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MacKendrick, Matthew. (artist) Ten Ways For Gays 10 positions for gay sex. No publisher given, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 12pages. Very explicit black and white illustrations. $50
MacNeill, Ian. TV Tricks and Other Poems. Sydney, Black Wattle, 1989. Fine in fine paper wraps, 48 pages. [sold]
Madigan, Leo. Jackarandy. London, Elek, 1972. First British edition, no American edition. Fine in fine photographic dust jacket, 176 pages. Madigan's (who was an actor, Horse Guardsman, husband, monk, and psychiatric worker) first novel about the adventures of a sexually confused (well, at least for part of the novel) seaman who finally finds his port in the storm. Only 4 OCLC holdings. Young listing 2448* $125
Madison, John. The Theme Of Love. Arlington VA, Beaver Press, 1983. Signed by Madison. Fine in fine paper wraps, 176 pages. Originally titled The Little Greenhorn 1973. Story of two young Hungarians on the make in America. Thinly veiled story of young homo-erotic love written in a very stilted style reminiscent of a Dick and Jane reader. $25
Mains, Geoff. Gentle Warriors. Stamford, CT., Knights Press, 1989. Paperback original. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 298 pages. Fed up with government inaction in the face of AIDS, a group of Folsom street plot to kill the President when he visits San Francisco. $25
Mains, Geoff. Urban Aboriginals. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1984. Fine in fine paper wraps, 187 pages. Summers $25
Malamud, Bernard. Picures of Fidelman: An Exhibition. NY, Farrar Straus, 1969. Fine in fine DJ, 208 pages. Young 2456 $45
Malaparte, Curzio. (pseudonym of Kurt Suckert) The Skin. Boston, Houghton, 1952. First American edition, first printing. Fine in edge worn dust jacket, 344 pages. A series of short stories set in Italy just after the Second World War. About one third of the book is devoted to two short stories with radical Gay themes. In the Rose of the Flesh "the international community of inverts (and we all know who they are) tragically disrupted by the war (hell getting those nylons) was reconstituting itself in that first strip of Europe to be liberated by the handsome allied soldiers. (at which point they stopped fighting the Nazis and all was lost). The second story, The Son of Adam, outlines "a homosexual Five Year Plan for the corruption of Europe's young men (and a damn good plan, if you ask me). Young listing 2461 for the 1952 London edition. $75
Mannin, Ethel. Blue Eyed Boy. London, Jarrolds, 1959. Fine in fine dust jacket, 239 pages. The story of young Len Vincent who takes to hustling cause he likes pretty things but is saved through the intercession of busybody friends. Young listing 2490. $50
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Drummer (magazine) Vol. 3 #24, 1978. Cover photo by Mapplethorpe-- one of his earliest commercial jobs. Mint. $25
March, Joseph Moncure. The Wild Party. Long format paper 12" x 7". Fifty hand typewritten pages, high quality rag content paper. The title page "The Wild Party by Joseph March 1928." Sheets hand sewn together between two paper covered boards, somewhat stained. The sheets themselves are in extremely fine condition. Bookplate of Horace Baker on inside front board.
In the summer of 1926, March completed a long narrative poem entitled The Wild Party. Set in Greenwich Village, the poem featured an array of dissipated characters with absolutely no morals among them. By the time the party ended, the apartment was awash in sea of tangled drunken limbs akimbo, including those of a pair of fey piano players. Although very tame by today's standards, in 1926 it was considered very scandalous--so much so that John Summer, the head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, threatened various publishers with jail time if they dared to print March's poem. Finally, in 1928, March mailed off the typed MS. to Pascel Covici in Chicago who printed The Wild Party in an edition of 750 copies (only six OCLC holdings of this edition). An instant underground success, many hand typewritten copies were produced and circulated.
