Gay Sunshine Press "I fully believe [literary historians] will view this Gay Cultural Renaissance as being of equal importance with other movements of the second half of the Twentieth Century." Founded in 1975 and still in existence, Gay Sunshine press is the oldest American Gay press. Headed by Winston Leyland, it has continually produced some of the best and innovative Gay books of our times-whether classics of erotica, ground breaking anthologies, or innovative poetry and fiction.. By dedicating itself to printing works of both American and foreign Gay writers that main line publishers would not touch (even in this day and age), Gay Sunshine has performed and is still performing an inestimable service in the cause of Gays everywhere. The following works are among the scarcest produced by the Gay Sunshine press, usually limited to editions of only 10 to 26 copies. Needless to say, they are not in any Library collection. Truly, they are reliquaries from the golden age of Gay literature. Boyd, Malcolm. Look Back In Joy. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1981. One of only 26 signed and lettered copies bound in quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 127 pages. Fond remembrances of past tricks by this man of the cloth. Young listing 383*. $375 Boyd, Robert N. Sex Behind Bars. True stories and fiction of homosexual sex in prison. Boyd was prisoner himself when he wrote this book. While still a prisoner, he died of AIDS in 1993. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1983. One of 10 numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Boyd. An as issued copy in a clear acetate dust jacket, 237 pages. $450 [Comics] Meatman An Anthology of Gay Male Comics. Edited by Winston Leyland. Introduction by Jerry Mills. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1986. Letter Q of 26 lettered copies bound in one-quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 191 pages. Contains representative cartoon strips by 30 artists, including the Hun, Bill Ward, and Jay. The first Meatman anthology (there are now close to 20 volumes) and the only one to be bound in boards. $300 Coriolan, John. A Sand Fortress. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1984. One of only 10 numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Coriolan. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 233 pages. $350 Coriolan, John. The Smile of Eros. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1984. Fine in one-quarter cloth covered boards with some very faint spotting to fore edges. First edition, first printing, 191 pages. Number 8 of only 10 copies specially bounded in boards. Signed by Coriolan and dated Key West 1985. Sponsored in part by a NEA grant. $300 Coriolan, John. Unzipped. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1983. One of only 30 signed and numbered copies bound in quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 160 pages. Illustrated with two Tom of Finland drawings. $300 Dagion, John. (editor) Trucker True revelations and strange happenings from 18 wheeler, Vol. 2. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1986. One of only 10 numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Only "Trucker" book so bound. Photo illustrated. Signed by Dagion. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 185 p. $350 Everhard, James (1946-1986). Cute San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1982. One of only 26 lettered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Everhard with an additional hand written poem not found in the paper back edition. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 80 pages. $500 Fritcher, Jack. Leather Blues. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1984. One of only 10 numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Fritcher. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 91 pages. $350 Genet, Jean. Treasures of the Night. Collected Poems. Translated by Steven Finch. Drawings by Bill Sullivan. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1981. Number 57 of 100 copies bound in dull gold lame cloth. Fine condition, 119 pages. $150 Hsien-Yung, Pai. Crystal Boys. Translated by Howard Goldblat. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1990. One of a limited edition of 26 lettered copies. An as issued copy with 1/4 cloth covered boards, 330 pages. Signed by Hsien-Yung. A novel of contemporary Chinese gay life. (not as much of an oxymoron as one might suppose) Summers says it is the first appearance of homosexual Chinese literature since the end of the Ching dynasty. Based on actual events as they occurred, this work is not only a novel but also a sociological first, since prior to this there were no pubic (oops, I meant public) accounts of Gay life in Chinese society. Imagine if Margaret Mead and Pearl Buck had stumbled upon Gay bars and baths and wrote a novel about it. (Coming of Age in the Mineshaft or The Bad Earth?) $ 500 Kelly, Dennis. Size Queen and Other Poems. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1981. One of only 26 signed and numbered copies bounded in quarter cloth covered boards. Fine condition, 111 pages. Illustrated with photo collages by Kelly. Also includes a handwritten full page poem by Kelly not found in the regular paper trade edition. $325 Kent, Girard. The Boy Harlequin San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1983. One of only 26 lettered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. A collection of short stories signed by Kent. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 205 pages. $450 Leyland, Winston (editor) Lust Licentious, Underground, Sexy , True Gay Encounters. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1986. Fine in one-quarter cloth covered boards, 173 pages. First edition, first printing. Number 5 of only 10 copies specially bound in boards. Contains stories by Robert Boyd, John Dagion, and Jason Fury, among others. $300 Leyland, Winston. (editor) My Deep Dark Pain is Love. A collection of Latin American Gay Fiction. Translated by E.A. Lacey. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1983. Among others, includes the following three short stories by Manuel Puig: The Black Detective, The Sado-Masoch Blues, and Classical Farrah. One of 26 lettered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards. Signed by Leyland and Lacey. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 383 pages. $350 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 Rimbaud, Arthur and Paul Verlaine. A Lover's Cock and Other Poems. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1979. One of only 50 copies bounded in full cloth covered boards. Translated by J. Murat and W. Gunn. Young listing 3297*. $225 Ronan, Richard (1946-1989). Buddha's Kisses and other poems San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1980. One of only 26 lettered copies bound in full red cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Ronan with an additional hand written poem not found in the paper back edition. Faintly water spotted boards, no damage to text, 96 pages. Young listing 3346*. $250 Smith, Michael. (editor) Black Men/White Men. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1983. One of only 10 numbered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards that comprised the entire hardback edition. Signed by Smith. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 238 pages. An illustrated (some drawings done by Michael Grumley) series of stories, poems, and essays exploring black and white gay relationships. This work predates by three years Joseph Beam's anthology In The Life, which Summers calls a ground breaking work of gay Afro-American literature. Black Men/White Men contains the first published work of Larry Duplechan, Peanuts and the Old Spice Kid. Also making their publishing debut in this anthology are Mark Ameen, Paul Cahill, Gabe Sims, and Richard Witherspoon. Other authors contributing original works for this volume are Jeffery Beam, Joel Ensara, and Salik Fisher. $500 Zapata, Luis. Adonis Garcia: A Picaresque Novel Translated by E.A. Lacey. First English edition of this classic Gay Mexican masterpiece. San Francisco, Gay Sunshine, 1981. One of only 26 lettered copies bound in 1/4 cloth covered boards. Signed by both Zapata and Lacey. An as issued copy with a clear acetate dust jacket, 207 pages. Young listing 4277* $650