Barcelona: La Vida Literaria (1903?). 95pp. One of a series of pseudo-scientific publications on salacious sexual subjects. This volume includes a bind-bending selection of topics, including sex with animals, "prostitución masculina... la pederastia....los putos de Buenos Aires....etc." Good in rather worn wrappers. Uncommon. More about La Lujuria Humana (Estudio médico-Social

Amsterdam: F. van Rossen (1908). 78pp. Aletrino was a prolific Dutch writer and a lecturer on criminal anthropology in Amsterdam and was one of the earliest Dutch advocates of homosexual rights, widely respected in his field. In 1903 he visited Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin and discusses his observations in Hermaphrodisie en uranisme. See Bleys, The Geography of Perversion: Male-To-Male Sexual Behavior Outside the West. Very god in original wrappers, small signature on front cover, light sunning to edges, light spotting to foredge. More about Hermaphrodisie en uranisme

Le Chesnay: Imprimerie Moderne (1930). 10pp. Soft cover. A scholarly review of the existing theories of homosexuality and androgyny, which draws a distinction between true and "pseudo" inversion. Very good in wrappers, light sunning to covers. Uncommon. More about De L'Inversion Sexuelle a la Formation et a la Détermination des Sexes

New York: Dial (1979). Hardcover. The last novel to appear in Baldwin's lifetime. A very good copy in very good jacket with only minor edgewear. Warmly inscribed by Baldwin on the title page. More about Just Above my Head

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

John S. Barrington (aka John Paignton) was a pioneering pornographer and bisexual photographer of male ""physique"" images in postwar Britain. He was routinely harassed by British authorities and spent time in jail for publishing gay muscle magazines. He was also an accomplished artist and much of Barrington's artwork appeared in his numerous publications, such as the Art and Anthropometry series. A very good example of his work, some wear to edges and paper, but very good otherwise. Unsigned. More about Original pen and ink of recumbent male nude (20" x 14"

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

Paris: Editions Janus (1953). 25pp. lg 8vo. Soft cover. A collection of poems by the gay artist/poet. Warmly inscribed on front endpaper, with a long holograph poem to the dedicatee. Very good in wrappers. More about L'Encrier a la Jambe de Bois

Berlin: Foerster (1980). Soft cover. First German reprint of this Uranian novel originally published in 1960. Fine in illustrated wrappers. More about Verfolgte Minderheit

Tangier: Khbar Bladna (2009). Soft cover. More about The Bigger Circle

Paris (1925). later ed. The author, an opium addict himself and a disciple of the Symbolists, was one of the first French writers to study the action of opium on intelligence. Very good in illustrated wrappers, a touch of foxing. More about Fumeurs d'Opium

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

Paris: Imprimerie Paul Dupont (1945). A portfolio of thirty-three images by Boullet, one of his more uncommon books. This example is one of only 25 numbered copies (XIV) of the tete de l'edtion, printed on Japon. Laid into the book is an original signed drawing by Boullet, as called for in the colophon. A very good copy in the original board chemise, with silk ties, light browning to covers with light wear to foredge. A lovely copy. More about Tapis Volant: 33 dessins sur un thème personnel avec un prologue de Jean Cocteau