This copy is very intriguing. Not only is its format unusual, but the stanza breaks vary somewhat from the first printed edition. In addition to some crossed out words, this copy also contains a line apparently by March himself. On page 8, March inserted two words above a stanza "A pause" with the a, u, s, and e identical to those in March's signature. Although certainly prepared in the 1920s and undoubtedly containing a line written in March's own hand, the exact provenance of this piece cannot be further determined. Nevertheless it is a very well preserved historic artifact. Young listing 2498. $1,750
March, Joseph. The Wild Party/The Setup/A Certain Wildness. 1968 Wheelwright 308 pages. A Book and Bottle edition. Number 156 of 250 copies in a slipcase. Signed by March. Young 2498/99. $250
[Mariah, Paul] Clive Matson. Equal In Desire. San Francisco, Manroot, 1982. Art by Renee June. Designed, handset and letterpressed by Paul Mariah. 250 copies issued. This copy is one of 26 specially numbered and signed by Matson and June. Multiple OCLC holdings, but very few of this limitation. $150
Mariah, Paul. Apparitions of a Black Pauper's Suit 13 Eulogies. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1976. Title poem dedicated to Hunce Voelcker. Also contains a eulogy for the famous female impersonator Jay Stevens. Fine in specially hand stitched paper wraps, 22 pages. (limitation of hand sewn copies unknown but probably 26) Young 2501. Only one OCLC holding, New York Public Library. $175
Mariah, Paul. The Electric Holding Company. San Francisco, Manroot, 1974. Fine in fine paper wraps, 6 pages. Number 45 of 76(?) copies signed by Mariah. Not listed in Young. Only 12 OCLC holdings, none at Library of Congress or Harvard. $200
Mariah, Paul. The Figa. San Francisco, Camels, 1971-75? Broadside of brown stiff paper, 5 and one half by 17 inches. Only 4 OCLC holdings SUNY Buffalo, University of California Berkeley and San Diego, and Wisconsin. These copies are indicated as being on white paper. A extremely hard hitting poem which centers around the act of fist fucking to wit
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how it feels to have a fist the size of a poem up yr ass get the Vaseline this is one finger and if I angle right I can get past the knuckle hold still this is two fingers introduce rhythm finger movements ..... this is my thumb and the movement is steady ....... you are closing in around my wrist how does it feel to have a poem shoved up your ass the size of a fist now I am going to open my palm and make a scratch on the inside this was the scene and I had to get out of bed to write it so you would know the size of it and now we can go on... $175 |
Another copy, on white paper $175.
Mariah, Paul. The Juggler at the Card Table. Broadside, 1974. Drawing by Jose Lafitte. One crease, slightly crumbled edges, else fine. Not listed in Young. $75
Mariah, Paul. Letter to Robert Duncan While Bending the Bow. San Francisco, Manroot, 1974 Poem was first published in , West End #1, Herbert Lehman College NY, 1972. Mariah composed it on April 4, 1968, the day of Martin Luther King's assassination. Very fine in paper wraps, 28 pages. Young listing 2503*. $50
Mariah, Paul. This Light Will Spread Poems 1960-1975. San Francisco, Manroot, 1978. 1,000 copies. Sponsored by an NEA grant. Fine in fine paper wraps, 189 pages. Young listing 2508*. $50
Mariah, Paul. This Light Will Spread Poems 1960-1975. San Francisco, Manroot, 1978. Sponsored by an NEA grant. This is number one of 76 special copies Signed and numbered by Mariah. Also includes the following: (1) a hand written full page unpublished poem by Mariah "Crepuscular Old Man 1918 "From Dances With Dali" unpublished pm July 68".--not in other special edition copies, (2) a laid in extra title page Inscribed by Mariah "o Benjamin Jones" , (3) a laid handwritten note from Mariah "Benjamin You did pay me for two copies Hope you like This one took me 19 years to do Pax Paul," , and (4) a review of This Light Will Spread by Steve Ward, and two promotional flyers also laid in. Mint in paper wraps, 189 pages. Young 2508*. No OCLC holdings of this limitation. $450
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Mariah, Paul. One Mad Queen. San Francisco, Empty Elevator Shaft, 1974. Broadside, not folded, some very slight creasing to top edge not affecting text or illustration. Very interesting illustration of a penis erupting from a gaping mouth, not credited. "There's no use kidding myself I can't fuck myself and there's no use trying - - -But there's one mad queen here who has learned how to curve the penis under and in - - - and his eyes became mirrors - - - mirror mirror who is the fairyest of us all One Mad Queen? One Million voyeurs?" (sorry, but the instruction manual seems to be missing) Young listing 2505 (not an asterisk item but definitely should be) Only one OCLC holding, Brown University. $175
Mariah, Paul. Personae Non Gratae. San Lorenzo, CD, Shameless Hussy, 1971. Inscribed by Mariah "for Jim much admiration may an army of lovers be with you in all yr work Paul Mariah." One small tear to f.e.pages. not affecting text or inscription, else fine in fine paper wraps, 11 pages. Young listing 2506. $175
