All items are first editions, unless otherwise noted.

Banis, Victor. (pseudo. of Don Holliday) The Man From C.A.M.P. First edition, paperback original. San Diego, Corinth, 1966. Fine in fine paper wraps, 158 pages. The first in a series of faggy James Bond soft porn books. Signed by Don Holliday on the f.e.p. $125

Banis, Victor. (pseudo. of Don Holliday) The Second Tijuana Bible Reader. First edition, paperback original. San Diego, Greenleaf, 1969. Large format, text bound in upside down as with others in the series. Fine in fine paper wraps, 194 pages. Signed by Don Holliday on f.e.p. Norman listing 938. $125

Banis, Victor. (pseudo. of Don Holliday) The Why Not. First edition, paperback original. San Diego, Greenleaf, 1966. "A searching excursion through the gray world of the lost and not so sure (well maybe). The place (a bar) is gaudy yet drab, lively yet deathlike-though the muddled collective mind of the outcast in-group, the gay throng of third sex bewildered ones who frantically seek a why, but must always settle for the WHY NOT." Fine in paper wraps, 160 pages. Young listing 167* and Norman listing 1182. $75

Banner, Henry. Wild Paths to Choose. North Hollywood, Private Edition, 1969. Fine in fine paper wraps, 155 pages. Norman listing 1183. Only 3 OCLC holdings. $75

"A probing psychological drama of one man's fight against a band of ruthless homosexuals...A warning flashed across my mind and I felt a sudden cold chill as I thought of how defenseless I would be with these three young men whose appetites were not normal. But I was angry over the idea of being compelled to live next door to a deviate playpen, so I threw caution to the winds (and in the process discovered a new use for his prostrate) I didn't realize what I was letting myself in for (see, told ya)"

Banson, Dodd V. The Ways Homosexuals Make Love Vol. 1. Photo illustrated San Diego, Academy, 1970. One loose page, some scuffing to paper wraps, 214 p. $25

Barber, William. Abyss (poetry) San Francisco, Empty Elevator Shaft, 1974. Fine in fine paper wraps, 67 pages. Cover design by Martin Lzquerdo. A selection of Barber's poems chosen and commented on by various friends such as Michael Ratcliffe, Winston Leyland, and Paul Mariah. Young listing 173* $150

Barker, Clive. Cabal. Poseidon, 1988. First American edition. Inscribed and dated by Barker on the f.e.p. Includes a large elaborate hand drawn sketch of a somewhat phallic monster by Barker on f.e.p. Fine in fine dust jacket, 377 pages. $350

Barker, Clive. The Damnation Game. NY, Putnam, 1987. First American edition. Inscribed and dated by Barker on the full title page. Accompanying the inscription is a hand drawn doodle by Barker, based on the outline of his hand. Fine in fine dust jacket, 379 pages. $275

Barker, Clive. The Great and Secret Show. NY, Harper, 1989. First American edition, 550 pages. Inscribed in silver ink by Barker on the f.e.p.as follows: "To Danielle and Barry Very Best Wishes Friday 13th July 1990. Accompanying the inscription is a drawing of a monster covering two pages also in silver ink. Fine dust jacket. The boards themselves, however, are water spotted. Nevertheless, a fine example of a signed and dated Barker drawing. $325

Barker, Williams. Diary of a New York Queen. Austin, TX, Banned Books, 1988. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 185 p. $25

Barnett, Allen. The Body And Its Dangers. NY, St. Martin's, 1990. Fine in fine DJ, 181 p. Summers calls it "(the) most pointed gay American AIDS fiction of 1990." Winner of the 3rd annual (1991) Lambda award for best Gay Men's Fiction. $30

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Barr, James. Derricks. New York, Greenburg, 1951. First edition, first printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards. Fine, slightly edge worn paper dust jacket, 230 pages. Young listing 185*. $225

