Henry Spencer Ashbee

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Henry Spencer Ashbee


Born
in Southwark, London, England, The United Kingdom
April 21, 1834

Died
July 29, 1900

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Henry Spencer Ashbee was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer, notorious for his massive, clandestine three volume bibliography of erotic literature written under the pseudonym of Pisanus Fraxi. He is also speculated to be the author of the erotic novel A Night in a Moorish Harem, written under the pseudonym of Lord George Herbert.

Ashbee was born in Southwark, London. He was by occupation a textile trader, the senior partner in the London branch of the firm of Charles Lavy & Co. He travelled extensively during his life, including Europe, Japan, and San Francisco, collaborating with Alexander Graham on Travels in Tunisia, published in 1887. He was an avid book collector, with perhaps the world's most extensive collections of Cervantes
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Average rating: 3.43 · 784 ratings · 86 reviews · 73 distinct works
My Secret Life: An Erotic D...

3.42 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 1888 — 145 editions
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My Secret Life 1

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A Collection of Previously ...

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My Secret Life 2

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My Secret Life 3

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My Secret Life 1-2: The Sex...

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Forbidden books of the Vict...

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My Secret Life, The Complet...

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My Secret Life: Sex Diary o...

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My Secret Life: Volumes I-VI

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1966
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“There is, I believe, no person, however insignificant in the world, but, if an account of his life and adventures were committed to paper, would be entertaining in some degree: the follies of our own life, and those we are liable to be drawn into by others, will constantly afford matter for serious reflection.”
Henry Spencer Ashbee

“Voluptuous”
Henry Spencer Ashbee, MY SECRET LIFE

“feeling each other for a time, if mine could be called feeling, when my lingers only touched the top of the notch. I took up the candle. "I won't go if you bring a light," said she, so I put down the candle, and”
Henry Spencer Ashbee, MY SECRET LIFE

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