Mariah, Paul. Six Imaginary Letters of Young Caesar on the Bythenian Tour 81 B.C. San Francisco, Manroot, 1974. Signed and numbered by Mariah (one of 76 copies?). "#20 For Wade Bersky w/ all best wishes pm Paul Mariah San Francisco." Fine in fine stapled wraps, not paginated. Young listing 2507. Multiple (29) OCLC listings but none of this limitation. $225
Mariah, Paul. The Spoon King. San Francisco, Manroot, 1974. Prison poems. First published in a limited edition by Contraband Press, Portland Maine. The poem A Remembrance first appeared in the Gay Sunshine journal. The poems Shakedown and More, Scatterings, and The Spoon Ring first appeared in Contraband magazine. Mariah wrote these poems in 1972 in Languana Beach, CA at the home of Robert Peters. Fine in paper wraps with two very small stains on front cover, 16 pages. Young listing 1974 $75
Marlow, Kenneth. Mr. Madam Confessions of a male Madam. LA, Sherbourne, 1964. Fine in fine DJ, 246 pages. Young listing 2526*. $100
Mars-Jones, Adams. Fabrications. NY, Knopf, 1981. Remainder mark, else fine in fine DJ, 176 pages. Mars-Jones's first book. First British edition (Lantern Lectures) contains 3 novellas while this edition contains only two. $150
Mars-Jones, Adams. Lantern Lectures. London, Faber & Faber, 1981. Mint, 198 pages. Mentioned in Summers. $225
Massermann, Jules. (editor) Dynamics of Deviant Sexuality Science and Psychoanalysis. Vol. XV. London, Grune and Stratton, 1969. Fine in fine brown cloth covered boards, 106 pages. $45
Mathews, Harry. Selected Declarations Of Dependence. Illustrated by Alex Katz. Calais VT, Z Press, 1977. Fine in fine paper wraps, 178 pages. 750 copies issued. Sponsored by a NEA grant. $35
Matthews, Kenneth. Aleko. London, Peter Davis, 1934. First edition, first printing. Fine in lime green cloth covered boards. Green paper dust jacket has chip to spine top, some small tears and spotting to flaps. Front panel, however, is very fine, showing a towel clad youth in front of a Grecian ruin. The story of two young lads of the sun and their boyhood crush on a slightly confused English school teacher. Extremely rare in dust jacket. Young listing 2556*. Only three OCLC holdings-of which two are in the US. [sold]
Mauriac, Francois. The Loved and the Unloved (Galigai). London, Spottiswoode, 1953. Translated by Gearard Hopkins. First British edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with former owners signature on f.e.pages. Everything was going swimmingly between Nicolas and Gilles (who "stood in Nicola's eyes for all the youth and loveliness and terrible fragility of life') until an wizened old Catholic bat started her matchmaking machinations. Gilles ends up being snared by a local lass and Nicolas goes to find God as a substitute for Gilles-although I don't think God is quite ready for him. Young listing 2589 for the 1971 edition. $125
Mayne, Xavier. (pseudo. of Edward L. Stevenson) Imre: A Memorandum. Arno House, 1975. Fine w/o DJ, 205 pages. Reprint of the 1908 Italian edition which is Young 2596*. Mentioned in Austin. $35
McDonald, Boyd. Cream True Homosexual Experiences from STH writers. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1986. Fine in one-quarter cloth covered boards, 189 pages. First edition, first printing. Number 1 of only 10 copies specially bound in boards. Photo illustrations provided by Old Reliable. $350
McDonald, Boyd. Juice True Experiences From S.T.H. Writers. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1984. One of only 10 signed and numbered copies bound in quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 206 pages. Illustrated with Old Reliable photos. $350
McDonald, Boyd. Wads True Homosexual Experiences from STH(Straight to Hell) Writers. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1985. One of only ten numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Photo illustrated with some pretty scruffy but charming in their own way street tuffs. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 189 pages. $350
McIntosh, Harlan Cozad. This Finer Shadow. Introduction by John Cowper Powys. New York, Dial Press, 1941. First American edition and McIntosh's only book. A few small abraded spots to dust jacket, dust soiled top edge, else fine. A very interesting and rarely seen (especially with an intact dust jacket) milestone in American Gay literature. After his publisher rejected this novel for the third time, McIntosh threw himself off an apartment house roof. His widow, with the help of Powys, finally got the book published, where upon it quickly sank out of sight--overwhelmed by Pearl Harbor, nonexistent reviews, and the need for recycled paper. Austin calls This Finer Shadow "One of the most peculiar, uncertain, and uneven gay novels ever published." Sarotte states that in this novel "a detailed description of the queen's world is given for the first time. (McIntosh) describes a drag ball during which homosexuals reveal their true characters...this scene is preceded by a description of the lengthy preparations, choosing dresses, careful makeupages...etc." Young listing 2617*. $275