Barr, James. Game Of Fools. (play) LA, One Incorporated, 1957. Number 1502 of 2,000 copies. Fine in slight edge worn DJ, 100 p. Sarotte states "(this play) was not staged...it could only be performed before invited audiences...it isva denunciation of the state, the police, the law, the army, the church, etc. (and it) tried to cover all psychosociological bases by describing several types of homosexuals." Young 186* and OCLC listing. [sold]

Barr, James. Quatrefoil. New York, Greenburg, 1950. First edition, first printing. Fine with black cloth covered boards, gold design of a four leaf clover and a man's three quarter profile on front boards. Fine green decorative wraps, very slight wear to edges and spine hinges, 373 pages. Overall a very nice clean and crisp copy. Young listing 188*. $300

Barrus, Clara. The Life and Letters of John Burroughs. Boston, Houghton, 1925. Two volumes, fine in fine green cloth covered boards, spines only somewhat faded. Burroughs, a famed Western explorer and man of letters was also one of Walt Whitman's boy toys. A nice addition to any Whitman collection. $50

Barrus, Tim. Anywhere, Anywhere. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1987. Fine in fine paper wraps, 239 pages. $25

Barrus, Tim. Coyote (short story) First Hand(magazine) July 1987. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15.

Barrus, Time Dreamboy and the Writer (short story) First Hand January 1987. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15

Barrus, Tim. A Farewell To Love. (short story) First Hand March 1987. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15.

Barrus, Tim. Genocide The Anthology. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1988. Fine in fine paper wraps, 211 pages. Summers calls it "remarkable experimental fiction." (See Birdstone's Queer Free for an earlier approach to the theme of fictional Gay pogroms.) Garber listing 46M. $25

Barrus, Tim. My Brother My Lover. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 126 pages. A novel of loss, lust, reconciliation, and incest. The scene set in the Mineshaft bar is a classic. $25

Bawer, Bruce. A Place At The Table The Gay Individual In American Society. NY, Poseidon, 1993. Inscribed by Bawer. Fine in fine DJ, 269 pages. A coming out work by prominent Wall Street Journal editor and writer. Summers $50

Beam, Jeffery. (African American poet) The Golden Legend. CA, Floating Island, 1981. 500 copies issued. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 42 pages. Beam's first book. Summers mentions Beam. OCLC listing. $45

Becker, Howard S. The Other Side Perspectives On Deviance. NY, Free Press Of Glen Coe, 1964. Slight shelf wear to DJ, else fine, 297 pages. $30

[Beardsley] Macfall, Haldane. Aubrey Beardsley: The Clown, The Harlequin, the Pierrot of His Age. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1927. First American trade edition. Fine in gilt stamped black cloth covered boards with fine dust jacket, 270 pages. Gilt stamped black cloth. Tipped-in and other full-page plates. 54 illustrations, including the famous F. H. Evans' chin-in-hand photograph of Beardsley. $175

[Beckford] Alexander, Boyd. Life at Fonthill 1807-1822 with interludes in London and Paris from the correspondence of William Beckford. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with fine dust jacket, 352 pages. Inscribed by Alexander as follows: "To Douglas Gorton, charming host and discriminating collectors from B Alexander" $75

Beckford, William. Vathek. NY, John Day, 1928. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. [click here for a view] Three chips to DJ, else fine, 229 pages. Originally published in 1786. Beckford was the subject of a well-known homosexual scandal in 1784. One of the richest men in England, he built one of the largest houses of the time (although the main tower, over three-hundred feet tall, collapsed twice). He also surrounded the estate with wall twenty feet high and eight miles in circumference, behind which all sorts of wicked things where suppose to have happened. The main character in Vathek is autobiographical and the character of young Prince Gulchenrouz, "the most delicate and lovely creature in the world," is modeled on Beckford's lover, William Courtenay. 1970 London edition is Young 222. Mentioned in Summers. Garber listing 53M. [sold]

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell (1803-1849) The Poetical Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. 2 volumes. Edited with a memoir by Edmund Gosse. Etchings by Herbert Railton. London, J. M. Dent, 1890. One of 225 copies of the large paper edition. (The regular edition on cheap machine manufactured paper, 1,000 copies) Fine in reddish brown cloth covered boards (Volume 2 has two small repair tears to the spine) Overall a very nice set in near fine condition.

