Amsterdam and Paris: Aux depens d'une Socièté d'Amateurs [Marcel Seheur]. (1936). This uncommon and controversial text on pederasty bears an introduction by "Bramatos." The illustrations however are missing in this copy. Pia 12. One of 250 hand numbered copies, this example #26. Very good in original salmon colored wrappers and contemporary 3/4 leather binding. Quite uncommon. More about Alcibiade Enfant a l'Ecole

London: John Watkins (1939). 360pp. A collection of mystical poetry, much of it clearly homosexual in tone, written by a Cambridge scholar who migrated to India and lived much of his adult life in an ashram. Very good in cream boards, light wear to edges. Quite uncommon. More about Poems

Cayme Press (1926) 8pp. An obscene dialogue between two schoolboys "wherein one learns a somewhat unorthodox lesson from the other" (d'Arch Smith, Love in Earnest @ 148) perhaps inspired by Alcibiades fanciullo a scola. Bainbrigge, a Cambridge undergraduate, was also the author of another Cayme Press title with Uranian content entitled Achilles in Scyros. One of only 75 copies printed for subscribers to the Cayme Press. Very good in lightly sunned blue wrappers, errata slip tipped-in. Quite rare. Young 151. More about Dialogus Jocundus Robertus

The artist, a bi-sexual Englishman, was one of the more prominent purveyors of nude male magazines and photographs in the post-war period, some of which earned him time in prison. He published magazines such as "Man to Man" and "Golden Boys" and assorted others, but he also self-published several books with more serious allusions, such as the "Superb Youth," series which attempt to cross the line into more conventional "artist's books." Notwithstanding this pretense, the books contain a wealth of well-endowed and quite attractive young men in assorted provocative poses. This profile portrait on “scraper board” measures 15.25” x 12”, signed “JB ’59” at lower left, a few light surface cracks. More about

Two small photographs, one of Sylvia Beach and her longtime lover, Adrienne Monnier seated outside in a country setting ( "inked "49" on verso) and another of Beach's country retreat with a penned notation at bottom: "chalet de Sylvia Les Déserts Savoie". The latter is worn at edges with small loss at corners. Along with the following material: A membership card to the Société des Amis de Léon-Paul Fargue (dated 1950) with the inscribed name of Beach and her bookstore address (likely in her own hand); a folded invitation bearing Beach's name, inviting her to attend an exhibition of the work of Fargue on the 5th anniversary of his death; a publicity card for an Hommage a Léon-Paul Fargue; a copy of Correspondence Revue (dec., 1928) containing the essay "Le Théatre Élisabéthain" which pears a notation in the hand of Mauirice Saillet, along with her signature on first page. More about Ephemera Collection

Benga (1906-1957) a Senegalese cabaret dancer, who, like his female counterpart Josephine Baker, created a sensation on the Paris stage with his “carnal choreography often set in steamy and distant places". He modeled for numerous works by Tchelitchew, starred in Cocteau's surrealist masterpiece, Le Sang d'un Poète and was photographed by many of the leading photographers of the day. Van Vechten, Carl. (7" x 10"). stamped on verso, with blind stamp on recto. More about Original portrait by Carl Van Vechten

Bourgoint and his sister were immortalized in Cocteau's classic Les Enfants Terribles as the troubled siblings whose relationship ended in disaster. Bourgoint was a member of Cocteau's close circle of friends, which included Berard, Maurice Sachs, Rene; Crevel and assorted others, many of whom were frequent users of opium. He later befriended Jacques Maritain and eventually settled in Cameroun, where he worked in a leper colony. The image is approximately 8.5" x 7" and is in very good condition and bears the Bourgoint ownership stamp. Although unsigned by Berard, the images is one of a series by the artist assembled by Bourgoint and sold in Paris in 1966. Henri Sauguet wrote at that time: "Bourgoint, a vingt ans...etait l'ami de Christian Berard et de Cocteau, qui s'inspire de sa vie pour "Les Enfants Terribles." Il se lie d'amitie avec Sauguet, Maritain, Crevel, Benoist-Mechin, d'Astier de La Vigerie, Maurice Sachs, Jean Hugo, tout l'entourage de Cocteau l'accueille, le fete. Il dessine beaucoup, puis soudain, il abandonne Paris, passe un temps a la campagne chez Jean Hugo, puis en 1947, entre la Trappe de Citeaux, d'ou il part en Afrique soigner les lepreux. C'est au milieu d'eux qu'il vient mourir. Cette collection est emouvante on y trouve...un ensemble tres important de Berard. More about Two figures at table, from the collection of Jean Bourgoint

Lille: Mercure de Flandre, 1929. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Wrappers foxed. Spine split. A curious novel by the prolific author of a variety of decadent publications. More about Le Spectre de Lord Allman

Paris: Les Bibliophiles Fantaisistes (1912). lg. 4to. 110pp. Memoirs of Cambridge life, society life in London and Paris, "fumeurs d'opium", etc. Boulestin contributed to Fersen's short-lived journal Akademos with similar material. Very good in wrappers, some staining to endpapers. More about Tableaux de Londres

New Zealand (2012). 206pp. Hardcover. A collection of 230 photographs by Robert Gant, an English immigrant in New Zealand, an amateur photographer and a lover of men. Manly Affections takes us into Gant’s world of small town New Zealand between 1885 and 1915. What happened when an artistic ‘new chum’ and his camera met the rugby- and cricket-playing locals is revealed in this impressively produced bok. Very good in very good jacket. More about Manly Affections: The Photographs of Robert Gant (1885-1915

Toronto: Ryerson Press (1924). The Uranian poet's third volume of poetry, illustrated by Orson Wheeler. Very good in blue fabric boards. More about Blue Homespun

Paris: Le Divan (1926). 287pp. An early work by the prolific chronicler of Parisian degenerate life. One of 1,500 numbered copies, with a printed dedication to Pierre Mac Orlan. Near fine in wrappers. More about L'Amour Vénal