McIntosh, Harlan Cozad. This Finer Shadow. Introduction by John Cowper Powys. NY, Lorac Books, 1941 (but possibly early- mid 1950's. Definitely later than the 1941 Dial edition) Fine in fine DJ, 311 pages. Wild dust jacket. [ click here for a view] $150
McMahan, Jeffery N. Somewhere in the Night Stories of Suspense. Boston, Alyson, 1989. Paperback original. Includes the following short stories: Two-faced Johnny Garber 563 M, Somewhere in the Night Garber 561M, This Apartment Possessed Garber 562 M, The Dark Red Day Garber 558 M, Who could ask for anything more? Garber 565 M, Hell is for children. Garber 560 M, and fanasy Land. Garber 559 M. Fine in paper wraps, 182 pages. $25
McMurtry, Larry. The Last Picture Show. Dial Press, 1966. Fine in fine DJ, 215 pages. The 1976 Joseph The Provider book catalog states that "this edition (with the picture of two movie actors on the DJ against overlaying circles of oranges, yellows, and reds) differs from the original first edition but by some fluke is rarer." Not in Young, although the football coach acts-well you know-- sort'a funny when he's around young high school jocks. [sold]
McNaught, Brian. A Disturbed Peace Selected Writings Of An Irish Catholic. Washington, DC, Dignity Press, 1981. Fine in fine paper wraps, 125 pages. Inscribed by McNaught "For Ed-Who is a special man-with affection and excitement about our journey together. Be good to yourself and keep your battery charged Fondly Brian" $75
McVay, Daniel. Fete. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 285 pages. $25
McVay, Daniel. The Vanilla Kid. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1986. Signed by McVay. Cover and last few pages slightly creased, else fine, 316 pages. [sold]
Mead, Taylor. On Amphetamine and in Europe Excerpts from the Anonymous diary of a New York Youth Vol 3. NY, Boss, 1968. Inscribed by Mead "To Larry from a Fairy-Taylor Mead '86" Fine in fine paper wraps, 250 pages. Young 2635*. $150
Memoirs of Jeff X by himself. (Gay pulp fiction) Woodside NY, 1968. The erotic diary of a young man bedeviled by a twisted sex drive that only another man could satisfy. Fine in fine paper wraps. $45
Men of Color. Sickerville, NJ, Vega, 1989. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 68 pages. $20
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Menen, Aubrey. The Space Within the Heart. London, Hamish, 1971. First British edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, 144 pages. Young listing 2662*. The interesting story of how Menen, after years of fending off his mother's sexual advances, finds inner peace in Rome while reading the Upanishads and tenderly administering to a strikingly handsome Italian. $50
Mandel, Paul. Mainside. New York, Random House, 1962. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. The mysterious sex life of a naval aviator is exposed after he does an Amelia Erhart number. Young listing 2477* $45.
Mengas, Peter. The Service. London, Arlington, 1971. Fine in fine DJ, 133 pages. "Seventy five dollars isn't cheap but the reason why Steve gets such a high price is that he looks and acts and talks and performs with an incredible air of good, plain, basic cheapness" Young 2660* $75
Merrick, Gordon. The Lord Won't Mind. Bernard Geis Associates, 1970. Fine in fine DJ, 280 pages. Reprinted as a paperback in 1995. Richard Labonte calls Merrick's The Great Urge Downward one of the five worst gay novels, "only the self-loathing symbolism of the title makes it stand out as one of Merrick's too many sucky romances. Warning: reading Merrick will be hazardous to development as a well rounded gay person." Young 2669*. $75
Messer Rondo & Other Stories By Gay Men. London, GMP, 1983. Fine in fine paper wraps, 159 pages. Stories by Gay British authors including bibliographies. [sold] Includes the following: Airey, Stephen Messer Rondo , Clarkson, Tom Tea At Fortnums, Gowling, John Never Had A Dream Come True, James, Michael Jack Frost, Light, Tenebris Uncle Williams And Uncle Robert Take Michael Swimming, Mann, Paul The Park Job, Payne, Chris The Sighting, Rees, David At The Gym and Aiming High, Robins, Peter Trilogy.
Metacalf, Paul with Fielding Dawson and Michael Rumaker. 3 X 3 (poems) North Carolina, Wesleyan press, 1989. Paper back original. Contains the following pieces: four excerpts from Metcalf's Mountaineers are always free, Dawson's War, and Rumaker's From Pagan Days. Regular edition consisted of 1,000 copies. This copy is number 5 of 50 copies signed by all three poets. Also laid in is a one sheet poem by Metcalf also signed by him. $100
Meyer, Michael. End of the Corridor. London, Collins, 1951. First British edition, no American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with some soiling to the back panel, 223 pages. The story of a young orphaned boy, Adrian Derwert, and his descend (or ascend) through the British private school system till he arrives at his paradiso at Castlereagh where he falls into the arms of similar boys whose tastes run to Auden, Whitman, and each other. Not in Watson, Young listing 2682 (but should be a starred item). Three US OCLC holdings. [sold]