Fleeing the repressive climes of England for safer shores, Beddoes spend most of his short life in Europe where he dabbled in comparative anatomy, politics, and lust in the arms of a Swiss baker. Following Byron, but not nearly as well, his lapidary wormwood verse reeks of vampire kisses, blood stained dreams, and love afloat in mists of pale white lily scented air. Like Byron, he frequently invert the pronouns in his work to disguise their homosexual bend. Unlike Byron, his poems remained unpublished during his life time and most are fragments of larger uncompleted works. In the end, the corrosive atmosphere of his imagination worked its will, ending in a fatal self administered dose of Kurara which stilled his pen forever. [sold]

Bell, Arthur. Dancing the Gay Lib Blues A Year in the Homosexual Liberation Movement. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1971. Some DJ shelf wear, else fine, 191 pages. Young 234*. $35

Bellusci, R. A Wolf In The Field. New York, Geneva, 1976. Fine in fine dust jacket, 239 pages. Author was a probation officer in Los Angeles, story involves a Gay collage professor and his too willing and able student. Young listing 241*. [sold]

Benson, R.O.D. In Defense Of Homosexuality. A Rational Evaluation of Social Prejudice. New York, Julian, 1965. First edition, first printing. Fine in quarter green cloth and pink paper covered boards. Slightly edge worn and price clipped dust jacket. Weinburg listing 1057. $45

Bentley, Robert. Here There Be Dragons. Chicago, Ontario press, 1972. Fine in fine dust jacket. White vinyl covered boards with blue lettering, 256 pages. Dust jacket blurbs by James Herlihy and Merle Miller. Young listing 381*.

"From the warm bed of his own particular kind of pleasures (yeah, we know which kind too), Dexter Hill is catapulted into a world of espionage and counterintelligence, blackmail, ...involving Project Dragon, the antimissile system on which the freedom of the western world depends." First novel, to my knowledge, in which one of us actually saves Western civilization. $125

Berkeley, Bud and Joe Tiffenback. Foreskin: Its Past, its present & - - - its future? Privately printed, 1983. Illustrated with photos and drawings. One very small bump/nick to left top of spine, else fine in paper wraps, 208 pages. $35

Berman, Ed. (editor) Homosexual Acts A Volume of Plays. London, Ambiance, 1975. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps. Includes Lawrence Collinson's Thinking Straight; Robert Patrick's One Person, Fred and harold, and the Haunted Host; and Alan Wakeman's Ships. Young listing 266* $50

Bernard, Frits. Persecuted Minority. Amsterdam, Sothernwood, 1989. First English translation. Paperback original. The perils of Uranian love laid bare. Fine in paper wraps, 98 pages. $25

Biker periodicals. In the early 1970's, many newly formed Gay biker clubs began publishing rather elaborate monthly or bimonthly newsletters. Very fragile by nature, these items will not likely be found in Gay archives or library collections

The Bolt. Published bimonthly by the Thunderbolts Motorcycle Club of Harwinton Conn. Each bimonthly issue about 28 pages. with stapled paper wraps. 16 issues in total--Vol. 2 (1974) #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Vol. 3 #s 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Vol. 4 #s 1, 2, 4, 5 Vol. 5 #5 . $150

Scene and Machine. Monthly news letter for several Washington DC motorcycle clubs. Each monthly issue 7 to 14 pages. with stapled paper wraps. 22 issues in total--Vol.1. (1973) #s 2, 3, 4. Vol. 2 #s 1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,6, 7, 8, 9. Vol. 3 #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11. Vol. 4 # 1. [sold]

Birabeau, Andre, Revelation. Translated by Una, Lady Troubridge. New York, Viking, 1930. Fine in black covered boards with dust jacket flap pasted onto f.e.p. First American edition, fourth printing, 236 pages.

