All items are first editions, unless otherwise noted.

Caminha, Adolfo (Brazilian writer). Bom-Crioulo. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1982. First published in 1895, Summers calls Bom-Crioulo the first Latin-American novel to deal with homosexuality as a theme. Not listed in Young. Fine in paper wraps, 141 pages. $25

Carney, William. The Rose Exterminator. NY, Everest House, 1982. Badly worn, torn, and abused DJ (somewhat like the main character in the novel), else very crisp, 316 pages. $15

Another copy. Fine in fine DJ. $45

Carpenter, Don. Hard Rain Falling New York, Harcourt, 1966. Advanced page proofs in somewhat soiled paper wraps, 308 pages. Inscribed by Carpenter as follows: "For DMA, writer, lover, and sec???" Young listing 597. $250

Carpenter, Edward. A Visit to a Gnani. London, George Allen, 1911. Fine in paper covered boards worn through at edges with some minor bottom nicks. Some light pencil marginal lines. Inscribed in pencil on the f.e.p. by Carpenter as follows: "Louise L. Willcox from Ed Carpenter with pleasant memory of the 10th Oct 1911" $325

Carrier, Warren. The Hunt. Norfolk, New Directions, 1952-54? Dust jacket design by Joan Stanton. Fine in gray cloth covered boards. Fine dust jacket, 208 pages. London 1952 edition is Young listing 605. $125

In a blind rage and suffering from years of his father's drunken abuse, Chris finally has had enough. When his father, in a slurry moment of anger, tells Chris that he's nothing but an intellectual pansy queer who can't satisfy his own wife and that Chris is being cuckolded by his own brother George (who was the real father of Chris's son), Chris fatally hurls his old man against the library's heavy walnut door but not before telling him that his wife, Chris's mother, was really a lesbian who could not stand the sight of her husband. Unwilling to face the law, Chris flees to his cabin in Wyoming. For some unknown reason, both George and an old flame, Josephine, set out from Indiana to help him. Once in the mountains, however, George beds Josephine, kills his brother, and along with her is gunned down in a fusillade of lawmen's bullets. Besides the melodramatic story line, this novel uses every homosexual pseudo psychological theory prevalent in the early 1950s. Chris is portrayed as a extremely sensitive young man--overly attached to his mother, hating sports and hunting, tending to poetic flights of fancy, etc., etc. and at the same time repulsed by his brother's and father's crude masculinity. Overall a very nice representative piece.

Carson, David. (pseudo.) Lament A Novel About How the West Was Blown. NY, Grove Press, 1973. Fine in fine DJ, 214 pages. Young 606*. Plus a copy of the April 1974 issue of QQ magazine containing a review of this book by Orlando Paris (pseudo. of Paul Welles). He calls it beautifully written -the Sleeper Novel of the Year but "who the hell has heard of it? Certainly not the Times, Time, or the Review of Books For to have heard of it is to acknowledge it and to do so that honestly is to praise it." OCLC listing. (both items) $125

Cashorali, Peter. Fairy Tales: Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men. SF, Harper, 1995. Uncorrected proof. with publisher's letter laid in. Cashorali's first book. Fine in fine paper wraps, 149 pages. $25

Cassady, Neal. The First Third a partial Autobiography and other writings. SF, City Lights, 1978. Fine in very slightly self worn paper wraps, 157 pages. An "original, much lost-and-found book of autobiographical writing by the "real life hero" of Jack Kerouac's On The Road." Cassady was also Ginsberg's lover. $35

Catlin, George. Folium Reservatum. London, 1867. The "naughty" part of the buffalo ceremony that Catlin omitted from his O-Kee-Pa, A Religious Ceremony, so as not to upset his more genteel readers. To wit: (As the eight male buffalo dancers were humping around in a circle, there appeared on the ridge above the village a male dressed as a buffalo and painted all black. He advanced to the dancing circle and his appearance was so terrifying, the women and children beat a hasty retreat to the edges of the ceremonial area-and with good reason, for between his legs there appeared) "an artificial penis ingeniously and naturally carved in wood of colossal dimensions, pendulous as he ran and extending somewhat below his knees. This was, like his body, painted jet black with the exception of the glans which was of as glaring a red as vermilion could make it." When he got to the dancing buffalo circle-well, I'll let your imaginations take over from here but in the end there was one very happy Indian and four very sore mock buffalos.

