Summer 2001

(From Bernadi's book on swimming)

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Benson, E.F. David Blaize and the Blue Door New York, Putnam, 1918 Illustrated by H.J. Ford. Good minus in green cloth covered boards. with library stamp to title page, inked over stamps on front and rear paste downs and f.e.p., snags to head and heel of spine. Text block and illustrations fine. The scarce revised American edition of Benson's David Blaize. A wicked reworking of Alice in which David bravely faces the perils of marriage land and ends up a Gay Bibliography. Young listing 253.

$225

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Bernardi, Oronzio (1735-1806). L'uomo Galleggate L'arte Ragionate del Nuoto... Naples, 1794 The complete second volume of this ground breaking work on swimming and diving. Reprinted in Spain about 20 years later in an abridged edition with reduced plates. Although this is only the second volume, it contains all of the plates except the frontis, which was a portrait of the author in the first volume. Half title, title page, 257 pages with the errata, very nice margins Eighteen full page copper plates on very heavy stock, two plans of a Roman bath house by Nicola Fiorillo and 16 wonderful plates by Lapenga engraved by Giovanni Azzerboni, Domenico Casanova, Niccolo Cesarano, Nicola Fiorillo, Aniello Lambert and Guglielmo Morghe. Mostly of naked men splashing about--somewhat in the art deco fashion after the statue of Prometheus at Rockfeller center. Very fine condition with some offsetting of the text to the plates (scans available upon request), 29.2 by 21 cm. Bound in fine period vellum covered boards with a red leather and gilt spine label and a green silk page marker. Extremely rare since most of these suckers were broken for the engravings.

[sold]

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Berne, Viveca. A Woman's Touch San Francisco, 1966. An original carbon typed manuscript actually written by Gerard G Brissette who also penned a number of Gay pulps around the same time. Very fine condition, 234 pages, 8vo, boxed. Published by Midwood in 1966 as A Woman's Touch by Vin Fields. Laid in is a carbon contract with a French publisher to reprint this book.

$600

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Blade (sic) The Barn 1948 and More Dirty Pictures New York, Stompers, 1980. First edition, first printing, large octovo. Fine in fine paper wraps, 32 pages plus the laid in erratum sheet. Dirty stories and poems by Blade lavishly illustrated with his full sized black and white drawings. Hailing from Seattle, Blade spend the depression, with pencils and gum erasers at the ready, sperming his way across Whitman waves of amber grain; fighting World War II by sailing the seven seas with hot horny tars; and stall sucking-balcony balling through postwar New York. Friend of George Platt Lynes (who preserved the original drawings by taking photographs of them) and Alfred Kinsey, Blade's multiply talents finally surfaced with this publication.

$150

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Brown, Horatio F. John Addington Symonds, a Biography. London, John C. Nimmo, 1895. Two volumes. Illustrated. Large 8vo. Bound by Morrell in half maroon crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbeled endpapers, t.e.g., this spine panels with geometric gilt ornaments. First edition. Some chipping to crowns, and a litle wear at joints, else bright, sound, and attractive. Ex Libris Hamill, whose homoerotic book of a very aroused centuar graces the front paste downs in both volumes.

$375

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Bulot, Blaise. Dark Waters Croker Sachs, 1993. First edition, first printing. Mint in mint paper wraps. Blasie's first book, insrcibed by him on the title page. Somewhat in the tradition of the great and lesser lights of Southern novelists, the decay, rot and mildew drips from rusting iron balconies in this tale of aristocratic dinge queens and nuns turned into nymphos. (Oh, how I wish the Church still banned books). Very scarce.

$150

Bulot, Blaise. Starr Lyte Croker Sachs, 1993. First edition, first printing. Mint in mint paper wraps. The second book of this Boston based author. Inscribed by him on the title page. More withered Kudzu, sweaty sequins, and over spiced jambalaya made with bad shrimp. Very scarce

$150

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Bunda, Jared. St. Matthew's Passion The original typed manuscript, circa 1987-88. Mint condition, 4vo, 323 pages typed on verso only, bound in a black vinyl binder and signed by Bunda on the title page. A few minor editoral markings on the last few pages.