From the dust jacket flap-"..the story of a mother living in Paris whose entire life has been devoted to her son. The boy..is killed in an automobile accident. The mother goes to see him for the last time to collect his few possessions. She finds some love letters. Then comes the appalling revelation: the letters are not from a woman, but from a man..her final dramatic decision in regard to the other man and the swift and surprising denouement are told with passion and skill." Radclyffe Hall said "Revelation might well be called an epistle of mother love. Mother love for a son rendered all the deeper because of those gentle qualities (not all Gays are or were gentle poofs my dear) which sprang from his unsuspected inversion." The printing history of this book suggests it made a very strong impression on people at the time-offering as it did a rather positive portrayal of the love that dare not speak its name. The first printing in July 1930 was followed by another one in July, a third also in July, and the fourth in August. The 1930 London edition is Young listing 284* $75

Birdstone, Alabama. (pseudo. of Ed Boggs) Queer Free. NY, Calamus Books, 1981. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 199 pages. Classic story of a fictional Gay pogrom in America. Young 288* and Garber listing 67M. $35

Bisbee, Morty. The Diary of a Bell-Hop Quick, Exciting, Amusing Pen-pictures of What Happens in the Rooms of a Big City Hotel. Girard Kansas, E Haldeman Julius, 1946 Water stains to paper wraps, not affecting text. Over all in very nice condition considering its age and frailty. $100

Black, M. An Italian Elegy. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1989. Fine in fine paper wraps, 269 pages. Black's first book. $25

Blakeston, Oswell. Pass the Poison Separately. Scarbourgh, Ont, Catalyst, 1976. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps. Young listing 323 but should be a starred item. $30

Blakeston, Oswell. The Queen's Mate Lowestoft, Scorpion, 1962. One of fifty specially bound copies numbered and signed by Blakeston. Fine in fine paper dust jacket, 33 pages. In this mystical short story, a boy who would be a king runs off to the charms and arms of other young men, spurning the royal robes for more carnal delights. Young listing 324* $225

Blechman, Burt. Stations. London, Peter Owen, 1969. Fine in fine DJ, 144 p. Summers says "(it) seems to concern a gay man who cruises the NY subways...but the heavily symbolized and frenzied narrative makes a clear picture of the situation impossible. " 1964 NY edition is Young 329*. Also mentioned in Austin. $60

Bolduc, David. Shards. (poetry) Mountain View CA, Toth, 1994. Paperback original. Fine in paper wraps, 70 pages. $25

Bolton, Isabel. The Christmas Tree. NY, Scribners, 1949 Fine in DJ with chip to top of spine, back soiled, slight fading, 212 pages. The story of a mother and strange son somewhat along the lines of Tennessee William's Suddenly Last Summer. Young listing 345*. $100

Boone, Bruce. Century of Clouds. SF, Hoddypoll, 1980. Small format, new style Hoddypoll production. Sponsored by an NEA grant. Fine in fine paper wraps, 73 pages. Young 346*. $225

Boone, Bruce. Karate Flower. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1973. (Poetry) Large format, old style Hoddypoll production. Cover design by Michael Ford. Stapled sheets, stiff illuistrated red paper covers. A very fine copy, 14 pages. Young listing 347. Only 6 OCLC holdings. No Library of Congress or Harvard holdings. $450

Boone, Bruce. My Walk With Bob. SF, Black Star, 1979. Signed by Boone. Paperback original. Fine in paper wraps, 34 pages. Young 348. $165

Another copy, not signed. $75

Boone, Bruce and Robert Gluck. La Fontaine. SF, Black Star, 1981. Paperback original. Sponsored by an NEA grant. Fine in paper wraps, 71 pages. $75

Borawski, Walta. Lingering in a Silk Shirt. Boston, Fag Rag, 1994. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in fine paper wraps, 96 pages. Borawski's final book. [sold]

