All items are first editions, unless otherwise noted.

Rader, Dotson, Gov't Inspected Meat and other fun things. NY, David McKay, 1971. Fine in fine DJ (small chip to spine top). Young 3172*. $100

[Ramp] Hossannah, Ross. (pseudo of James Ramp) Gay Vet. Union City, Imperial, 1965. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 158 pages. Norman listing 2439 and Young 1895*. Pirated edition of Ramp's book A Walk With Angels. No OCLC holdings. $200

Ramp, James. Consenting Adults. San Francisco, Fanfare, 1967. Fine in fine paper wraps, 218 pages. First edition, first printing. Young listing 3187*. An unabashed look at male love, quite exceptional for its time and extremely uncommon. Only 2 OCLC holdings. $325

Ramp, James. A Far Country. San Francisco, Fanfare, 1967. Fine in paper wraps with a small abraded spot to the front cover, 195 pages. First edition, first printing. Young listing 3188*. One of the quartet of groundbreaking books published by Fanfare in the mid 1960s. Only 2 OCLC holdings. $275

Ramp, James [editor] House of Dreams Dorien Vignette Series 3. San Francisco, Pan Graphic, 1964. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps (well, okay maybe not fine since this copy was given to J.J. Bertrund from the editor of the Mattachine Review Hal Call and Bertrund stamped and signed his name to the front cover). Contains short stories by James Ramp-House of Dreams and Thattaway plus a poem entitled Neurosis; a short story by August Morel, Picture Book Bride; Centaur's For the Good of the Soul and Double Happiness; and a poem by Harold Ruby, Love Letter to My Enemy. Also contains 3 black and white photos and 2 homoerotic line drawings. Even in this condition, an extremely scarce item. Young listing 3189* Only one OCLC holding, University of Washington. $225

Ramp, James. The Love Smeller. San Francisco, Fanfare, 1966. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 192 pages. The story of Jethro and his old bloodhound Beller who has the unique capacity to sniff out all hillbillies with a predilection for the delights of same sex sex. Great Southern fun in Possum county, pot licking good times and extremely rare (the book that is, not the Gay grits) Young listing 3190* Only two OCLC holdings, Michigan State and San Francisco Public Library. $325

Ramp, James. [editor] Overture in G Minor. SF, Pan Graphic, 1964. Dorian Vignete Series. Fine in fine paper wraps, 58 pages. (only edition) Contains the following short stories: Cuck Arnett's "Three Youths," Marsh Harris's "The Escape," and James Ramp's "The Love Smeller and Kissing Boy." Young 3191* No OCLC listing. [sold]

Ramp, James. Wild Strawberry Patch. San Francisco, Fanfare, 1966. Fine in fine paper wraps with slight soiling, 119 pages. First edition, first printing. Young listing 3192*. On the back cover is a rare photograph of Ramp, one of the few times, if not the only time, he was pictured in one of his books. Dedicated to R.O.D. Benson. Four OCLC holdings. $250

The two promotional blurbs for the following book shows how much, within the space of 4 years, the climate surrounding Gay novels was changing in the United States. While the first only coyly hints at the book's Gay content, the second, although still contemning Gays to a neither world of lost souls, is much more explicit in its descriptions.

Rand, Lou (pseudo. Lou Rand Hogan) The Gay Detective. Fresno, Saber, 1961. Fine in fine paper wraps with only one very small chip to spine top, first edition, first printing. Cover art shows two suited gentlemen trying to lead a dumb comatose blond, draped only in a white towel, down a flight of stairs. From the front covers...Francis and Tiger found out what they needed to know. The Trick now was to get nude Vivian out of the bathhouse and to safety (nothing here to lead anyone to believe that this novel had anything to do with Gays, except maybe the queer looks the two dudes appear to be giving each other). The back cover, however, was the give away, containing, as it did a quote from the Bible "Romans 14:14 I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself, but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean to him it is unclean." (hint hint) Young listing 3193* $100

When the same book was reprinted just four years later, the publisher thought it safe to expose more