$800

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Colton, James (Joseph Hansen). Lost On Twilight Road Fresno, National Library, 1964. First edition first printing. Fine condition, very bright colors, crisp (scan does not do justice). Signed by Hansen on the title page.

A classic of Gay pulp, no other signed copies known to exist. Young listing 746* and Norman 1532.

"The lemonade was spiked. The woman was near naked. It was taking unfair advantage of Lonny, because he didn't want her advances. But it was another of the many episodes which caused him to become lost on twilight road."

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Cunningham, Scott. A Bibliography of the Writings of Carl Van Vechten. With an overture in the form of a funneral march by Carl Van Vechten. Frontis woodcut of Van Vechten by Covarrubias plus a boyhood photograph of the young Carl. Title page printed in both green and black ink. Philadelphia, Centaur Books Shop (which had a dynamite nude centaur colophon), 1924. Fine in fine silver and green marbled paper covered boards, paper labels on cover and spine darkened, 68 pages. Printed by the Bookfellows of the Torchpress, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Number 5 of only 85 copies, of which 75 were for sale, on large hand-made paper, deckled edges, numbered and signed by Van Vechten. While not completely covering all the early work of Carl, especially his unsigned newspaper articles (1906-1913) for the New York Times, this bibliography does touch on all the major bases, including parodies of his novels, such as The Blind Booby by Christopher Ward.

$350

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Elisarion (pseud. of Elisar von Kupffer). Hymnen der Heiligen Burg. Klaristische Verlag Akropolis, Leipzig, (1912?). Mint copy in original wraps, 8vo (24 by 16.5cm), 31 pages, heavy parchment like stock, black letters with initial letters in red. Mint original wraps, title in bright gilt, with a rose window like inset designed by Kupffer on the upper cover, sewn with a pink silk cord tied off in two long pouf ended tassels. Original glassine with tears. Very fine original slipcase of heavy cardboard with embossed title (toning to edges).

Kupffer and his lifelong and equally dishevelled partner Eduard von Mayer founded the "Klaristic" movement in the 1890s, which focused on the positive affects of male bonding, a diet of yogurt and nuts, and muslin togas bedecked with garlands of edelweise. Their temple to purity with its murals celebrating male friendship still stands in Switzerland. Extremely scarce in any condition.

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Goodman, Alexander. Blaze of Summer Washington, DC, Guild Press, 1967. First edition, first printing. Very fine in very fine paper wraps, 12mo, 114 pages, 8. Four soft porn short stories, Blaze of Summer, Three Immoral Fables (perhaps the first Gay porn with an Arthurian theme), A Casual Affair, and Joe's Other Husband. Young listing 1506* and Norman listing 2090. [sold]

Goodman, Alexander. Carnal Matters Washington, DC, Guild Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Very good in good paper wraps (edge wear and scuffing/edge stain to rear wraps not affecting text block, thin 8vo, 84 pages, 8 pages of ads. Four soft porn short stories, Everybody Loves Charlie, The Battle Between the Poets and the Painters, Irving, and Pictures You'd be Proud to Show Your Mother. Young listing 1507* and Norman listing 2092. [sold]

Goodman, Alexander. The First Time Washington, DC, Guild Press, 1967. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine paper wraps, 12mo, 60 pages. Five soft porn short stories, The First Time, Just My Type, Stranger in the Glass, Larkie Laughed, and Hail to the King. Young listing 1514* and Norman listing 2093. [sold]

Goodman, Alexander. A Sliver of Flesh Washington, DC, Guild Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Very good in very good paper wraps (some light scuffing/soiling to covers and minor crease to back upper right cover only), 12mo, 71 pages. Four soft porn short stories, A Dirty Story, A Piece of the Moon, The Posing Session, and Life With Danny. Young listing 1511* and Norman listing 2097. [sold]

Goodman, Alexander. The Soft Spot Washington, DC, Guild Press, 1964. First edition, first printing (with a blue pictorial cover and stories listed, later editions had a red cover and different illustration). Very good in very good paper wraps (minor edge wear to wraps, two small staple holds on right hand margin not affecting text), thin 8vo, 47 pages. Four soft porn short stories, Gaylord Merriewether III (perhaps the first and only Gay porn story set within the hallowed ivied walls of MIT), Smile, The Spanish Boys, and The Rug Salesman. Young listing 1512* and Norman listing 2098. This is the first book by Goodman and the first publication of the Guild Press.