Needless to say this little page and a half description is a real gem and perhaps one of the scarcer rarities of all of Catlin's works. This copy is bound together with 30 blank pages to make a signature, which was bound in quarter red leather and cloth covered boards by Stikeman. Gilt top, fine condition with slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards. $1,000

Cauldwell, D. O. MD. Male Homosexuals Tell Their Stories Facts revealed by men unafraid to tell the truth, with comment and scientific interpretations by the author. Girard, KS, Haldeman-Julius, 1948. End page contains ad for Upton Sinclair's "A Giants Strength." Fine in fine paper wraps, 31 pages. $100.

Cavafy, C. P. The Complete Poems. Translated by Rae Dalver. Introduction by W.H. Auden. London, Hogarth, 1961. Fine in fine DJ with somewhat faded spine, 234 pages. 1976 NY edition is Young 623*. $50

Cavafy, C.P. and Duane Michals. Hommage to Cavafy. Danbury,NH, Addison, 1978. Ten Cavafy poems along with 10 Michals photgraphs. One of 1,000 numbered copies. Fine in fine DJ. Young listing, 624*. $125

Chapman, Mortimer. Young Men Waiting. London, Cresset, 1952. First English edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards, spine slightly faded. Very good dust jacket, 254 pages. Grove Press 1954 edition is Young listing 2797. $100

Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed (pseudo. of Larbi Layachi). A Life Full Of Holes. A novel recorded and translated by Paul Bowles. NY, Grove Press, 1964. Fine in fine DJ, 310 pages. Young 642*. $75

Chesire, Jimmy Home Boy. NY, NAL, 1989. Chesire's first book. Uncorrected proof. What really goes on in Boys Town. Fine in fine paper wraps, 291 pages. $30.

Clark, Don. Living Gay (a how to book) Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1979. Fine in near fine paper dust jacket (two very small closed tears), 192 pages. $45

Coccioli, Carlo. The Eye and The Heart. London, Heineman, 1960. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Originally published as the Italian novel Fabrizio. First British edition and English translation, preceding the first American by six years. Fine in fine dust jacket, 406 pages. Classic homosexual tale of redemption and lost-the story of a young Italian painter and a French sculptor love for each other-doomed to failure from the start. Young listing 697* $100

Cocteau, Jean Appogiatures / Grace Notes. SF, Manroot, 1988. Translated by David Fisher, Paul Mariah, and Chet Roaman. Illustrations by Coteau. 1,000 copies issued. Since the Manroot press did not obtain prior approval from the estate of Cocteau, this edition should be considered pirated. Fine in fine paper wraps, 85 pages. $35

The following three works by Cocteau, The Holy Terror, Opium, and A White Papers, are analyzed in Summers. Cocteau said that all three works are "infused by the image of Pierre Dargelos as the shameless untutored faun." Cocteau had a boyhood crush on his fellow classmate Dargelos, who was "a type of all that is not taught or learned or judged, of all that is not analyzed or punished."

Cocteau, Jean The Holy Terrors (Les Enfants Terribles). Translated by Rosamond Lehmann. NY, New Directions, 1957. Two very small nicks to bottoms of boards, else very fine in fine DJ, 193 pages. Young 705. $75.

Cocteau, Jean. Opium The Diary Of An Addict. NY, Longmans Green, 1932. Slight wear to DJ along spine hinges, else fine, 188 pages. Overall a very nice copy of this rarely seen work. $275

Cocteau, Jean. A White Paper Travelers Companion No. 51. Preface and illustrated by Cocteau. Paris, Olympia Press, 1957. This edition precedes the 1969 British (Young 710*) and the 1958 American (Young 709*). This is an extremely nice--never read copy, with pristine white fore edges. [click for a view] An almost mint copy. Fine in fine paper wraps, 93 pages. The Travelers Companion version of Burrough's Naked Lunch was displayed in the National Portrait Gallery's recent exhibit Rebels: Painters and Poets in the 1950s. $250

Cocteau, Jean. A White Paper. NY, MaCaulay, 1958. 88 pages. This edition differs from the French. The last drawing in the book is cropped just below the figure's navel (the bottom half reflecting post-orgasmic passion) and suggestions of pubic hair were deleted from all the other drawings. Fine in fine DJ. Young 709* $45

Coe, Tucker, (pseudonym of Donald Westlake). A Jade in Aries New York, Random House, 1970. First American edition. Fine in edges worn dust jacket, 175 pages. A detective story set against the background of the half/world and underworld of New York City's homosexual community. The only Gay? Mitchell Tobin detective novel (and fortunately the last) Young listing 712* $45