Rand, Lou (pseudo. Lou Rand Hogan) Rough Trade. Los Angeles, Argyle, 1965. Very fine in very fine dust jacket, 160 pages. From the rear dust jacket panel ... This is the story of Francis Morley, handsome ex choir boy who views life with an acerbic flip of the wrist and Tyler Olson ex marine who is more than all man. Together they prowl the gay bars where an intimate language of forbidden desire is spoken among those on the "inside" (hey! Wanta blowjob buddy) In the bathhouse, exclusive meeting place of the homosexual set (then what was Vivian doing there?) they come face to face with strange acts of desire (bend over and say aagh) Together they roam the gay cruising grounds where hidden violence and passion culminate in blackmail and murder (was that the Rev. Baker I saw you with last night?)..In this book you'll meet people like Frankie and Johnnie, an arm-in-arm twosome whose search for thrills leads them to a hidden bar where dope mingles with depravity (and the dish ran away with the spoon). Page by page, this novel explores in depth all the secrets of an all-to-true other world whose members boldly (put that member back where it belongs you sex manic) face a society which condemns their every move. Young listing 3194* $150

Randolph, Peter. Beat It, Kid. A Collection of Short Stories. Washington, D.C., Guild Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 104 pages. Most of these stories had originally appeared in various issues of the Mattachine Review and Der Kreis. Among the more notable are Fungus Among Us in which a Gay ghost charms the pants off a quartet of potential home buyers and The Escape, a sci-fi tale of two men and their wives who escape earth's demise by fleeing to the planet Gnarus. Unfortunately, because of some unnamed environmental disaster, female genes cannot exist on Gnarus and the two wives slowly turn into pools of green gelatinous goo, leaving their hubbies to fend for themselves midst hordes of gorgeous Gnarus bachelors. Young listing 3198* Two OCLC holdings, Cornell and Michigan State. $175

Randolph, Peter. Sextet. (short stories) Washington, D.C., Guild Press, 1967. First edition, first printing. Fine in paper wraps with some scuffing, 63 pages. Two of the better little stories are A Good Host is Thoughtful which involves a traveling vacuum cleaner salesman who gets sucked into a weird incestual father and son relationship and the story The New Recruit set in a Naval boot camp. Young listing 3199* Only one OCLC listing, Brown. $150

Raphael, Lev. Dancing On The Tisha Bav. Inscribed by Raphael. Fine in fine DJ, 231 pages. Raphael's first book. Winner of the 3rd annual (1991) Lambda award for best Gay Men's Debut. $125

Raul, K.R. Naked to the Night. NY, Paperback Library, 1964. Fine in orange cloth covered boards fine DJ. One of the few originally bound in boards. Has the Paperback Library colophon on the spine in addition to the title. Young 3207*. Reprinted in 1986 by the Gay Sunshine Press. No OCLC holdings. $150

Reavis, John. The Rejected a Transcript. San Francisco, Pan-Graphic, 1961. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 26 pages. The transcript from a public television program produced by KQED in San Francisco dealing with homosexuality. For its time it was a fairly even handed production with extensive interviews with Margaret Mead and Hal Call-unfortunately, it was still just a lot of talking heads and stereotypical legal and religious rot gut. Extremely uncommon. No OCLC holdings. $325

Rechy, John. Bodies and Souls. NY, Carrol & Graff, 1983. Signed by Rechy. Second printing. Some DJ shelf wear and chipping, else fine, 421 pages. $50

Rechy, John. City of Night. NY, Grove Press, Fine in fine DJ, 1963. 410 pages. Young 3131*. There are two variants to the first edition, first printing. Originally, the DJ blurb contained the phrase "Its (America's) ceaseless groping for love." After a few copies were printed, Rechy objected to groping and changed the phrase to "ceaseless searching for love," probably after trying various synonyms for groping such as fumbling and fingering. This copy is the groping variant. $75

Rechy, John. This Day's Death. NY, Grove Press, 1969. Fine in fine DJ, 255 pages. Young 3236*. Plus the February 1971 issue of QQ magazine which contains a review of This Day's Death by Orlando Paris. (both items) $75