[sold]

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Heinse, Wilhelm (translator). Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio nach dem Satiricon des Petronius übersetz von Wilhelm Heinse/Uz (The Orgy of Trimalchio from Petronius's Satyricon) Dusseldorf, Ernst Ohle Verlag, 1913. Quarter-bound in ivory buckram with boards covered in brown Japanese paper. Title gold-stamped on spine. Small 16mo, 102 pages. Spine somewhat soiled; boards rubbed. Pages and plates very good.

Four humorous homoerotic/same sex illustrations not credited but signed "Uzarski." Line art in black with pink, orange, yellow and green silk screened washes Illustrations include a title page vignette of a Roman banquet with nude male serving boys waiting on toga-clad older male guests; three plates hors-texte, male revellers pulling a naked serving boy to the floor (facing page 28 see scan for a partial view), a naked serving boy tumbling upside down onto a male guest while another serving boy in a posing strap stands to one side (facing page 52); male guests breaking up a Lesbian pas de deux (facing page 80).

$800

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Hirschfeld, Magnus (editor) Sittengeschichte des Weltkrieges Leipzeg, Wien, Verlag Fur Sexualwissen Schneider, 1930 Two volumes, each 445 + iii pages. Both volumes bound in full red cloth. Profusely illustrated with half-tone reproductions in text, plus two- and three-color plates. Fine condition with very bright and fresh covers, foxing to end papers, text block exceptionally crisp.

This comprehensive assessment of sexual behavior during World War I, edited by Hirschfeld and including his essay on homosexuality in the war, respresents the highpoint of European pre-World War II sexology. Besides the notable contributions by a variety famous sexologists, such as Dr. Paul Englisch, Curt Morek and Dr. Erich Wulffen (author of Woman as a Sexual Criminal, the inclusion of a massive number of explicit illustrations, many of them by noted German artists, was (and remains to this day) a groundbreaking approach in the field of sexology. Even such American sexologists as Kinnsey did not use the power of art to enchance their academic research. Although derided when it was published for its use of illustrations, the multidimensional approach taken by Hirschfeld in Sittengeschichte both compliments the text and stands by itself as a stunning visual record of the sexual demons unleashed by the God of war.

(The English-language translation, first published as The Sexual History of the World War (New York, Falstaff Press, 1937), was severely abridged at 350 pages and did not identify the work of individual contributors. It also included only a few illustrations, all of them poorly reproduced and none in color.

$1,000

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Hunter, Gabriel Coxswains of Malibu San Francisco, 1969. An original carbon typed manuscript actually written by Gerard G Brissette who also penned a number of Gay pulps around the same time. Very fine condition, 183 pages, 8vo, boxed. Published by Greenleaf in 1969 and again in 1972. Norman listing 2495. Laid in is a 7 page critical review of the Greeleaf edition in which Gerard lists the editorial chances and a large section that was omitted in the published version (great orgy scene). Manuscripts of Gay and Lesbian pulps rarely appear on the market.

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Jewel Box Revue A large format (9 by 12 inch) 30 page pictorial program of the JBR, circa late 1950's. A wonderful look back at this longest running Drag show. Started in Miami in 1939 by Danny Brown and Doc Banner (right hand scan), the JBR was still thrilling them 20 years later. As listed in this booklet, they played across the country and Canada, from Miami (8 years) to Alpena, Michigan (1 week and who can blame them). The high point was the Vancouver British Empire Games at which their motorized float (a flat bed overloaded with sequin gowns) was judged the most unusual by the Duke of Edinburgh. Chock a block full of black and white of all their performers (Mr. Toni Midnight to the left) and the float. Laid in is also a small program from a typical performance. Mint in mint paper wraps

$150

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Joscha. Joscha's Jungen Berlin, Janssen, n.d. Very fine in very fine paper wraps. Squarish 4vo, 49 black and white plates, a nice collection of photos of the lazy days of summer before air conditioning. Number 14 in Janssen's series Boyphoto.