Borawski, Walta. Sexually Dangerous Poet. Boston, Good Gay Poets, 1984. Cover illustrated by Borawski. Fine in fine paper wraps, 64 pages. Borawski's first book. $25

Borgman, C.F. River Road. NY, NAL, 1988. Fine in fine DJ, 373 pages. Borgman's first book. Garber listing 76M $35

Bowie, Joe. Half World. (Gay pulp fiction) Manhasset NY, Kozy, 1962. Fine in fine paper wraps, 155 pages. The "true" story of a small time Hollywood actor who crosses the line into the eerie dimly light world of the third sex. Cover design of two naked wrestlers in day glow colors. Great decorator item, one of three Gay titles published by Kozy. Norman listing 1316. Only 2 OCLC holdings, Michigan State and San Francisco Public Library. $75

Bowles, Paul Next to Nothing Collected poems 1926-1977 Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow, 1981. Fine in fine paper wraps, 73 pages. $30

Bowne, Alan. Forty-Deuce a play. NY, Sea Horse Press, 1983. Fine in fine paper wraps, 95 pages. Listed in Young's essay on Drama. Made into a movie starring Kevin Bacon and Orson Beans. $25[soldp]

Boyd, Malcolm. Look Back In Joy. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1981. One of only 26 signed and lettered copies bound in quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 127 pages. Fond remembrances of past tricks by this man of the cloth. Young listing 383*. $375

Boyd, Robert N. The Day I Couldn't Cum In The City Jail. (short story) First Hand(magazine), June 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15

Boyd, Robert N. My Last Day In Prison. First Hand, August 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15

Boyd, Robert N. Pizza Parlor Pickup. First Hand, July 1987. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15

Boyd, Robert N. Security Guards. First Hand, February 1986. Fine in fine paper wraps, 130 pages. $15

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Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Heritage of Haster. NY, DAW, 1974. Paperback original. First explicitly Gay themed Darkover novel. Garber calls it a "landmark in gay male science fiction." Young 410* and Garber listing 89 f, M. As new in paper wraps, 381 pages. $50

Bragg, Melvyn. The Second Inheritance. London, Secker, 1966. First British edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards, fine dust jacket, 299 pages. The often boring story of farm live in the lowlands of Scotland and yes, they don't wear anything under the kilts. Young listing 413. $75

Braddon, Russell. Committal Chamber. London, Heinemann, 1966. First edition, first printing. Fine in slightly edge worn dust jacket, 204 pages. Tony and Edward, two young blokes working in a crematorium, develop a crush on their straight coworker Ivor (the one with the pendulous and thick male appendages). Frustrated in their love, they strip Ivor and duct tape him inside a coffin, preheat the oven to 450 degrees, cover and bake until the meat thermometer reads 250 degrees, remove and garnish with sprigs of dried holly. A real gasser of a plot, reprinted many times, but very few OCLC holdings of this edition. NoYoung listing. $75

I remember playing with my pee pee Joe Brainard's remember series. $225 for the complete series

I Remember. New York, Angel Hair, 1970. First edition, first printing, preceding the more commonly available 1975 Full Court edition (Young 417). Paperback original. Fine in slightly hinge creased paper wraps, 34 pages. The first book of Brainard's haiku poetic flashbacks to a 1950s boyhood. Young listing 416.

More I Remember. New York, Angel Hair, 1972. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 40 pages. Young listing 418

More, I Remember More. New York, Angel Hair, 1973. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 28 pages. Young listing 419.

