Tom's private pastime. The secret art of an English gentleman. Thomas Leycester Poulton was an English magazine and medical book illustrator, born in 1897. Upon his death in 1963 it was discovered he was also a prolific and imaginative erotic artist who produced hundreds of sketches and finished dra[...]
Say no to silicone: The greatest natural breasts of our times Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts, Dian Hanson explores the origins of mammary madness through three decades of natural big-brea[...]
Explores how freeing the female leg became central to women's liberation, beginning with the French Revolution and ending with the sexual revolution. This book contains over 400 photos that document the burlesque 'leg shows' of the 1800s, the silk-stockinged flappers of the 1920s, and the nylon-mani[...]
Explores the centuries-old fascination with a large phallus, a fascination common to men and women alike. This book is illustrated with over 400 photos of male endowments, including photos of John Holmes.[...]
The "Kama Sutra" gives detailed instructions on how to spank it. Contemporary Italians touch it for luck before placing a bet. Americans are having it cosmetically enhanced at rates approaching breast enlargement surgery. The female butt, tush, "culo," or derrière has always inspired awe, fan[...]
If orgasm is the little death, is masturbation the little suicide?
The title means "the little death," a euphemism for orgasm, but the women who exuberantly masturbate for Toronto photographer Will Santillo in this book are as lively a bunch as you’ll ever meet. Santillo conceiv[...]
Presents a collection of Robert Crumb sketches. This title includes over 600 unseen drawings created between 1996 and 2011.[...]
It'll knock both your eyes out
OK, imagine the best photos from the iconic first volume of the body parts series, "The Big Book of Breasts," in their original 30 by 30 cm size, but popping off the page in state-of-the-art 3-D. An impossible dream? Not so, Luddites In this wonderful modern wor[...]
This kitty has claws. Through the cougar's eyes: the road to sexual liberation. 'My life had become a playground, and it was exactly what I wanted,' writes photographer Liz Earls in the introduction to this groundbreaking book detailing her transformation from middle-aged, overweight Human Resources[...]
The glamour goes on. This title emphasizes on the delightfully curvy female foot. Our first Ed Fox title, "Glamour From the Ground Up", introduced the heir to the peculiar photographic niche long ruled by the great Elmer Batters. California native Fox had not even heard of Batters when he first star[...]
"Sex? What else? Why have my pants got a hole in the front?" Welcome to Terryworld, the land restraint forgot. Who took 1970s porn esthetic and made it fashion chic? Terry Richardson. Who made the trailer park trendy and the tractor hat de rigueur? Richardson again. Who's equally at home in "Vogue",[...]
You can't spell TASCHEN without T & A! This title features the world's finest contemporary erotic photographers. Imagine walking into a room filled with the world's finest contemporary erotic photographers, each with a portfolio of his or her best work. As you browse the photographs they discuss ins[...]
Peace, love, and pudenda. How men's magazines turned hot and hippy between 1967-1972. Love, Sex and Drugs. Take the latest sex-trip with Dian Hanson. Starring all-natural flower-power hotties, these hippy, horny, hilarious images of nubile flesh and mind-bending graphics showcase a brief golden peri[...]
This title discusses the kingdom of Bob. It deals with the little known color work of AMG's Bob Mizer. Bob Mizer famously spent 48 years making photos and films for his Athletic Model Guild, and 41 years publishing "Physique Pictorial", America's first, and most explicitly gay, physique magazine. Hi[...]
This title explores fifty years of slightly slutty behavior. Back in 1974, the sexual revolution was in full swing and the adult entertainment business was on the verge of becoming Big Business. "Deep Throat" had created America's first porn star in 1972, but by 1974 Linda Lovelace was already retir[...]
Howard Huang's anime-inspired glamour girls
When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then the Taiwanese immigrant thought "urban girls" were just women who lived in [...]
The cat's out of the bag. 'The body part' series wraps up with the origin of us all. First, "The Big Book of Breasts", then "The Big Penis Book", "The Big Book of Legs", and the weighty "Big Butt Book". What could follow but an in-depth exploration of the female pudendum, that coveted orifice man sp[...]
This title presents the secret life of America's Bible Belt and swinging sex lives of everyday Americans. Richard Prince discovered Naomi Harris in Taschen's "The New Erotic Photography" and was so intrigued by her photos of American swingers that he tracked down the 34-year-old New Yorker, determin[...]
Glamour from the ground up. Ed Fox has been called the new Elmer Batters, but he's clearly no imitator. Yes, there's that 'little secret' he shares with the late Mr. Batters, but Fox celebrates the female foot in his own way, creating a style that is unique, contemporary and technically impeccable. [...]
Underground Treasures 18 years, 1,344 pages = Classic Crumb This six-book boxed set is based on the original hard-bound, slip-cased, seven-volume series released by the German publisher Zweitausendeins between 1981 and 1997. Unlike the previous edition, which included every doodle ever made by the p[...]
Coming at you!
Itâs hard to imagine a book that could beat The Big Penis Book for grabbing attention and driving sales, unless it would be those same unimaginably colossal generative units seen in breathtaking 3D. That pop-up centerfold we joked about adding? In 3D every page become[...]
Tom's Brando-inspired bikers and leathermen. This is a mixture of multi-panel comics and single panel drawings and paintings, starting in the 1940s through the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s. In 1953 "The Wild One", starring Marlon Brando as Johnny, leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club, was release[...]
This title deals with the Golden Age of bad girls. Gun-toting femmes fatales caught in the action! At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities, America's true crime detective magazines were born. True Detective [...]
International sex appeal. This is a fresh collection of today's most titillating nudes from around the world. Following on the heels of our highly popular "The New Erotic Photography 1", this second installment features entirely new photographs by 50 of the world's most intriguing talents. Of the in[...]
One big slice of cheesecake. Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high art. In the 15 years since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Paintings by leading artists such as Alberto Vargas, Ge[...]