Rechy, John. The Fourth Angel. NY, Viking, 1972. "..four teenagers..in many ways tinged with innocence but..also tigers, ferocious, cold and destructive.." (Cocteau's Holy Terrors times two.) Fine in fine DJ, 158 pages. Young 3232. Plus a review of The Fourth Angel by Orlando Paris (pseudo. of Paul Welles) in the June 194 issue of QQ magazine. (both items) $75

Rechy, John. Numbers. NY, Grove Press, 1967. One small DJ tear, else fine, 256 pages. Young 3233*. $35

Rechy, John. Rushes. NY, Grove Press, 1979. Fine in fine DJ, 222 pages. Young 3234*. $45

Rechy, John. The Sexual Outlaw. London, W H Allen, 1978. Small DJ chip, owners signature on f.e.pages., very slight looseness to binding, 307 pages. $30

Redon. Bloodstream. Stamford CT, Knights, 1988. Fine in fine paper wraps, 165 pages. Redon's first book. $25

Reed, Lannon D. Behold A Pale Horse. A Novel of Homosexuals In The Nazi Holocaust. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1985. Fine in fine paper wraps, 221 pages. $25

Reed, Paul. Facing It: A Novel Of AIDS. SF, Gay Sunshine, 1984. Fine in fine paper wraps, 217 pages. Summers calls it the first novel to deal with AIDS. $25

Rees, David. Dog Days, White Nights. Exeter, Third House, 1991. Fine in fine paper wraps, 170 pages. $15

Rees, David. Islands. Stamford CT, Knights Press, 1984. Fine in fine paper wraps, 159 pages. $25

Rees, David. The Milkman's On His Way. London, Gay Men's Press, 1982. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps, 118 pages. This book, concerning the seduction of a student by a teacher, raised quite a stink in Parliament and was almost banned in England. Summers says "its now regarded as something of a Gay classic." $25

Rees, David. Packing It In. Brighton, Millivres Books, 1992. Fine in fine paper wraps, 199 pages. $15

Rees, Geoferey. Sex With Strangers. NY, Farrar Straus, 1993. Fine in fine DJ, 245 pages. $15

Reh, Lawrence. If I Could Crown Your Hills With Gold. (poetry) San Francisco, Atlantis, 1978. Illustrated with photographs by Reh. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps. (no hard bound edition). Number one of 100 signed copies. This copy also inscribed by Reh as follows: "For making it easier for people like me-Thanks Mom" Young listing 3242* $150

Reid, B.L. The Lives Of Roger Casement. Yale, 1976. Fine in fine DJ, 532 pages. A British noble whose Irish antics and Gay diary led to the gallows. $30

Renault, Mary. (pseudo. of Mary Challans) The Bull From The Sea. London, Longmans, 1962. Fine in very slightly edge worn DJ, 279 pages. Young 3258. $75

Renault, Mary. Fire From Heaven. NY, Pantheon, 1969. Some creases, chips to DJ else fine 375 pages. Ex Catholic University of America library. (just what are they teaching up there anyway?) Young 3260*. $25

Renault, Mary. The Mask Of Apollo. NY, Pantheon, 1966. Fine in DJ, 371 pages. Young 3263*. $50

Ricardo, Jack. The Night G.A.A. Died. NY, St. Martin's, 1992. Uncorrected page proofs. Fine in fine paper wraps, 197 pages. Mentioned in Summers. $50

Richards, Paul. Big Daddy's Boy. [Gay pulp fiction] New York, 101, 1968. First edition. Fine in paper wraps with a slight hinge crease and spots to back panel. A father and son truck team fuck and suck their way across American. Or incest knows best. Norman listing 3520. Only one OCLC holding, Gerber-Hart. $75

Richarson, Major-General Frank M. Mars Without Venus A Study Of Some Homosexual Generals. Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1981. DJ slightly yellowed, else fine, 188 pages. An examination of gay or bi-sexual military guys through the ages including Napoleon, Frederick The Great, Hitler etc. with a focus on "organ inferiority." (or does size count?) $125

Rico, Don. The Man From Pansy. Gay pulp fiction. NY, Lancer, 1967. Paperback original. "Meet Buzz Carigan the limp wristed spy who stops at nothing to queer freedom's enemies." (Just give me half a change.) Slightly yellowed pages in moderately creased paper wraps, 224 pages. Young 3293* and Norman 3534. $50