Brainard, Joe. I Remember. NY, Full Court Press, 1975. Signed by Brainard. Fine in fine DJ, 138 p. Number 75 of 100 copies issued. 1970 edition is Young 417. $75

Braithwaite, Lawerence Wigger Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 1995. Proof copy with publisher's slip laid in, spiral bound paper wraps, 87 p. Braithwaite's first novel. $35

Branson, Helen. Gay Bar. San Francisco, Pan Graphic, 1957. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, 89 pages. After passing through many jobs, Helen decides to open a Gay bar after she (as a palm reader) discovers anomalies in the life lines of Gay men. The old hag manages to milk a bunch of middle class homos out of their beer money while keeping her palace of sodomy safe from the vice squad and the bar's bathroom free from unwanted sexual hankie pankie all the while sending limp wristed too overt inverts packing. In the olden days Helen would have been staked and burned alive-alas, a social custom abandoned by the late 1950s. Signed by Branson on the f.e.p. $250.

Another copy, lacking dust jacket and with notes of former owner throughout, $45

Braun, Richard Emil. Badland. NC, Jargon, 1971. Sponsored by an NEA grant. Fine in paper wraps and stiff paper DJ, 60 pages. Young 433. $75

Braun, Richard Emil. Last Man In. NC, Jargon 107, 1990. Fine in fine DJ, 98 pages. $25

Brent, Lyton Wright. Sir Gay (Gay pulp fiction) Hollywood, Brentwood, 1965. "When the limp wrist took over, the power structure trembled." Typical of the obtuse gay smut writing of the period-just loaded with sentences such as "He plied his want upon me for a long time and I could not help wondering frantically if he had hurt my innards (especially with his pliers?)" Norman listing 1388 and Young 439* $100

Brewster, Eliot. (pseudo. of James Gifford 1897?-1957, a writer of racy romances under a variety of names) HARD. New York, Phoenix, 1936. Fine in pale apple green cloth covered boards with red lettering, 254 pages.

"Fay Rayner's fine body was much more to her employers than her fine mind. She was hard and did not hesitate to give herself to the man who gave her a good job." Except, of course, to the Gay hotel manager, who she caught in flagrante delicto while he was examining a prospective new bellhop in the nude. Not only had the manager ask the boy to strip--so he could be measured for his uniform (yeah right, tell me another one) but the young whipper snapper turned out to be Fay's nephew. Fleeing the scene, the fey manager ran to the roof and threw himself headlong over the edge. Moral and end of story. Not listed in Young nor mentioned in Summers or Austin. [sold]

Brinig, Myron. The Flutter of an Eyelash. New York, Farrar and Rinehart, 1933. First American edition. Fine in dark pink cloth covered boards, blindstamped title in gold on the front board, 310 pages. Each chapter is illustrated by a one-eighth page sized drawing by Lynd Ward--many involving naked people, including a full frontal male nude and one showing two naked males strolling hand in hand through a forest while ahead of them appears Pan himself. Signed on the f.e.p. by Basil Davenport, noted New York reviewer, writer and editor.

While Brinig is noted by Austin, Summers, and Young for his other books which contain typical (for the time) Gay characters who end up badly, The Flutter is not mentioned by any of them. Rather than banning the book outright, it was killed by neglect. The only review of it was a very short piece in the Saturday Review of Literature which panned it. The review itself, however, dropped many hints that Flutter was a Gay themed book loosely based on Norman Douglas's South Wind (another novel containing Gay characters)--again very typical for the time, sending two messages at once, one for the straight and one for the Gay community. Of all of Brinig's books in the Library of Congress, this is the only one in the rare book collection, it is also in the rare book collection of Yale, and about 30 other libraries nationwide but not in Cornell, Harvard, or the New York Public.

