. [California 1989-1990]. Boy with Arms Akimbo. [California 1989-1900]. A group of material from this anonymous AIDS activist collective working in and around the Bay Area from 1989-1992. Taking a more provocative and confrontational stance than many other activist groups, they used guerilla art tactics to promote a pro-queer-sex message in the wake of Jesse Helms’ 1988 amendment banning federal funding for AIDs education programs. More than 4000 posters (several documented here) were pasted around San Francisco by BWAA and their work spread throughout the country. An early adopter of DIY and anti-copyright aesthetics, the encouraged appropriation of their texts, projects and iconography- including their eponymous logo. As the Queer Cultural Center noted when they included BWAA in their 2011 Queer it Yourself exhibition: “The group also welcomed and documented the informal contributions of passerby who improved, defaced or otherwise modified its street graphics.” Included are: Sheet of 10 “Sex is /Just Sex” stickers; One 57.7 x 43 cm poster for a Canadian Micah Lexier exhibition poster on newsprint prominently reproducing the Boy With Arms Akimbo motif; Five double weight gelatin BW photographs, one 10” x 8” , the others 16” x 20” (with one duplicate, but processed at a different exposure with different parts of detail shown) all showing various interventions at (and on) the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco; A small (12pp) 16mo. Xerographically reproduced pamphlet Boy with Arms Akimbo: His Story (San Francisco: Healing Tales 1989). More about Boy with Arms Akimbo

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 (1978). Soft cover. lg. 4to. One of the more attractive of Avedon's book, this copy is inscribed by him on the front endpaper. Near fine in glassine wrappers, small penned ownership signature on endpaper. More about Photographs 1947-1977

København: Gyldendal (1904). 379pp. The only overtly gay novel written by the highly regarded Danish writer, a leading European impressionist writer of the period. Bang was openly gay, a fact which contributed to his isolation in the cultural life of Denmark and made him the victim of smear campaigns. The book was adapted to the screen in 1902 and again in 1924, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Very good in contemporary marbled boards. Quite rare. More about Mikael

London (1973). 50pp. 4to. An uncommon volume showcasing the work of gay-artist Jim French. Illustrated throughout with full-page pencil drawings. Jim French (1932–2017) was an American photographer, filmmaker and publisher who, under the pseudonym Rip Colt, created Colt Studio. French left a legacy of homoerotic images in photo sets, magazines, books and calendars that presented his work exclusively and set a new standard in photography of nude men. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. More about The Colt Album

San Francisco: Running Elk (1966). A collection of forty-two homoerotic linoleum block illustrations by the Beat painter, Rick Barton and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem Press on fine rag paper. The book was finished several months before Barton went blind in one eye and is a testament to his great talents as a creative artist. Some of the images portray his circle of friends, including his onetime lover Kenneth Anger, his publisher Harold La Vigne and his assistant David Nelson. The linocuts are printed on individual sheets and laid into a paper portfolio, signed by Barton and Nelson on the title page. The edition is one of 100 numbered copies. A very good copy in original brown wrappers. More about The Penis is an Angry Face

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 7" x 8.5" 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 Woman at curtain, with frame in background. From the Jean Bourgoint collection

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

Paris (2000). Catalog of a highly praised exhibition at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Heavily illustrated. Very good in wrappers. More about Portrait(s) de Sarah Bernhardt

Black Sparrow (1975). Two short works translated by Bowles, this pamphlet was issued prior to the publication of Mrabet's Harmless Poisons, Blameless Lies. Very good, a bit yellowed at edges. More about Hadidan Aharam

Oxford: Blackwell (1894). An uncommon anthology of verse by Oxford undergraduates which includes some of G.G. Gillett's overtly Uranian work, as well as contributions by Stanley Addleshaw, Laurence Binyon and others. Very good in lightly worn wrappers. More about Oxford Verses

Napoli: Tip. L. Barca (1936). 24pp. Very good in lightly worn wrappers. More about Archivio Storico Caprense

Twenty-five postcards addressed to the infamous Marquesa Luisa Casati at various addresses, generally between 1918-1925, including the following:. Twenty-six postcards addressed to the infamous Marquesa Luisa Casati at various addresses, generally between 1918-1925, including the following: One Signed by Igor Stravinsky and Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson (Lord Berners) addressed to the Marquise Casati in Rome in 1917; one signed Tristan Tzara his friends Canadel with a small drawing of a finger through the heart, dated 20s (not postmarked); one signed Russell Greely (and Francois) to Casati at Hotel de Rhin, Paris, un-posted; one addressed to Francis D'Gouy to Manolo referencing “Robert” (Montesquiou?); one in the hand of Robert de Montesquiou, undated, not posted; one postmarked (1918) card from an unknown person addressed to Casati in Rome; one post-marked card (1925), unsigned to Casati at Le Vesinet, one card addressed to Casati at Hotel Ritz in Paris from “Francois”; one postmarked card (1918) to Casati in Rome, signature illegible; one postmarked card to Casati in Milan (signature illegible); one from Valentine and Jean Hugo, posted in 1925 (they signed Victor Hugo and Juliette Hugo in ink); one from her father (signed Papa) sent to Casati at Palace Hotel in St. Moritz; four un-postmarked cards which appear to be from her sister Cristina; five un-posted with various messages in unknown hands (2 signed “Nina”); one addressed to Louisa from “Napier” writing from Ravello, chez “Ricardo Sampro”; two in Italian, unposted from an unknown sender; one postmarked card to Comte de Gossy (?) from “R.” Along with: 15 postcards, unsigned, unsent, some collages, some altered, perhaps by Casati- apprently from the same photo album. A fascinating insight into Casati’s world between the two wars, the correspondence illuminates her travels and relationships during the height of her popularity. Laid into a custom clamshell box bound in blue linen. More about