$150

Remache, Nicola. Hitzefrei Berlin, Janssen, n.d. Very fine in very fine paper wraps. Squarish 4vo, 42 full sized black and white plates, a nice collection of photos of an ephebic vacation on a beach littered with old concrete bunkers.

$150 Number 17 in Janssen's series Boyphoto.

Sammlers. Sammelalbum Berlin, Janssen, n.d. Very fine in very fine paper wraps. Squarish 4vo, 46 full sized black and white plates, a nice collection of photos of an ephebic Eden before the fall. Number 13 in Janssen's series Boyphoto.

$150

Sandmann, Stephan. Wilde Jungen Berlin, Janssen, n.d. Very fine in very fine paper wraps. Squarish 4vo, 50 full sized black and white plates. Nice companion piece to the Hilter boy scout book. Number 15 in Janssen's series Boyphoto.

$150

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Kreisler, Kurt My Brother My Slave N.p. (Los Angeles R.F.M.), N.d. (1974). Very fine, in very fine stapled paper wraps, 4vo (28 by 21cm), 53 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. The charming story of two identical twins and their trip to whoredom and degradation and eventual love. Young listing 2187*

$250

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Kochany, Mario. As Schoolboys From Their Books Amsterdam, Acolyte Press, 1993. First edition, first printing. Mint in mint paper wraps illustrated by Mario Graff, 12mo, 192 pages. Erotic goings on in an English prep school.

$75

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Lorca, Frederico Garcia. Poeta En Nueve York Madrid, Tabapress, 1990. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine white embossed paper wraps, as issued. Large 12 inch square format, 274 pages. A magnificently produced facsimille edition of Lorca's orginial Poet in New York. Reproduces each of the original handwritten manuscript pages along with their printed final versions. Also includes numerous color plates of Lorca's art work (see scan above for a parital view of one).

$300

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Lehnert, Rudolf. (Austrian, 1878­1948) produced his primary work as a photographer before World War I in the publishing partnership of Lehnert & Landrock. Based in Tunis and later in Cairo, the firm specialized in "orientalist" views of North Africa and the Middle East, including eroticized images of "native types."

While firm focused primarily on young women, it also published a sideline of images of male adolescents in sensual poses designed to make a coded appeal to the tourist trade of European homosexual men. Related images focus on carefree, insouciant native youngsters supposedly untouched by stresses of Western society. Both types of images bring to mind the North African boys portrayed in André Gide's novels.

L & L published an array of heliogravure postcards in sepia-toned monochrome; many of them are fairly common. Postcards from the firm produced in full color using the chromolithograph process, however, are scarce.

$125

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Lundgren, Eric. A burnt umber charcoal full nude drawing of Barton Mumaw. Signed and dated 1938 and titled "Barton". Lundgren was a listed and talented artist who used male dancers as the subjects of many of his works. This work is on heavy gray paper and measures 26" x 17" matted with beige crescent mat board, matted size is 32" x 23". (Scan is fuzzy and shows reflected light from the glassive overlay. Clearer and more detailed scans available upon request)

Barton Mumaw was a well hung dancer for and lover of Ted Shawn. A suberb drawing and terrific association.

$2,750

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Madigan, Leo. Jackarandy London, Elek, 1971. First edition, first printing. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Amusing story of a sailor from the sea whose "day trip to Sodom..came to be a regular journey." Young listing 2448 *

$225

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McClain, Curt. My Slave Edmond R.F.M., 1977. Very fine in very fine stapled paper wraps, 4vo (27.5 by 21.5cm), printed on coated paper, 64 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates that have nothing to do with the story, but do show how much of a dugeon one can construct in the one bedroom apartment (more than one would suspect). Young listing 2606*

$250

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Maximus, Rod Mr. Marlboro San Francisco, 1969 An original carbon typed manuscript actually written by Gerard G Brissette who also penned a number of Gay pulps around the same time. Very fine condition, 251 pages, 8vo, boxed. Apparently never published. An interesting story of a writer and an ex-cowboy who spend an awful lot of time together in a isolated mountain cabin--plunging the depths of masculine attractions and interactions. Also laid in is a pencil drawing of the very well proportioned and very excited cowboy by Brissette. Manuscripts of Gay and Lesbian pulps rarely appear on the market.