The Flutter of an Eyelash is a very important American Gay 20th century novel. Set in California in the 1920s, the book involves a very scruffy set of characters. Ike Lazarus, a movie director who spirals down an S&M path with his timid and, in the end, whip scarred to death wife. A menage a trios involving a muscle bound blond hunk, his frigid wife, and a Lesbian woman named Jack. A female evangelist named Saint Angela who really milks her flock for all it's worth. The overtly Gay characters are Antonio, the young hunky olive skinned son of a Los Angeles Italian green grocer, and Dache, the red lipped and red haired pagan boy poet. As the story opens, Antonio is presented as the husband of a woman at least four times his age--a real witch who has poisoned her last five husbands. It turns out, however, that the marriage is a sham and Antonio has been carrying on a passionate affair with Dache. When his wife learns of this, she poisons Dache in a fit of cold rage. Since it takes quite a while for this potion to work, it gives the two boys plenty of time to swim naked out to their special island, where, in a fit of almost drug induced delirium, they romp with Pan and unite with each other and nature at the same time. When Dache finally succumbs, Antonio loving commits the corpse to the sea. After sundry people have been arrested, a huge earthquake strikes California and the whole mess slides into the ocean (and no, I'm not making this up). Instead of a watery death, however, Antonio is reunited with Dache in an undersea crystal palace where they will spend an eternity in each other's arms.

Besides the happy ending, relatively speaking, for the two Gay characters, the novel oozes with Uranian imagery, making it the most openly Gay novel to have appeared in America to date. The novel begins right off the bat, by focusing on a young man with blond hair, bronzed skin, and blue eyes who invokes the Pagan past, not to mention the barely disguised lust of the narrator. Throughout the novel, in fact, descriptions of male beauty are far more detailed, and one could say lovingly done, than are description of women--who tend to be, by contrast, ugly or tubercular ghostly visages. In addition to the art work by Ward, which again seems to focus more on beautiful male buttocks than anything else, the characters in the novel seem to be reading nothing but Gay novels written by Gay authors--works by Henry James, George Santayana, Proust, Norman Douglas, etc. The novel also contains descriptions of Rockwell Kent prints, which again depict muscular naked men. All in all, Flutter is a Gay satirical masterpiece which should be restored to its rightful place in the Pantheon of Gay American literature. [sold]

Brogan, Jim. Jack and Jim a personal journal of the 1970s. Bolinas, CA, Equanimity, 1982. Paperback original, fine in fine paper wraps, 174 pages. $25

Brossard, Chandler. Les Saboteurs. (The Bold Saboteurs) Paris, Gallimad, 1955. First French edition. One of 30 numbered copies on vellum paper. Fine in fine paper wraps, 348 p. 1951 American edition is Young 471. Listed in Summers and Austin. No OCLC listing for this edition. Young street hoodlums and their own very special 5 star Tour de France. $250

Broughton, James The Androgyne Journal. Scrimshaw, 1977. Fine in slightly worn paper wraps. Signed by Broughton. This is a tale of how Broughton recreated ancient fertility cults by use of sacrificial coprophilia and literally screwing mother nature in an attempt to gain self knowledge and awareness. (I'm not kidding.) Young 474. $75   The Androgyne Journal. Seattle, Broken Moon, 1991. Revision of 1977. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 91 p. $25

Broughton, James. Erogony. (poetry) SF, Man Root, 1976. Paperback original. As issued in paper wraps, [12pages.] Poem based on film of the same name. $35

Broughton, James. High Kukus New York, Jargon, 1968. Rainbow edition. Fine folded interlaced small sheets in multiply colors all within a fine matchbox type case. Box cover illustration of a very phallic poet and his dog. $75

Broughton, James. Hymns to Hermes. SF, Manroot, 1979 Illustrated by Joel Singer. Hand set and printed by Paul Mariah. One of 225 numbered copies, signed by both Broughton and Singer. Fine in fine hand sewn paper wraps with handmade Japanese end papers. Includes the poems Lord of the Boys, Bear of Heaven, and Primordial redeemer god of my appetites and the arts. Not in Young but should be. $150

Broughton, James A Long Undressing Collected Poems 1949-1969. NY, Jargon, 1971. DJ blurb by Jonathan Williams. Sponsored by an NEA grant. Broughton was a member of a group of San Francisco poets that include Robin Blaser, Robert Duncan, and Thomas Gunn. Young 475. Summers mentions Broughton. Fine in price clipped DJ, 193 pages. $50