Meyer, Thomas. Autumnal. Scarborough, CA, Catalyst, 1975 Folded broadside, as new. Young 2683, but should be an asterisk item. "... a gentle rain has begun to remind me of him/ my hand in his wet August hair." $150
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Meyer, Thomas. The Bang Book. Highland NC, Jargon, number 69, 1971. Fine in fine DJ, almost as new, 49 pages. One of 49 hard bound copies. Drawings by John Furnival. Sponsored by an NEA grant, this work is "An erotic cowboy short story in verse with old Egyptian gods dressed in Western garb." (whew!) Meyers's first book. Meyers is also a publisher of Jargon Press along with lover Jonathan Williams. Young 2684*. OCLC listing. $275
Meyer, Thomas. Sappho's Raft (Le rideai de la mytilenienne). N.pages., Jargon 99, 1982. Sponsored by an NEA grant. One thousand paper bound copies, 450 cloth bound, and 50 signed and numbered. This copy fine in paper wraps with DJ. Slight crease to lower right hand cover, 105 pages. $45
Meyer, Tom. Staves Calends Legends. NC, Jargon, 1979 Sponsored by an NEA grant. Dedicated to Jonathan Williams. Fine in fine DJ, [182 pages.]. Young 2688. $45
Another copy. Signed by Meyer. Fine in fine paper wraps. $100
Meyer, Thomas. The Umbrella of Aesculapius. Highland, NC, Jargon, number 83, 1975. Signed by Meyers. Drawings by Paul Sinodhinos. Fine in fine paper wraps, some discoloration to edges, slight wear, else fine, 124 pages. $75
Meyer, Tom. Uranian Roses. Scarborough Canada, Catalyst, 1977. One of 49 copies bounded in cloth covered boards. Signedby both Meyers and Jonathan Williams. Underwritten by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council. Illustrated with drawings by Tom Kovacs. Introduction by Williams, who says these poems are "a reworking, takeoffs, etc. of the Greek poet Strato...The boys in the poems are not just bits of Greek marble..they are fleshed out and their sphincters work." Some of the poems first appeared in Gay Sunshine, Fag Rag, and Ian Young's Angels of the Lyre. Fine with fine DJ, 48 pages. Young 2690*. $425
Micheline, Jack. North of Manhattan
Millard, Georgory. Geechies Poems. NY, Tannam Press, 1985.
Fine in fine paper wraps, 69 pages. Millard's only book. No OCLC listing.
[sold]
Miller, Alan. (an African American writer) At The Club.
Grand Entrances, 1988. Fine in fine paper wraps, 23 pages. NoL
$25
Miller, Marcus. Gay Revolution. (Gay pulp fiction) San Diego, Pleasure, 1969. (Gay pulp fiction) First edition, first printing. Fine in slightly edge worn paper wraps with hinge creases and two creases to covers, 159 pages. Dr. Asbury discovers methialine, a drug which turns all men into raging homosexuals. Decides to lace the world's water supplies and away we go. Norman listing 3193 but no Garber listing. One OCLC holding, Michigan State. $50
Miller, Marcus. Gay Safari. (Gay pulp fiction) San Diego, Adult, 1968. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, few faint creases, lower left front panel, 160 pages. Tim, Kace and Sex go foraging for ancient lost Inca gold. Tim, however, continually gets distracted by his "hard, pulsing firmness" and almost fatal jock itch caused by too tight solid gold (encrusted) with jewels speedo (see illustration above). Norman listing 3194. Only one OCLC holding, Michigan State. $50
Miller, Marcus. The Gay Swap (Gay pulp fiction) San Diego, Phenix, 1968. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 159 pages. Bill and Mary's "mismatched marriage led to the gay swap." Actually Mary walked in on Bill and a young street hustler at a very inopportune time, ugly words were exchanged and Mary ran away with her best female friend while Bill went back to playing with the boys. Norman listing 3196. No OCLC holdings. $100
Miller, Merle. On Being Different What It Means To Be
A Homosexual. NY, Harper & Row, 1971. Fine in fine DJ,
65 pages. Based on an article appearing in the New York Times Magazine.
Young 2709*. $75
Miller, Merle. The Sure Thing. NY, William Sloane, 1949.
Signed by Miller. DJ chips, else fine, 341 pages. $200
Miller, Merle. What Happened. NY, Harper & Row, 1972.
Fine in fine DJ, 339 pages. Number 23 of 60 limited edition copies.
Signed by Miller. Young 2710* Austin $300
Miller, Merle. The Warm Feeling. NY, Coward-McCann, 1968.
Fine in fine DJ, 251pages. Miller does not list this book in later
works; this must really have been a bomb. $40
Miller, Terry. Pines '79. NY, JH Gay Play Script Series,
1982. Fine in fine paper wraps, 131 pages. Includes two musical scores
plus lyrics by Miller. [sold]
Miller, Terry. Standing By. NY, Gay Presses, 1984. Mint
copy with DJ in original plastic shrink wrap. 300 pages. Miller's
first novel of a very uppity understudy actor. Mentioned in Summers.
$60
[Mishima] Butoh Dance of the Dark Soul. NY, Aperture, 1987. Fine in fine dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated with photographs by Ethan Hoffman. Commentaries by Mark Holborn, Tatsumi Hijikata and Yukio Mishima. $125
Mishima, Yukio. Forbidden Colors. NY, Knopf, 1968. Water
spots to top, slight crinkling to front DJ, else fine, 403 pages.
