Aphrodite's Cup

Mr. Duthie: This is a letter of protest! As a guardian of Public Morals you have a responsibility to the people at large & when someone of your stature publicly displays two testicles & a penis over the entrance of your shop, I believe we have a right to protest...
—from a spoof commenting on Duthie’s logo, designed by Bob Reid and still used today



Binky Marks in the paperback cellar was reputed to have a vast private collection of erotica. Aphrodite’s Cup, a collection of erotic woodblocks by George Kuthan, was an early instance of the sexual freedom of the sixties and fine press printing in Vancouver.