Patently erotic : tear-away bras, couple's chairs, vibrating condoms and other patented strokes of genius
2005, First Edition. London : Robson. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages; Physical desc. : 143 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Inventions - United States. Patents - United States. Summary: Erotica. In this unique collection of unbelievable real-life patent applications, author, photographer and connoisseur of the bizarre and faintly disturbing Richard Ross has delved into the archives of patent offices to take a look at contraptions designed to titillate and facilitate. Accompanied by commentary from the author and illustrated with the inventors' own diagrams, inventions such as force-sensitive, sound-playing condoms and lap dance liners provide a revealing look at our issues with intimacy. Choose from a device for assisting and maintaining an erection, therapeutic or adhesive brassieres, thrusting rods, prophylactic underwear or even an artificial foreskin -- each is a celebration of innovation at its most feverish. Item #171111
ISBN: 1861059108
Price: €14.95