Young 2722*. $50
Mishima, Yukio. Spring Snow. NY, Knopf, 1972. Fine in fine
DJ, 389 pages. $50
Mitchell, James. Buddhist Poems. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1975. Fine in
fine handsewn stiff wraps, 48 pages. (Limitation of hand sewn copies unknown but probably about 26) When this book was published, Mitchell
was "employed by the San Francisco welfare department where his incompetence
generates endless confusion (I don't think he was getting enough sleep--see below). Young listing 2726. No OCLC listing. Inscribed by Mitchell to Paul as follows: "For Paul Mariah Om Mani padme hum James Mitchell." Enclosed in the original mailing envelope Mitchell used to mail it to Mariah. Addressed in Mitchell's own hand. $350
Mitchell, James. New Poems San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1974. Young listing 2727. Paul Mariah's copy. Signed by Mitchell. No Library of Congress or Harvard holdings. $300
Mitchell, James. Tales of Sagittarius. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1968. (Poetry) Illustrated with photos by Robert Clark. Also a tipped in drawing by Ismene Michou. A very fine copy in stiff olive colored paper covers, 36 pages. (Limitation of handsewn copies unknown but probably about 26) Inscribed by Mitchell "For Paul Mariah (fellow poet and founder of Man Root press, 1969) Steadfastly stupid Stupidly steadfast James Mitchell" No Young listing, but should be as it contains many Gay oriented poems, such as "In Praise of the poet's widely celebrated pecker after several years of joyously efficient service: an ode." No Library of Congress holdings. $375
Mitchell, James. Tales of Thorn. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1968. (Poetry) Illustrated with photos by Robert Clark and drawings by Kenerin Murphy. Very fine in fine illustrated white paper covers, 36 pages. No Library of Congress holdings. Not listed in Young-I'm starting to think there may have been a bit of bad blood between Young and Mitchell. $300
Mitchell, James. Various Poems. San Francisco, Hoddypoll, 1977. Fine in
fine hand sewn stiff wraps, 60 pages. (Limitation of hand sewn copies unknown but probably about 26) Sponsored by an NEA grant. Not
listed in Young but should be as the following excerpt from "Saturday Night
Gothic" shows.
I got drunk in the Folsom Street bar and went home with a young blonde giant
from Wisconsin. We fell naked to the mattress and he threw his legs back to
his neck so fast it surprised me, and said fuck me fuck me fuck me so I fucked him fucked him fucked him, until I couldn't anymore and then he passed out and began to snore so loudly I couldn't sleepages..." No OCLC listing. $300
Mitchell, Julian. Imaginary Toys. London, New Authors, 1961. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, 207 pages. Set in post World War Two Britain, Mitchell's first novel deals with collapse of traditional English class distinctions set against the backdrop of Oxford University (years before Bill Clinton got there). Young listing 2724* $100 Mitchell, Larry. The Faggots & Their
Friends Between Revolutions. NY, Calamus, 1977. Illustrated
by Ned Asta. Paperback original. Mitchell was the founder of Calamus
press and co-author of Great Gay In The Morning. Fine in
slightly scuffed paper wraps, 113 pages. Young 2736*. [sold]
Mitchell, Larry. The Terminal Bar. NY, Calamus, 1982. Paperback
original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 176 pages. $35
Mitzel, John. John Horne Burns an Appreciative Biography. Dorecester, MA, Manifest Destiny, 1974. Paperback original. Fine in fine stapled paper wraps, 135 pages. The first (and only?) in depth biography of Burns, often highly acerbic but true in its portrayal of the homophobic American literary establishment and its affects on Burns life and career. [sold]
Modern Gay Anthology. (poetry) Edited by Martin Humphries.
London, GMP Press, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 139 pages. $25
Monette, Paul. Afterlife. Crown, 1990. Inscribed
by Monette. Second printing. Inked note on f.e.pages., else fine,
278 pages. $150
Monette, Paul. Becoming A Man Half A Life Story. NY, Harcourt
Brace, 1992. Inscribed by Monette. Fine in fine
DJ, 278 pages. $125
Monette, Paul. Borrowed Time London, Collins Havel, 1988. Dust art by Ricardo Cinalli. Fine in gray cloth covered covers, gold lettering, fine dust jacket, 342 pages. A much more handsome edition of this classic AIDS memoir than the first American edition. $75
Monette, Paul. The Carpenter and the Asylum. (poetry) Boston, Little Brown, 1975. First American edition. Fine in black covered boards with gold lettering. Fine dust jacket, 63 pages. Monette's first book. $350
Monette, Paul. The Gold Diggers. NY, Avon, 1979. Paperback
original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 373 pages. Young 2750. $25
Monette, Paul. The Gold Diggers. New York, Avon, 1979. First edition, first printing. Paperback original. Fine in slightly edge worn paper wraps. Inscribed by Monette as follows: "To Al Redinger 1/80 Happy Super Sunday Paul Monette. " Young listing 2750. $150 Monette, Paul. The Long Shot. New York, Avon, 1981. First edition, first printing. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps. Inscribed by Monette as follows:" 4/81 To Ellsworth my lavender novel of the near west, in anticipation of the true far west that I'm about to get from you xx Paul Monette." Young listing 2751. $200
Monette, Paul. Love Alone Eighteen Elegies For Rog. NY,
St. Martin's, 1988. Signed by Monette. Fine in fine
paper wraps, 65 pages. $150
Monette, Paul. Scarface. NY, Berkley, 1983. Novel based on the screenplay by Oliver Stone. One of four such novels written by Monette. Paperback original. Mint in mint paper wraps, 311pages. $25
Monette, Paul. Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll.
