New York : Seven Arts (1926) 45pp. The poetry of a young man who committed suicide at 18 and later published by his brother, Benjamin DeCasseres. Good in decorative paper boards, edges lightly worn, corners bumped. An uncommon collection. More

Paris: Persona (1982). These homoerotic poems are illustrated with drawings by Luis Caballero. An unnumbered copy warmly inscribed by the author on endpaper. Very good in wrappers, light stain to cover. More

Napoli: Guida (1988). 4to. An Italian reprint of the author's Summer Islands with a number of color photographic illustrations and notes by several hands. Very good in very god jacket, light edgewear. More

Paris: Albin Michel (1928). An uncommon gay novel set in a Montmartre gay bar which accurately reflects the decadence of the 1920s through the eyes of the bar's owner Horace and his much younger lover. Very good in original wrappers by Vertes, light edgewear, wrinkling to spine. One of 10 special copies on Mongolfier (#9). Quite uncommon. More

Paris: L'Édition Moderne (1906). later ed. One of the highly romantic gay novels about intense schoolby love written by the pseudononymous author in the early years of the twentieth century. These novels had a great following at the time and were reviewed by Prime-Stevenson in his classic, The Intersexes. Good in illustrated wrappers, covers a little browned and spotted, wear to spine, pages uncut, small chip to rear cover, front wrapper partially split at hinge. More

Naples (ND) circa 1915. An uncommon early treatise on homosexuality, as well as other reputed sexual abnormalities. A fair copy, front wrapper not present, much of the spine has chipped, internally very good. More

An extroardinary letter from Rear Admiral David G. Farragut aboard the flagship Hartford at Mobile Bay, Alabama dated September 17, 1864 addressed to Acting Ensign, Robert H. Carey aboard the USS William G. Anderson, concerning the Court Martial of a man on charges of "Scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals". The accused was found guilty of acts of sodomy; in part: "After mature deliberation, the court found the accused Guilty of the Charge and sentenced as follows; viz - 'And the Court do sentence the accused, Geo. W. Curtis, Landsman, to ten years confinement at hard labor in the Parish Prison, New Orleans, La. and to the loss of all pay and freeze money now due, or which may become due to him.' I have approved the sentence of the Court in this case. You will have the prisoner sent in irons by the first opportunity to New Orleans, to be transferred to the proper authorities for confinement. This communication to be read on the Quarter deck of your vessel at general muster." The charge of sodomy had been a capital crime up until 1831, although the military did not specifically outlaw it until 1921. Homosexuality was taboo at the time, and there are very few records of it during the Civil War. No punishments were recorded for any soldiers in the army, and only a few records have been found for sailors who were charged and dismissed from the Navy. Usual mail folds, with toning being darker at the folds, some foxing. Four small strips of tape have been placed along mail folds on interior pages. Some weakness along center fold has resulted in slight separation. Two pages of a bifolium, 7.75" x 10" More

Paris: L. Vanier (1901). 203pp. An early collection of "poemes de l'enfance" by Fersen, who fled from France to Capri when his "messes noires" with young men gained the attention of Parisian authorities. Very good in decorative jacket by Louis Morin, who also contributed several drawings in the text. Introduction by Edmond Rostand. More

Paris, Éditions de Pan (1911). (4to) 39 pp. One of the rarest books published by the eccentric writer, limited to 130 numbered copies (this example unnumbered). Many of the poems bear printed dedications to his fellow writers, Laurent Tailhade, Georges Eekhoud, Robert Scheffer, as well as his longtime consort Nino Cesarini. The title comes from the famous garden in Sri Lanka, which Fersen had visited several years earlier on an extended trip to the island. Very good in original wrappers. More

London: Printed for George Peacock (ND). Hardcover. No. 5 in a series of pamphlets from the Library Illustrative of Social Progesss from the original editions collected by the late Henry Thomas Buckle. Very good in grey boards, numbered at head of spine. More

Lyon: Bosc (1935). 100pp. An interesting doctoral dissertation dealing with the question of assorted "perversions" engaged in by members of the French army, with an extended case studies and descriptions of homosexual behavior. Inscribed by the author on endpaper. Quite uncommon. very good in very good, lightly worn wrappers. More

NP; NP (c 1827). 8vo. oblong (13.5 cm. x 20cm). A series of 16 hand-colored copper engravings (8" x 5.5") relating to the death and interment of Pope Pius VII and the election of Pope Leo XII (printed on rectos only). Three additional colored engravings depict Pope Leo XII and costumes of the religious order of Adoratrices. Original full limp vellum with printed vellum label on spine, tissue guards, in custom blue cloth clamshell case. Light toning to covers, damp staining to bottoms of several pages (not affecting images). Ex-collection Islay Lyons. More

Tarik (2001). 71pp. Soft cover. A heavily illustrated record of the last years of Jean Genet in Morocco, with interviews of those he knew in his final years and numerous photographs. Very good in stiff wrappers. More