Coleman, Lonnie. Sam. NY, David McKay, 1959. DJ flaps pasted down, owner's signature and stamp on f.e.p. but not on the page containing Coleman's Signature. Also some soiling to DJ back, else fine. Summers calls it "(a) standout of the 1950's .. now forgotten." Young 726*. Mentioned in Austin. OCLC listing. $75

Coleman, Lonnie. Sam A Frank Novel of Life and Loves in a strange Twilight world. Pyramid, 1959. Fine in fine paper wraps, 192 pages. $45

Colony, Horatio. The Emperor and the Bee Boy, a play in four acts. Boston, Brando, 1976. Fine in fine dust jacket. This privately printed play concerns the torments of Nero and his newest boy toy the Bee Boy-half human, half bumblebee who supplanted the former object of Nero's affections-the Moth Boy. God this could have gone to series-the Rat Boy, the Roach Boy, etc. Young listing 741. A much cheaper and poorer written alternative to Nero and Sporus. No OCLC holdings for this major bomb. $100

Colson, Frederick. The Devil Is Gay. North Hollywood, Brandon, 1965. (Gay pulp fiction) First edition, first printing. Fine in paper wraps with some faint hinge and corner creasing, 188 pages. Ralph Cleveland was the campus Romeo. He had all the pick of the most beautiful girls to share his bed. But only Vern knew the truth, Ralph was his lover. Norman listing 1526. Two OCLC holdings. $75

Colton, James. (pseudo of Joseph Hansen) Strange Marriage. LA, Argyle, 1965. "Passion assumes weird shapes when a virile homosexual first tastes the love offered by a hungry and tempestuous woman." (I suppose the virile part got the better of him.) Fine in slightly edge worn DJ, 176 pages. Summer's calls Strange Marriage "an extremely good example of Gay pulp fiction of the mid 1960s." Young 748*. $125

[Comics, Gay] Boldfinger. Washington, D.C., Guild Press, 1965. An early Gay comic strip parodying James Bond. Fine in paper wraps with two tape marks and a inked over price, 46 pages. Only one OCLC holding, Gerber-Hart. $45

[Comics, Gay] Gregory, Harry and Tom Kemp. The Man From M.O.T.H.E.R. New York, Parallax, 1967. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps. A totally bizarre cartoon strip, in which a Gay secret agent helps defeat a wick conspiracy of Playboy bunnies. In the end they turn him into a double agent and set out to rub out homosexuals in operation limp wrist. "We'll fight them on the beaches, in the antique shops, in the ballet theatres, in the YMCA." This book actually gave me nightmares. No OCLC holdings. $100

[Comics, Gay] Jay, A. The Uncensored Adventures of Harry Chess The Man From Auntie. Philadelphia, Trojan, 1966. Fine in fine paper wraps, 38 pages. Introduction by Clark Polak, founder and publisher of Drum in which these first of all Gay cartoon strips appeared. [sold]

Conners, Pat. Chained by Love. N.p., Lavender, 1969. (Gay pulp fiction) Fine in fine paper wraps, 70 pages. Photo illustrated with portraits having nothing to do with the story line. And what a story line. A group of ex Navy buddies get together for a naked fun filled evening in the stables of Central Park, but get slightly carried away with equines, iguanas and fire ants. Norman listing 1535. No OCLC listing. Not in the Kinsey collection either. Not for the faint of heart and not available to anyone living in either Canada or England-well at least I will not be responsible for seizure by customs. $150

Cooper, Dennis. Frisk NY, Grove Press, 1992. Fine in fine dust jacket, 128 pages. Inscribed by Cooper. On the title page on this copy, Cooper scrawled a inscription to his friend Perry in a large, one is tempted to say, druggy hand? along with a large very spooky drawing of a skull and cross bones. I've never seen another Cooper inscription like this one. $150

Cooper, Dennis. Idols (Poetry) NY, Seahorse, 1979. Inscribed by Cooper to Paul Mariah (founder and publisher of Man Root press and a accomplished poet in his own right) "For Paul with respect to you and yours yours Dennis May 18, 1982." Fine in fine paper wraps, 78 p. Cooper's third book. Young listing 786* $175