Ridley, Philipages. Crocodilia. London, Brilliance, 1988. Fine in fine paper wraps, 125 pages. Ridley's first novel. $25

Rinder, Walter. Where Will I Be Tomorrow? (poetry) Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1976. Paperback original. Fine in fine paper wraps. Illustrated with black and white photographs, some male nudes. Author of many previously best selling sickeningly sweet hippie inspirational books, Walter finally turns his talents in this book to homosexuals, thereby almost doing us in for good. Unknown whether this book killed his career-one can only hope for the best. Young listing 3298* $35

Riley, James Whitcomb. The Lockerbie Book containing poems not in dialect. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1911. Fine in fine blue cloth covered boards with slight wear to spine bottom and topages. Gild fore edges, blue ribbon bookmark, 646 pages. Also laid in is a small 3 by 5 card on which Riley has written a 4 line poem concerning children and signed at the end Riley. A very nice, unique item. [sold]

Rinehart, Robert C. Beldon's Crimes. Boston, Alyson, 1986. Fine in fine paper wraps, 258 pages. $25

[Rimbaud] Berrichon, Paterne. La Vie de Jean Arthur Rimbaud. Paris, Mercure de France, 1897. First edition, 257 pages. Truly laying bare the life of this infamous French homosexual poet and writer, this is the first and classiest of all Rimbaud biographies. This copy is specially bound in green silk covered boards and is in fine condition.

Although a fairly uncommon book by itself, what sets this little beauty apart are the bookplates of its previous owners, Lady Diane Duff Cooper and Timothy D'Arch Smith. Facing each other throughout eternity, these two plates are wonderful in their opposition. Lady Duff's plate, designed by Whistler and showing a bust of Lady Cooper amidst flowering trellises and parasols, is a true exemplere of good taste, filled with English garden nostalgia, almost reeking of lavender scented lace hankies. Smith's plate, on the other hand, brazenly celebrates Uranian love as only the British know how. Designed by Goor, the noted Dutch artist of homoerotic bent, Smith's name is framed by two of the sweetest naked nymph boys one is ever likely to encounter. When the book is closed, it is rather pleasant to contemplate their naked flanks resting ever so gently against the ageless bust of Lady Di. The price for this naughty, naughty, truly decadent tome (whose spirit and wickedness recalls to a tee Huysmans's A Rebours) is $1,100.

Rivera, Bob. Aphorodite Changing. (poetry) SF, Hoddypoll, 1974. Unbound sheets and wraps, not paginated. Mint condition. On the last page, Hoddypoll request any information on Rivera since he seems to have disappeared shortly before this book was published. (Come to think of it, so would I) Young 3304. Two OCLS holdings, University of Florida and New Mexico State. $325

Rivera, Bob. records (poetry) Cambridge, 1970? 100 copies. Xeroxed sheets plus embossed block prints by Tom Joanides. Stapled in yapped wraps, as issued. This is copy number 6, inscribed by Rivera to the artist Tom Joanides. "For Tom Thank you for the beautiful prints bob" From the poem "i love your mouth hurrying to cover the distance to thighs lips tender to hard muscle and there we serpentine beings caressing bodies held it all love wrestled tugging at your prick" Not listed in Young. Two OCLC holdings, Ball State and Brown. $325

Robie, W.F. The Art of Love Ithaca, NY, Rational Life, 1928. Fine in burgundy cloth covered boards. Especially see chapter X How Sex Perversions Arise and Why They Increase. "Selfish, extravagant, profligate, non-marrying men must be made to understand that it is a disgraceful indictment against them for our lovable and virtuous and unequaled American Womenhood to be threatened with Amazonian bands or Lesbian plague spots (and this was 69 years before Ellen) $50

Robilliard, David. Life isn't good It's Excellent. Privately printed by Gilbert and George--two friends of David, 1993. Fine in fine DJ, 100 pages. Tipped in photograph of Robilliard. $30

Robins, Peter. The Gay Touch. (Short stories) NY, Crossing, 1982 Fine with paper wraps, 95 pages. $25

Robins, Peter. Our Hero Has Bad Breath. London, Brillance, 1982. Fine in fine paper wraps, 118pages. Other works by Robins listed in Young $25 [soldp]