Boston, Little Brown, 1978. Very fine in fine DJ, 277 pages. Monette's
first book. Young listing 2753* Inscribed and dated by Monette as follows: "4/78 To John with the best wishes of the ragged author, atilt to be back in his own city for a couple of days Take care Paul Monette" $450
Monette, Paul. Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll.
Boston, Little Brown, 1978. Very fine in fine DJ, 277 pages. Monette's
first book. Young 2753* $250
Monette, Paul Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll. Boston, Little Brown, 1978. Advanced uncorrected page proofs. Fine in ocher colored paper wraps, 257 pages. Monette's first novel and an important milestone in post Stonewall Gay literature. $375
Monette, Paul. West Of Yesterday East Of Summer. NY, St.
Martin's, 1994. Advance uncorrected page proofs,
publisher's letter laid in. Fine in fine paper wraps, 103 pages. $75
Money, J.W. To All The Girls I've Loved Before An AIDS Diary.
Boston, Alyson, 1987. Paperback original. Fine in paper wraps,
188 pages. $25
Monsarrat, Nicholas. Smith and Jones. New York, Sloane, 1963. First edition, first printing. Fine in edge worn dust jacket with a small square chip to spine tip. Two fey foreign office types smuggle out secrets to the Commies, showing once again we can't be trusted. Young listing 2754* $75
Moore, Brain. The Emperor Of Ice Cream. NY, Viking, 1965.
DJ slightly discolored, else fine, 250 pages. Ex. Libra Fort Benning
Georgia. Property of the U.S. Army. (Don't ask, don't tell, and,
for God's sake, don't read.) Young 2774 $25
Moore, George. In Single Strictness. NY, Boni Liveright,
1922. 814 pages. Signed by Moore. Number 611 of 1050
limited edition copies. Very nice copy with very fine DJ and uncut
pages. Young 2775. $175
Moore, George. ULCK And Soracha. NY, Boni Liveright, 1926.
Slight soiling to boards, no DJ, spine bumped. Issued for subscribers
only, number 26 of 1250 copies Story of a page and his squire,
the one with the cute naked butt. Not in Young. $50
Moore, Oscar. A Matter of Life and Sex. NY, Dutton, 1992.
Signed by Moore. Creases to a few lower right pages,
else fine, 322 pages. Moore's first book. Mentioned in Summers. $50
Moore, Robert McCartney. The Suprising Rise of Luke Vanner.
Stamford, CT, Knights, 1986. Paperback original. Fine in fine
paper wraps, 179 pages. $25
Morante, Elsa. Aturo's Island. London, Collins, 1959. First British edition, first printing. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket, 384 pages. Jacket design and illustration by Ronald Glendenning-much nicer than the first American edition. Young listing 2782. $75
Morante, Elsa. Arturo's Island. NY, Knopf, 1959. Fine in
slightly worn DJ, 372 pages. Young 2782. $75
Moraula, Alberto. Time Of Desecration. NY, Farrar Straus,
1980. Fine in fine DJ, 376 pages. Young 2784. $45
Mordden, Ethan. Buddies. NY, St. Martin's, 1986. Fine in
fine DJ, 240 pages. $35
Mordden, Ethan. Everybody Loves You. NY, St. Martin's,
1988. Fine in fine DJ, 308 pages. Last of Manhattan trilogy series.
Garber listing 627 M. $35
Mordden, Ethan. I've A Feeling We're Not In Kansas Anymore
Tales From Gay Manhattan. NY, St. Martin's. Fine in fine DJ, 193
pages. Mordden's first Gay novel. Mentioned in Summers. [sold]
Morel, Sir Charles. (pseudonym of John Ridley) The Tales of the Genii: or the Delightful Lessons of Horam The Son of Asmar Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript and compared to the French and Spanish Editions published at Paris and Madrid. London, Wilke, 1764. I don't know where the "delightful lessons" came from, unless you consider floggings and impalings delightful. However, lots of hopping into and out of Seraglios with plenty of eunuchs and Janizaries to spare. First edition, first state. Two volumes, bindings by Stikeman. Front and back boards present but detached. Body of text very fine. $800 Although Tales is commonly referred to as a knockoff of the Arabian Nights, it seems to contain some rather Gay elements (not to mention some rather strange sadomasochistic elements). For example, in the chapter entitled History of Mahoud Tale the Seventh, a rather good looking young man is adopted by the evil Bennaskar who treats him to numerous scented baths and other delights. Although the tale ends with Bennaskar forcing Mahoud to whip a helpless Princess, the early part of the tale sees both men preferring the company of each other rather than the company of women. After Mahoud comments despairingly on a bevy of dancing girls placed before him by Bennaskar, his host remarks "Rest satisfied said Bennaskar with a smile. I meant but to try thee. Dancers suffice me. I covet not the trouble nor the parade of more costly females. But I see thou art moved (and just how moved was Mahoud?) , let us walk into the Orange grove and enjoy the evening breeze. Thus for some time I spent my hours with the agreeable Bennaskar; every day we varied our enjoyments and were mutually satisfied with each other."
