Name of Book/Title?: VELVET EDEN ; The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography...(Hardcover book with dustjacket...).... Publisher: Methuen...... Art by/Featuring/Stories?: Featuring the Velvet Eden with photographs of Erotic art...Mature Reader/Viewer item...All our books are NOT price-clipped and are NOT library editions, unless noted...First American edition...A very nice edition in "Fine" condition with the dust jacket in "Very Good" condition due to some upper edge wear & shelf wear, ie rubbing...These gold-foil type covers are tough to get in FINE condition...1st American Edition..144 Pages..The book contains over hundred black and white photographs depicting early nude photography........ Grade of item? : This item is in FINE (book) / VERY GOOD (dustjacket) condition (unread) in book terms...Or in VERY FINE+ to NEAR MINT condition (unread) in comic terms... Created when? : 1979....(1st printing)... Front Cover description : Brand new... Back Cover description : Brand new... Page quality description : Brand new... Tape or writing?: No.... This is our only one! Don't get caught napping..... 1st Printing...! See more HARD TO FIND BOOKS items at our store. : Here! Be sure to check out all of our current on-going auctions!! Lots of great product at affordable prices!!! Bookmark our listings with (control + D). Lots more coming in the next few weeks!!!! Check out the scan(s).