Robins, Peter. Visits. Third House, 1992. Fine in fine paper wraps, 137 pages. $15

Rodd, Rennell. Feda With Other Poems. London, Scott, 1886. Etching by Harper Pennington. Fine in dark royal blue cloth covered boards, untrimmed edges, handmade paper, gilt top edge. An extremely fresh and nice copy, foxing to only end papers, body of text as issued, gold titles and medallion on spine and front boards, even the tissue separating the frontis etching and title page is intact. Binding very tight. Inscribed as follows on the f.e.pages.: "With the Author's compliments."

Although this book is not listed among Rodd's Uranian works (Songs in the South, London 1851, Young listing 3328* and Love, Worship, and Death, London 1919 Young listing 3329), the main poem, Feda, involves a Uranian theme. Adrian, a lost soul from the northern climes, meets and falls in love with Anton, a golden boy of Greecian climes. After living together for many years, Adrain makes the mistake of going on a short trip alone, in the course of which he meets the child/woman Feda. Unfortunately he falls madly in love with her lyrical voice and brings her back to his and Anton's love nest. Of course injecting a woman into a homosexual relationship always leads to disaster and, sure as shooting, the relationship does break up when Adrian again sails away for shores unseen leaving poor Anton alone holding the bag, as it were. [sold]

Rodi, Robert. Fag Hag. NY, Dutton, 1992. Fine in fine DJ, 296 pages. Rodi's first novel. [sold]

Roditi, Edouard. Poems 1928-1948. Norfolk, New Directions, 1948. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, pages slightly browned around the edges, some slight edge wear to dust jacket, 151 pages. Not listed in Young but should be. This little sleeper contains a large number of homosexual poems, some more carefully hidden than others. Among the longest is the 22 stanza poem Poems for F. As it turns out, F was a married man with whom Roditi had a passionate 2 year affair with in Paris during the 1932-34 mating season. Other homosexual poems include Hamburg 1932 "Standing in doorways and waiting for love / The sudden beauty of them left me faint" (and it wasn't the beauty of young ladies either), The Uniform "John walks the streets, stroll the park /His coat is torn, his shoes need mending / He picks up buggers after dark / How does he live: Just bending, and Manhattan Novelettes among others. Given that this book was published at the start of the McCarthy age of darkness, it was probably all for the best that Roditi was fired the previous year from his US government job on mere rumors of homosexuality cause there ain't no doubt about it now. $175

Rofes, Eric E. I Thought People Like That Killed Themselves Lesbians, Gay Men and Suicide. (well we don't) NY, Grey Fox, 1983. Fine in fine paper wraps, 162 pages. $35

Rogers, Paul. Sauls Book. NY, Pushcart Press, 1983. Fine in fine DJ, 314 pages. Winner of the first Editors Book Award. [sold]

Rolfe, Frederick. The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole. NY, George Braziller, 1994. Fine in fine DJ, 297 pages. Long suppressed novel of Venice and poling gondola boys at the turn of the century. 1934 British edition is Young 3337*. [sold]

Rolfe, Frederick William. Baron Corvo Letters to Harry Bainbridge. London, Enitharmon Press, 1977. Introduction by Miriam Benkovitz. Fine in red cloth covered boards, issued without a dust jacket. One of 350 copies plus 45 numbered and signed copies. Young listing 3341. $50

Romanovsky, Ron and Paul Phillips. The Song of Romanovsky and Phillips. Santa Fe, Fresh Fruit Records, 1991. Photo illustrated. Inscribed by both Romanovsky and Phillips, "To Chas with fondest wishes." Contains the music and lyrics for such tunes as Don't Use Your Penis for a brain, Give me a homosexual, My Mother's Clothes, The Sodomy Song, and What Kind of Self respecting Faggot Am I." Fine in spiral bound stiff wraps with one small tear to back cover, 147 pages. [sold]

Ronan, Richard. Flowers. (poetry) Ithaca NY, Calamus Books, 1978. Some shelf wear to Fine in fine paper wraps, else fine, 43 pages. Drawings by Bill Rancitelli. $25

