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50th ANNIVERSARY FACSIMILE EDITION

A bestseller since it was first published in 1972, Alex Comfort’s classic work celebrates human physical intimacy with such authority and clarity that a whole generation felt empowered to enjoy sex. It was ground-breaking and unique in the wide range of subjects it discussed and in its reassuring authority and sense of fun. No other book has come close in providing such a wise, witty, uninhibited – sometimes delightfully eccentric – guide to lovemaking. A cultural landmark, the original illustrations are absolutely iconic.

Reviews

Rowan Pelling, The Daily Mail
The Joy of Sex is to the bedroom as Delia Smith is to the kitchen.
The Sunday Times
The one album on lovemaking you should have.
The Sunday Telegraph
A classic for anyone who needs to know about sex.
Time Magazine
Witty, fanciful and mercifully free of moralising.
The Independent Magazine
The Joy of Sex brought hairy, naked people into homes around the country.
Desmond Morris
An intelligent sex manual that is serious without being solemn.
Independent on Sunday
Intelligent and helpfully free from prudery.
The Daily Telegraph
Invaluable... Beautifully written.
Journal of the Institute of Health Education
Witty, raunchy and practical.