De Sade; Being a series of wounds, inflicted with brush and pen, upon Sadistic Wolves garbed in Masochists Wool

London: Fortune Press, 1929. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. brown niger, gilt lettered front cover and spine. Near fine. Egan, Beresford. Seven leaves of text, "In Defence Of Sadism" by Drian De Shane. 30 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 38 of 100 signed by Beresford and De Shane, and includes the suppressed plate "The Moralist." Beresford's art was highly influenced by Aubrey Beardsley, and his erotic images reflect that. Although London born he spent time in South Africa. and served as a cartoonist for the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg. He was one of the few original British exponents of Art Deco. With Barry Moser bookplate, and additional one front cover paste down. Spine slightly darkened.