many elaborately decorated in gold. The text is written in Donald Friend's hand, around the illustrations. The edition was heavily over-subscribed prior to publication, and is consequently extremely rare. Offered together with 2 additional proof sheets, each numbered 39 of 200.,
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