Rorem, Ned. The Final Diary. (but not really) NY, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Fine in fine DJ, 439 pages. Young 3350. $45

Rorem, Ned. The Nantucket Diary. SF, North Point Press, 1987. Fine in fine DJ, 634 pages. $35

Rorem, Ned. The New York Diaries. NY, George Braziller, 1967. Fine in fine DJ, 218 pages. Young 3351. $50

Rorem, Ned. The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem. NY, George Braziller, 1963. Few small DJ tears, else fine, 240 pages. Rorem's first book. Young 3352. $50

Rorem, Ned. Setting The Tone. NY, Coward-McCann, 1983. Fine in fine DJ, 383 pages. $35

Roussel, David. The Other Kingdom. Introduction Malcolm Cowley. NY, Reynal Hitchcock, 1947. "..a brief report on the world of the concentration camps...a middle town of death, sadism, homosexuality, and cannibalism." Fine in DJ, 173 pages. $175

Rowse, A.L. Homosexuals in History Ambivalence in Society, Literature, and the Arts. New York, MacMillan, 1977. Fine in fine dust jacket, 346 pages. A rather old fashion (too many neurotics running around for my taste) but comprehensive review of homos in history. $75

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. English, French and German translations comparatively arranged , biographies, bibliographies, and other materials. Edited and complied by Nathan Haskell Dole. Boston, Joseph Knight, 1896. Variorum Edition Deluxe. Large paper edition, fine in white cloth covered boards with blind stamped gilt Art Nouveau Oriental design on front and back panels, spines a bit darkened else very bright and clean with gilt top edges. Two volumes. Tipped in are two ALS from Dole to Edward Clodd, president of the London Omar Khayyam club. The first, dated August 12, 1895 basically introduces himself to Clodd and hypes the forth coming book. The second is more fulsome, detailing Dole's troubles with his publisher and relating personal anecdotes concerning his cousin (the first and only president of Hawaii) and Grover Cleveland. Also included is a copy of Clodd's review of the 1989 McMillan edition of this work in which he snidely rues Dole's choice of illustrator. This review is laid down on the front paste down and initialed by Clodd.

This edition of the Rubaiyat, besides being a wonderful association copy, also reveals the lengths to which the Victorian literary establishment would go to purposefully obfuscate any hint of homosexuality in traditional texts. Rather than dealing directly with the issue of Persian ephebes, they choose to cast poor Omar as a mystic Sufi and relegate his earthy homosexual poetry into the dust bin of romantic dialectic propriety. In contrast, the Rubaiyat has been given its full due only by sympathetic translators such as the Baron Von Corvo, who pulled no punches. And thou (you young lad you) besides me sitting in the wilderness indeed. $500

Rubin, Marty. The Boiled Frog Syndrome A Novel of Love, Sex and Politics. Boston, Alyson, 1987. Paperback original. Fine in paper wraps, 231 pages. Garber listing 720 M. $25

Rudnick, Richard. Social Disease. NY, Knopf, 1986. Fine in fine DJ, 195 pages. Rudnick wrote the play Jeffery. $25

Rudnick, David. Social Disease. NY, Knopf, 1986. Advance proofs. Fine in fine paper wraps, 195 pages. $45

Rumaker, Michael. A Day And A Night At The Baths. SF, Grey Fox, 1979. Fine in fine paper wraps, 81 pages. Dedicated to the victims of the Everard Baths fire May 25, 1977. Young 3387*. $35

Rumaker, Michael. Gringos and Other Stories. NY, Grove Press, 1966. Fine in fine DJ, 189 pages. Contains the short story The Bar, which is Young 3386*. $45

Rumaker, Michael. My First Satyrnallia. SF, Grey Fox, 1981. Fine in fine paper wraps, 194 pages. Young 3388* $45

Ruitenbeck, Hendrik. Homosexuality: A Changing Picture. Souvenir Press, 1973. No DJ 218 pages. $30

Russell, Ina. (editor) Jeb and Dash. NY, Faber and Faber, 1993. Fine in fine DJ, 383 pages. Diary of a Gay Washington DC (ho-hum) bureaucrat during the 1918-45 period. Female relative, who did the editing, cut out all the good parts. $25