Cooper, Dennis. The Terror of Earrings. (Poetry) Arcadia, CA, Privately Printed, 1973. Fine in fine paper wraps. Cover illustration by Cooper. One of 300 copies, following an edition of 80. This chapbook, Cooper's first book, was promoted and distributed by Ian Young--although one is tempted to say not too successfully since there are only 4 OCLC holdings in total (University of California at Santa Barbara and Berkeley, Northwestern, and SUNY at Buffalo). Young listing 789*. [sold]

Coriolan, John. (pseudo. of William Corington) Dream Stud. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 157 pages. $25

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Coriolan, John. A Sand Fortress. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1984. Fine in fine paper wraps. $25

Coriolan, John. Seven Ways From Sunday. New York, Other Traveler, 1972. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, back panel a bit scuffed. Norman, Olaf, Franco and Cary whoop it up across the Wild West in search of carnal delights. Young listing 801* and Norman 1553. Only 4 OCLC holdings. $125

Coriolan, John. The Smile of Eros. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1984. Fine in one-quarter cloth covered boards with some very faint spotting to fore edges. First edition, first printing, 191 pages. Number 8 of only 10 copies specially bounded in boards. Signed by Coriolan and dated Key West 1985. Sponsored in part by a NEA grant. $300

Corley, Carl. Brazen Image. (Gay pulp fiction) San Diego, Frenchline, 1967. First edition, first printing. Fine in slightly edge worn paper wraps. Cover art by Carl Corley. Follow Augie and Smash as they drag their trousseaus across America from all male lumber camps (timber or is that thar she blows!) to New Orlean's red light runways. One of the few Gay pulp novels with a transvestite theme. Norman listing 1556. Three OCLC holdings. $75

Corley, Carl. The Purple Ring. (Gay pulp fiction) San Diego, Frenchline, 1968. Cover art by Carl Corley. First edition, first printing. Fine in slightly edge worn and creased wraps, 150 pages. One of only two Gay pulps focusing on Japanese Gay life-the other being Corley's The Scarlet Lantern. Samurai spirit and the circus world collide, a yen for battle verses men in purple tights. Reprinted in 1970. Norman listing 1570. No OCLC listing. $100

As an aside, Frenchline also published a variety of Lesbian, Hetro, and Muckraking titles such as Stripper Dyke, Nympho Widow, and Was Oswald Alone?

Corley, Edwin. Farewell, My Slightly Tarnished Hero. NY, Dodd Mead, 1971. Some shelf wear to DJ, else fine 319 pages. A reminiscence about a Gay James Dean type movie star. 1973 British edition is Young 804. [sold]

Corvo, Baron (Fredrick Rolf) The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole. Forward by A.J. Symons. London, Cassell, 1934. First edition, first state. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards. Although written at the turn of the century, the Baron's problems with creditors and his scandalous character assassinations prevented publication of Desire until this edition. Young listing 3337* $250

Corvo, Frederick, Baron. (pseudo. of Fredrick Rolfe) Hadrian The Seventh. New York, Knopf, 1937. First Alblabook. Fine in cloth covered boards with a very handsome blindstamped art deco design in orange and dark green, one small dark spot on fore edge not affecting text. Fine bright dust jacket with a green and blue art deco design with slight discoloration to back panel and sun faded spine, 350 pages. Originally published in 1925 by NY, Knopf. 1902 British edition is Young listing 3339.

From the dust jacket flap-"This is the master piece of that singular genius Frederick Rolfe, self styled Baron Corvo whom the New York Times characterized as composed of equal parts genius, charlatan, pervert (yeah, go to it Baron), paranoiac, mystic, and epicure." With an endorsement like that, who needs an agent? Frederick, in either spite or admiration, dedicated Hadrian to his mother. $225

Cossery, Albert. (an Egyptian writer) The House Of Certain Death. NY, New Directions, 1949 (pocket size format). Some very small DJ chips, else fine, 186 pages. 1947 British edition is Young 814. $100

Cossery, Albert. The Lazy Ones. Norfolk, Ct, New Directions, 1952. Translated by William Goyen. Advance review copy with dated publishers slip laid in. Young listing 817. $135

Coupers, Louis. The Comedians A Story of Ancient Rome. Dust jacket by John Areton. New York, Doran, 1926. Fine in red cloth covered boards. Near fine dust jacket, slightly edge worn and dust soiled. First American edition. London 1925 edition is Young listing 821.