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One The Homosexual Viewpoint Los Angeles, 1962. A complete run of all 12 issues for 1962, the tenth anniversary. Very fine condition (October issue with faint corner crease to cover). A very scarce run of this path breaking Gay magazine. All issues complete, about 30 pages per issue. Includes political commentary and editorials by Donald Webster Cory, among others. Poetry and fiction written by a wide variety of authors, including James Colton and James Ramp. Letters to the editor, book reviews, etc.

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Porter, Maria Lousia That Lady From Lesbos San Francisco, 1969. An original carbon typed manuscript actually written by Gerard G Brissette who also penned a number of Gay pulps around the same time. Very fine condition, 271 pages, 8vo, boxed. It appears this was never publised under this title or author.

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Payne, Robert. The Story of Q N.p., privately printed, 1977. Follow the adventures of a simple country lad when his parents sell him to Arab slave merchants. Passed from hand to hand, from chateau to dungeon, from sadist to sadist, young Q grows to accept a love that's definitely not mainstream. In the end, however, he finds acceptance and worth as part of a circus side show (as the naked tattooed man, but I won't get in to that here). Large 8 by 11 inch format, printed on coated paper, 63 pages. Fine in paper wraps, outer wraps scuffed and bruised, inner wraps fine. University of Illinois (and don't ask me how or why this book managed to end up there). No Kinsey holding. Young listing 2992*

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[Photography] Anonymous. A very intriguing sepia Albumin print circa 1885-1900 showing a rather frisky Victorian gentleman and his companions in pleasure--one very well worn lady of the night and a street urchin/chimmy sweep(?).

Very fine condition, 11.5 by 16.5cm, thin stock with worn spot on verso not affecting image and a small area of glue residue. very minor edge wear, with some areas of very faint spider line crackles and a few minor light scrapes. While this image has not appeared in any secondary source, the model on the left might be the same one found in four images reproduced in Thomas Waugh's Hard to Image, pages 298 and 299

$2,500

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[Photography] French, Jim MAN New York, Hand of Man, 1972. First edition, first printing. An exceptionally fine copy with the original fragile brown paper dust completely intact. Fine in cloth covered boards, with a small area of damp stain to the front boards, not affecting text block or gold embossed title. This massive book, measuring over 11 by 14 inches was the first formal presentation of Jim's work. Containing 50 black and white of some of the more famous models from Colt's stable of male models, including Stoner and Bill Eld (pictured above). Extremely scarce in this condition and a much more difficult find than his followup book Another Man 1975.

$400

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[Photography] Hill, Oliver. The Garden of Adonis

London, Philip Allan, 1923. First edition, first printing, original green cloth, elaborately stamped in floral pattern in gilt, lettered in gilt. Spine extremities and lower edge slightly rubbed, very light foxing throughout (not affecting plates) there isn't a copy known that doesn't have foxing. The pages on which the plates rest on is a very heavy paper that attracted moisture. 128 pages on heavy art paper, 48 tipped-in black and white plates. Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, E.B. Browning, etc. were never in worst company.

$700

[Photography] Hill, Oliver. Pan's Garden

A large format photography book featuring 35 of Hill's nymhpy plates. London, Philp Allen, 1928. First edition, first printing. Very good condition, lacking f.e.p., former owners stamp on title page, some spotting to last few pages not affecting images.

$500

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Pitts, J.Martin. Twenty-Four Nudes Linocuts. London, Old Stile Press, 1985. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards incorporating papers designed by Pitts, handbound by Smith Settle, slip-cased. Printed on all rag mould made paper. Thin folio, ii, 24 black and white linocuts. One of only 85 copies, which made up the entire printing. Signed by Pitts on the limitation page.

$600

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[Postcard] A fine "jungle boys" photo post card from the turn of the century. Rotograph Co. New York (Germany). Fine condition, 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. $200

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Prokosch, Frederic. Death at Sea New York, Harper, 1940. First edition, first printing. Fine in black linen cloth covered boards. Slipcase also in black linen, slightly dust soiled and rubbed. Copy I of 15 copies for private distribution of the total issue of 55 copies. Signed by Prokosch and with a holograph sheet with three stanzas from one of the poems laid in. The lack of the female pronoun in any of these poems, despite the forlonged and forsaken love laments they express, combined with what we know of Prokosch predilictions, places this work squarely and firmly within the Gay literary corpus.

