{"product_id":"curious-pleasures-erasmus-st-jude-croom-9781905264131","title":"Curious Pleasures: A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has been rumored that the finest libraries in Victorian England kept this tome under lock and key, permitting access only to doctors and professors. Scotland Yard had a copy in its reference library, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself may have been allowed access to this work. There are some who claim that this encyclopaedic treasure of erotic pleasures--still shocking today--would cause any woman who gazed upon it to faint. This ironic, tongue-in-cheek look at the naughty sexual practices of Victorian England is at once hilarious and titillating, and as explicit as ever, and includes illustrations in the style of the time. With a design that leaves some wondering whether it isn't indeed straight out of the 1890s, \u003ci\u003eCurious Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e is as deliciously decadent as it once might have been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rev'd Dr Erasmus St Jude Croom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905264135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905264131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virgin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 6.75w x 1.12d","brand":"Rev'd Dr Erasmus St Jude Croom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057090785535,"sku":"9781905264131","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddb2e488-4c7b-44aa-933e-2590d86b2369.jpg?v=1685044977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curious-pleasures-erasmus-st-jude-croom-9781905264131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}