One of Holland's most famous writers, Coupers daubed in homoerotic decadence and general fin de siecle depravity. Of the Comedians he said "This is finally a story that I wrote only for my own pleasure and I think it is very charming." So come along to ancient Rome and follow the antics of Cecilius and Cecilianus, two twin adolescent brothers, as they charm the pants off of Martial, Tacitus, and Pliny, entertain assorted patriarchs, gladiators, and the Emperor himself, and fend off hoards of lecherous old naked men at the public baths. [sold]

Courage, James. A Way Of Love. NY, Putnam, 1959. Fine in fine DJ, 255 pages. 1959 British edition is Young 824* Summers $65

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Cox, Ed. Waking. (poetry) SF, Gay Sunshine, 1977. Fine in fine paper wraps, 48 pages. Sponsored by a NEA grant. Inscribed by Cox " For Phil much affection. love, brotherhood Ed 8/2/77" Very crisp copy, as issued. Third book published by Gay Sunshine. Young 837*. OCLC listing. $100

Crocker, Becky. Mr. Lady Bug. LA, Sherbourne, 1968. "Here at Holly Hill (a suburb?), most everyone has every reason to hang together, but each persists in swinging hilariously separately. What fools these Myrtles be! Mr. Ladybug is not a Literary Guild selection not a Book Crocker of the Month Club selection---but it is FOR YOU. Mr. Ladybug stands, - no, dances, prances, pirouettes-on its very, very own. So own it, Helen!" Fine in fine DJ, 340 pages. $125

Crowley, Matt. The Boys in the Band. New York, Farrar, 1968. First edition, first printing. Fine in slightly soiled boards. Fine dust jacket with some faint soiling, 182 pages. Young listing 872* [sold]

Cunningham, Michael. Golden States. NY, Crown, 1984. Cunningham's first novel. The one he wishes people forget about since he does not list it in later works, probably because it centers around a 12 year old boy and his adventures in San Francisco. Fine in a fine DJ with a slight discoloration around the top edge of the jacket, 241 pages. $150

Cunningham, Michael. Golden States. Crown, 1984. Uncorrected page proofs. Fine in fine paper wraps, 225 pages. $225

Curry, Jim. Show Biz Sucker. [Gay pulp fiction] N.p., Lavender, 1969. First edition. Fine in fine paper wraps, 68 pages. Norman listing 1652. "Paris Polanski soon discovered that he was not going to see his name in lights (no talent on the stage but by putting out he gets a role in) the underground off-Broadway classic No No New Delhi" $75

Curtis, Walt. The Erotic Flying Machine. Drawings by Frank Polist. Portland, OR, Ashes Press, 1971. An as printed copy. Folded sheets laid in illustrated paper wraps, not stapled, 30 pages. Not in Young but should be. From the poem The Dixie Mt. Blowout The boy straddles his Honda/waiting for me/gets off/Taking me by the hand/he leads me to a field of purplish vetch/and balls me/fetch me some vetch, wretch. No Library of Congress holdings. $100

Curzon, Daniel. (pseudo of Daniel Brown) Among The Carnivores. NY, Ashley Books, 1978. Fine in fine DJ, 377 p. DJ portrays a tongue in cheek, smiling crescent moon. Young listing 883* Signed by Curzon $75

Curzon, Daniel From Violent Men SF, IGNA, 1983. Fine in fine paper wraps, 248 pages. [sold]

Curzon, Daniel. Human Warmth & Other Stories. NY, Grey Fox, 1981. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in fine DJ, 129 pages. $35

Curzon, Daniel. The Misadventures Of Tim McPick Or The Story Of Tom And His Zipper. LA, John Park Custin, 1975. Uncorrected proof s. Fine in fine paper wraps, 320 pages. Based on Petronius's Satyricon. Young listing 885* [sold]

Curzon, Daniel. Revolt of the Perverts. SF, Leland Mellot, 1978. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, slight bumping to corners. Signed by Curzon and dated 11/24/79. Curzon signatures are fairly uncommon. Young listing 886* $75

Curzon, Daniel. The World Can Break Your Heart. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1984. Fine in fine paper wraps, 241 pages. Richard Labarte calls this one of the five worst gay novels ever published, "its like reading a fundamentalist bigot's wet dream." [sold]

Cut/Uncut.True experiences of foreskin and circumcision. (Well, I think that covers or uncovers all bases) SF, Gay Sunshine, 1986. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Was also issued as a limited edition of 10 numbered and signed copies bound in boards. Fine with paper wraps, 171 pages. $25