$325

Prokosch, Frederic. Skies of Europe New York, Harper, 1941. Fine in fine black linen cloth covered boards, spine slightly sunned. Slipcase slightly edge worn. One of only 25 signed and numbered copies thus bound. Young listing 3129.

$900

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[Proust] Les Cahiers Marcel Proust Paris, Librairie Gallimard, 1928. Five volumes bound by Brentano's in three-quarter brown crushed morocco with marbled paper boards and endpapers. All volumes have the original paper covers bound in. The exterior front hinge of each volume shows wear, but is still quite firm and tight. There is some minor shelf wear. This is a set of important and early books on Proust in an unusual and striking binding.

The set consists of the following works: Vol. I. "Hommage a Marcel Proust" with a portrait and unedited writings of Proust. This is a reprint of a special issue of the "Nouvelle Revue Francaise", published January 1, 1923, containing numerous essays and memoirs of Prout, by such figures as Valery, Gide, Conrad and Ortega y Gasset. 2nd edition, original wraps bound in; Vol. II. Reportoire des Personnages de "A la Reserche du Temp Perdu" (a who's who of Remembrance of Things Past); Vol III. "Morceaux Choisis de Marcel Proust" (choice selections of Proust); Vol IV. "Au Bal Avec Marcel Proust" (At the Ball with Marcel Proust) by Princess Bibesco; Vol. V. Autour de Soixante Lettres de Marcel Proust" (concerning 60 Letters of Marcel Proust) by Lucien Daudet.

$975

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Ramp, James. -- this fierce heart San Francisco, Marvin Cloyd, 1936. Fine in slightly soiled brown cloth covered boards.

Inscribedand dated by Ramp on the f.e.p.

This is the second book of poetry by Ramp. It follows his Feet of Beauty(1929) and was issued in the same year as his play The Grand Illusion (1936). His next published works were a series of Gay short stories published in the mid 1960s by Pan Graphic and Fanfare under the titles The Love Smeller, Wild Strawberrys, etc., Ramp also published a number of poems in various Gay publications of the period. Not much is known of Ramp, although he was in his sixties when these stories and poems appeared, many of which appear to have been written over the course of many years.

The poems in this volume are, for the main part, exceptionally frank expressions of homoerotic love even if thinly veiled under classical illusions. The longest poem in this collection, Tristam , for example, begins with Ramp comparing his lover to Tristam, which of course turns Ramp into Isulte. Past this opening, however, lays a series of stanzas extolling Tristam's virility and the mesmorizing effect it has on Ramp.

Oh make me not ashamed of my great love..

Stay with me. Let me feel the virile strands

Of your crisp hair against my breast and throat

Weighing your splendid manhood in my hands (pardon me, but that's big enough to choke a horse)"

An exceptionally rare book of previously overlooked American Gay poetry.

$1,000

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R.F.M. A Collection of S/M edited by R.F.M Glendora, 1975. Very fine in very fine staples paper wraps, 8vo (24.5 by 21 cm), 82 pages. Two short stories by Alden King-- Trick or Slave and Arizona Slave Trade plus two short stories by Ed Wayne-- The Carnival and In The Barn. Also a true story by R.F.M. himself--Tyrone and Eric. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photographic images (including a series of R.F.M. himself in action) and black and white drawings by (John) Sean. Also a suite of black and white drawings by Jock. Young listing 3164*

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R.F.M. The Life of A Masochist Glendora, 1974. Very fine in very fine stapled paper wraps, 4vo (21.5 by 27.5 cm), 112 pages. Number 311 of an unknown number. Signed by R.F.M. on the title page. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photographic images (many in a barnyard) and full sized black and drawings by Sean. Also laid in is a signed letter from R.F.M. touting his latest line of prefab torture devices. However, it seems to me anyone not handy with a hammer and nails should not be let anywhere around a bull whip. Young listing 3165*

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R.F.M. The Life of A Masochist Glendora, 1977. Very fine in very fine stapled paper wraps, 4vo (21.5 by 28 cm), 8- pages. Number 1,002 of an unknown number. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photographic images and full sized black and drawings by Sean. By now ennui is finally setting and the boys seem a little shop worn.

