Newly Released Editions

LORD LYLLIAN: BLACK MASSES by Jacques d'Adelswärd Fersen

This edition is the first English translation of the eccentric Baron Fersen's decadent gay novel, Lord Lyllian: Black Masses. Fersen (1880-1923) was arrested in 1903 and charged with indecent assault and "exciting minors to debauchery". He was forced to leave France and settled in Capri, where he began the novel the following year. Originally published in 1905, it was one of the first novels written about Oscar Wilde after his demise and is filled with outrageous descriptions of fin de siècle excesses, including Fersen's own addiction to opium and adolescent boys. The edition is limited to 500 copies bound in black silk moiré, with a reproduction of the original cover illustration by Claude Simpson tipped onto the cover. Jeremy Reed has contributed an Introduction to the edition. $65

Jullian, Philippe. Marraine.
A short story about a penpal relationship between Marraine, ostensibly a middle aged provincial French spinster, and a French legionnaire serving in the Far East. Jullian paints an amusing portrait of this long distance courtship and brings the tale to a surprising conclusion. Printed letterpress in an edition of 150 copies, with illustrations by the author. $50

Forthcoming:

CZANARA, The Art and Photographs of Raymond Carrance: CZANARA. Raymond Carrance was a highly talented artist, photographer and book illustrator, whose work is largely unknown today. He used the pseudonym "Czanara" for his homoerotic work and this collection will present a number of his photographs and drawings done in the 1950s and 60s. Available spring 2006.