Morris, Mason Thomas. Episodes. Silver Spring MD, Transitions,
1981. Limited to 1000 copies. Fine in fine paper wraps, 40 pages.
A collection of fragments of a novel and a journal published posthumously
by Mason's friend Edward Law. Mason died in 1974 at age forty
in Coconut NY, Grove Press FL due to " the great weight of
sedentary inclinations." The story itself revolves around
the discovery by a son that his father was secretly gay (along
the lines of the Lost Language Of Cranes). $50
Morris, Sidney. If This Isn't Love. (drama) New York, JH Press, 1982. Part of the Gay Play Script series. Fine in paper wraps with a crease to the lower left front cover, 101 pages. $40
Morse, Benjamin. The Homosexual A Frank Study of Abnormal Sex Life Among Males With Case Histories. Derby, CT, Monarch, 1962. Fine in fine paper wraps, 158 pages. Rather than viewing homosexuals as nasty things one found in kitchen drains, Morse presents them as normally functioning individuals-terrific stuff for its time and place. Chapter headings include: The Mama's Boy, The Convict, the Muscle Builder, the Queen, The Thrill Seeker, and The Harried Husband among others. Weinberg listing 884. $45
Mosca, Frank. All-American Boys. Boston, Alyson, 1983. Paperback original, fine in fine paper wraps. Previous owner's signature on f.e.pages., 116 pages. $20
Moss, Howard. Instant Lives. Saturday Review Press, 1974.
Fine in fine DJ, 84 pages. Illustrated by Edward Gory Young 2798.
$50
Mrabet, Mohammed. Chocolate Creams and Dollars. Translated
by Paul Bowles. NY, Inanout Press 1992. 3,000 trade copies. Fine
in fine DJ, 184 pages. Illustrated diary of a Moroccan houseboy. $45
Mrabet, Mohammed. Harmless Passions, Blameless Sins. Translated
by Paul Bowles. LA, Black Sparrow Press, 1976. Issued without
DJ. 500 trade copies. $150
Mrabet, Mohammed. The Lemon. NY, McGraw Hill, 1972. Fine
in fine DJ, 181 pages. Young 2803*. $125
Murdoch, Iris. The Bell. NY, Viking, 1958. Fine in near
fine DJ, 342 pages. Young 2810. $75
Murdoch, Iris. Henry And Cato. NY, Viking, 1977. Fine in
fine DJ, 375 pages. Austin mentions "a priest (Cato) whose love
for beautiful Joe is like an electric current"-switching
on and off no doubt. Young 2812. $75
Murdock, Royal. (edited by Winston Leyland) The Disrobing
Sex and Satire. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1982. Fine in fine paper
wraps, 122 pages. Stories written by long time friend of Leyland who
died in Mexico City of genteel poverty. $25
[Music] The Choral Majority. The Hymnal. San Francisco, n.pages., 1981. Fine in blue paper wraps. A nice collection of Gay inspired lyrics set to traditional church music-such as Amazing Gays (set to the tune of Amazing grace), Dyke The Hall, and We Three Queers of Orient Are, etc. $45
Musil, Robert. Young Torless. London, Secher & Warburg,
1955. Fine in fine DJ, 217 pages. First published in 1906 as The
Confessions of Young Torless. The story of a young military
cadet doing lots of about faces and pushups. Young 2825*. [sold]
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Myers, Frederic W.H. (1843-1901) The Renewal of Youth. London, MacMillan,
1882. A signed and dated (1895) presentation copy from Myers to the Earl of
Carnarvon, sponsor of the Tutankhamen expedition which spawned the myth of
the mummy's curse. Specially bounded in full dark green Moroccan leather
covered boards, title and date gilt stamped on spine, marbled end papers. A
few pages showing very slight damp stains to edges, leather rubbed slightly
on bottom edges and a few spots along the hinge. Overall, a very good tight
copy with no foxing, 232 pages. Young listing 2829 (and just what was the
good Earl doing with a copy of Uranian poetry in his library? Perhaps this
was the true source of his curse?) [sold]
Myers, John. Holy Family. Boston, Alyson, 1992. Signed
by Myers. Fine in fine paper wraps, 231 pages. First book by Myer.
Winner Lambda Rising first novel award. $45
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