[sold]

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Rolfe, Frederick. The Church of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Christchurch Hants published on the occasion of its Centenary. Very fine in very fine wraps, 8v0 (18.5 by 24cm), 8 pages on coated paper. An interesting description of Rolf's altar piece which he did 1890-92 with two black and white images of same. Seems the work was falling apart somewhat like the Portrait of Dorian until the godly parishioners restored it using bake sale proceeds. A great example of Uranian impluses colliding with Christ the risen--both in critical condition with no hope of full recovery.

$75

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Rolfe, Frederick. A set of seven different photographs from the original glass plates. Stamped on verso Forster Studio Detroit, circa 1947. Very fine condition, images are 11.5 by 16.5 cm with one measuring 4.5 by 5.5cm. On verso on one image in pencil is noted "By Corvo in Rome 1890". Actually taken by Rolfe in 1890-1892 by Lake Nimi of Toto and his merry band of friends.

No longer for sale

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Sanderson, Douglas (Ronald). Dark Passions Subdue The Story of a Guilty Attachment New York, Dodd Mead, 1952. First edition, first printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards. Very good price clipped dust jacket. Young listing 3414* for this first book by a Canadian author. Evil foreigners almost corrupt a slightly confused and addled university student. $175

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Smut, Slavic. A very nice hand colored postcard from Eastern Europe, circa 1920s, 3 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches. Fine condition, never mailed. Mr Ed meets Fickla. Scan in partial and does not reflect true colors or detail (the chrome horse, for example, is rearing on a blue globe, the whole resting on a gold lace table cloth)

$200

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Steward, Samuel. Angels on the Bough. Idaho, Caxton, 1936. First edition, first (and only) printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards, spine darkened, former owner's tag neatly pasted to corner of front f.e.p. Samuel's first novel--a work so racy for the time he was kicked out of his teaching position in a small town hick college and into the waiting wattled arms of Gretrude Stein and other degenerate European fleshpots. Sammy went on to author the Phil Andros series of Gay smut, helped tatoo countless sailors and street punks, and supplied Kinsey with tons of source materials and wet dreams. Extremely scarce in any condition.

$750

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Symonds, John Addington. A Problem in Greek Ethics London, APEOIIAITITITA Society, 1908. Very fine, 8vo (23 by 16cm), 73 pages. One of 3 three copies bound in green satin with emblem of the society and title in gilt on front board (some minor wear to head and tail of spine). With the bookplate of Robert Booth on the front paste down--an impish boy fairy astride a Pegasus. A scarce variant edition of this classic.

$500

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(Various) Second Acolyte Reader Amsterdam, Acolyte, 1987. Mint in mint paper wraps illustrated by Mario Graaf, 12mo, 192 pages. A collection of short stories by modern masters of Uranianism, including Kevin Esser, Caisimir Dukahz and Jared Bunda. Inscribed by Bunda on the contents page.

$125

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(Various) Panthology Four Amsterdam, Acolyte, 1984. Mint in mint paper wraps illustrated by Mario Graaf, 12mo, 192 pages. A collection of short stories by modern masters of Uranianism, including Kevin Esser, Caisimir Dukahz and Jared Bunda. Inscribed by Bunda on the title page.

$125

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Verieck, George Sylvester. The Candle and the Flame New York, Moffat, 1912. First edition, first printing. One of 110 copies on hand made Italian paper (Fabriano). Spine covered in vellum paper, paper covered boards (bummping to spine head and toe). Text block mint, uncut pages, frontis photo of Verieck tipped in (scan above). The nicest state of this turn-of-the century Gay poetry book, whose contents shocked Teddy Roosevelt back into the closet--although George spend a considerable amount of time trying to pry the door off its hinges. Young listing 3942

$450

Verieck, George Sylvester. The House of the Vampire New York, Moffat, 1907. First edition, first printing. Green cloth covered boards, gilt stamped title, faint ring mark on front boards. A tale of horror with homosexual rip tides throughout (not listed in Young but mentioned in Summers). A very popular work in its time, latter adapted to the stage. Dedicated to his mother (?).

$500

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