Broughton, James. Song of the God Body. SF, Manroot, 1978. Hand set and printed by Paul Mariah. Illustrated by Joel Singer. One of 100 for sale copies, signed and numbered by Broughton. Fine in fine hand sewn paper wraps, not paginated. Includes full frontal nude photo of Broughton posing a la Christ on the cross. $150

Broughton, James. True and False Unicorn a Tapestry of Voices. Rome, Bottegheoscure, 1951. Signed by Broughton on the cover page. Clipped upper left hand corner, small tears, some loose pages. A very scarce item, nonetheless, 7 pages. Was set to music by Rautavaara in 1982. Only two OCLC holdings. $145

Brown, Arch. News Boys A Play in Eight Acts. New York, JH Press Gay Play Script series, 1979. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 84 pages. Young listing 478 but should be a starred item. $40

Brown, Russel. Sherlock Holmes And The Mysterious Friend Of Oscar Wilde. NY, St. Martin's, 1988. Fine in fine DJ, 176 pages. Summers calls it a "clever pastiche." Brown's first novel. For another, more salacious, view of the famous detective, see Watson, J, in the pulp fiction section. $35

Buckland, Paul. A Chorus of Witches. London, Allen, 1959. First British edition, first printing. No American edition. Fine in slightly edge worn dust jacket, 224 pages. Signed by Buckland. Young listing 501* . The bittersweet and sometimes just plain bitter look at life in a Gay chorus line-kicking, biting, clawing, and high stepping over each other in too tight pumps. $350

Bumbalo, Victor. Niagara Falls And Other Plays. (Kitchen Duty and After Eleven) New York, Calamus, 1984. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 181 pages. Title play involves an Italo-American family and their attempts to deal with a Gay son. $30

Burns, John Horne. (1916-1953) A Cry of Children. London, Secker and Warburg, 1952. Dust jacket design by Roy Sanford. First British edition. As new in very crisp and bright dust jacket, pale celadon cloth covered boards, 250 pages. The Harper 1952 edition is Young listing 521. Third and last novel by Burns. $325

In this book, a pianist supposedly falls in love with and tries to redeem a girl with a sordid past but in truth, he is really after her brother. Although the homosexual theme of A Cry of Children is not as overt as in the famous "Momma" scene from his first book, The Gallery, which Gore Vidal called "one of the most brilliant pieces of gay writing in English of this century," it nevertheless was enough to unleash harsh critical opprobrium-which, perhaps fortunately, Burns did not have to endure for very long, dying as he did a few months later in Florence from the effects of weak blood vessels and his addiction to cheap Italian brandy.

[Burroughs, William] (forward to) Claude Pelieu. With Revolvers Aimed. Finger Bowls. Beach Books, 1967. Fine in fine paper wraps, 85 pages. $45

Burt, Nathaniel. Scotland's Burning. NY, Little Brown, 1953. Fine in near fine DJ, 300 pages. 1953 British edition is Young 548. Mentioned in Austin $45

Butler, Bill. The Discovery of America. London, Writers Forum Poets No. 19., 1966. Edition of 220 including 50 numbered and signed. This copy signed by Butler who also inscribed it as follows: "For Larry who didn't know it was being signed." Fine copy in dark maroon yapped paper wraps. Cover design of a white Aztec like crocodile with a very phallic snout, slight crease to edge. New York 1967 edition is Young listing 555. $150

A fantastic anti-establishment poem, with echoes of the beat generation and foreshadowing/reflecting the hippie/antiwar/Gay Stonewall protest movements. Starting with the following little ditty and letter to the President.

"The cabin boy, the cabin boy, the dirty little nipper He filled his ass with glass and circumcised the Skipper Mr. President: We must investigate the Boy Scouts Agents of foreign powers infest our homosexuals The Chamber of Commerce has been subverted by Commie Capitalists Un-American elements deliberately misunderstood the DAR Pornography is being transmitted to Washington by communications satellites..."