Il Guardaroba di Gabriele d'Annunzio: Conformismo e Trasgressione
Firenze (1988). 4to. 168pp. Elaborately illustrated exhibition catalog on d'Annunzio's life and wardrobe. Numerous photographs. Uncommon. Very good in wrappers. More
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His own image. A novel
New York : G.W. Dillingham Co., 1899. 310pp. An odd novel about a stifled relationship between an actor and protege. From the author of the gay novel Marriage Below Zero published the following year. Very good in decorative boards. More
Le Voyage de Shakespeare
Paris: Editions du Capitole (1927). 4to. 418pp. A record of Shakespeare's voyage of 1584 with 46 full-page illustrations and 8 vignettes by Gaston Goor. Laid into the book is a 2 pp. holograph letter from Goor (dated 1927) to Louis Brulé mentioning several books that he was illustrating (including "Le Voyage de Shakespeare". He also mentions his address as 14 Cité Falguière, an atelier for artists (where Modigliani, Brancusi, Foujita also had spaces). The letter is illustrated with a pencil drawing of a lady with a parasol, Notre Dame in the background. One of 1680 numbered copies, this is one of 1400 on Alfa Francia. Very good in original decorative wrappers, light wear to covers and spine. More
Norman Douglas
London: Rupert Hart-Davis (1952). First revised ediiton, very good in card wrappers, light edgewear. More
Catalogi Librorum Eroticorum
London: Woolf (1964). A critical bibliography of erotic bibliographies and book catalogues. One of 500 numbered copies, this is #3. Very good in boards, a little spine sunned. More
Sous-Offs; Romain Militaire
Paris Modern-Bibliothèque [1909?] 155p. The first illustrated edition of this novel, which caused a scandal when it appeared. because of its 'indelicate and unpatriotic' novel about military life, it includes one character, Laprévotte, a sodomite, who is cuaght in Le Havre with a group of seven boys. It was prodeeded against for indecency ('outrage aux moeurs'), and the defendants were acquitted in March 1890." - - Patrick Pollard, André Gide: Homosexual Moralist, Yale University Press, 1991). More
Le Confluent
Paris: Union Internationale d'Éditions (1909). 155pp. This "roman militaire" is similar to Lucien Descave's portrayal of army life in "Sous-Off" in its descriptions of the seamier aspects of military life. Deverin, an accomplished artist as well as writer, describes in some detail visits to brothels and assorted sexual improprieties. Very good in original decorative wrappers, light wear to covers and spine. The author has illustrated the front endpapers with an original signed drawing depicting a seated soldier. Uncommon. More
Bruce of Los Angeles
Berlin: Bruno Gmunder (1990). 4to. Numerous photographs by the photgrapher of male nudes. Fine in stiff wrappers. Text in English, German and French. More
In Excelsis
London: Martin Secker (1924). Written while Douglas was serving a six month prison sentence for his libel of Winston Churchill. Very good in lightly tanned blue linen boards, custom chemise and slipcase. Inscribed to Rupert Croft-Cooke, who wrote a rather favorable biography of Douglas in 1964. More
Grand Man, Grand Woman: Letters from Norman Douglas to Nancy Cunard and four letters from Cunard to Douglas
Graz: Neugebauer (2016). 277pp. Volume 8 of the Norman Douglas Selected Correspondence series, the correspondence commences in 1928 and ends shortly before Douglas' death in 1952. Fine in red fabric boards, as issued. Photographic frontispiece. More
Sculpter sa statue
Paris: Oliven (1956). 96pp. Collection of writings on various subjects- aesthetics, spirituality, etc, illustrated throughout with homoerotic drawings by Hervé Dubly. One of only 125 signed and numbered copies (#40), warmly inscribed on title page by the author. Very good in illustrated wrappers, rear wrapper lightly worn. More
Incitacion Sexual
Mexico City: Biblioteca Cientifica (1956). 252pp. One of many such popular books dedicated to sexual issues in the 1950s, with guidance on various prohibited activities, including a discussion of homosexuality. One chapter deals with the sex lives of writers and includes essays on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Tchaikovsky, Balzac and others. Very good in lightly worn illustrated wrappers. Quite rare. More
La Bonne Cuisine Francaise: Tout ce qui a rapport à la table, manuel-guide pour la ville et la campagne
Paris: Librairie Henri Aniere (1928). 650pp. The classic book of French cuisine, illustrated throughout by line drawings of assorted preparations. This copy bears the penciled signature of noted American cook and food writer Richard Olney on the front endpaper, as well as the bookplate of the doyenne of English cooking, Elizabeth David. Olney and David were close friends and the book was no doubt a gift to Olney. A fair/good copy, red boards a bit marked, head of spine has small tears, front hinge splitting. More
Ourika
Paris: Chez Ladvocat (1824). 172pp. This anonymously published novel about a young black African woman and her life in a French household, considered to be the first effort serious effort by a white writer to explore the relationship of blacks and whites. Duras's novel Edouard followed in 1825 and explored similarly unconventional issues of sexuality. The original edition of Ourika appeared in a very small edition of perhaps a dozen copies- this edition appeared the same year. A very good copy contemporary boards, bookplates on front pastedown. More
Contes d'Amour des Samourais
Paris: Jacques Damase (1981). Soft cover. Illustrations by Patrick Raynaud, re-edition of the 17th century gay poems. More
Escal-Vigor
Paris: Mercure de France (1899). 261pp. The second edition of this controversial gay novel, which was prosecuted for pederastic content in a widely publicized case. After a storm of protest and support from numerous literary celebrities, Eekhoud was eventually acquitted and the book has remained one of the foundational works of modern gay literature. Very good in period binding, original wrappers not present, light wear. More
3000 Jahre Bolschewismus
Leipzig, Klaristischer Verlag Akropolis (16pp.) (ND). One of a series of publications by this early German advocate of sexual emancipation and the revival of "male culture". He was a frequent contributor to Der Eigene and his anthology of homoerotic literature, Lieblingminne und Freundesliebe in der Weltliteratur is an important text in the field and the precursor to Edward Carpenter's Iolaus. Very good in wrappers, light spotting to covers. More
A collection of twenty-three vintage sexually explicit photographs (various sizes and formats) involving men in a variety of sexual acts. Eleven of the images appear to date from the 1940/50s and the remainder likely 1960s/70s. All are in very good condition and bear no markings as to origin, but appear to be amateur productions. Please inquire for further details. More
Young Man with a Screwdriver
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (1950). 56pp. A collection of poetry by the New Orleans native with an introduction by Tennessee Williams. Warmly inscribed by the author to the Neo-Romantic painter Pavel Tchelitchew on front endpaper. Very good in very good jacket, with light rubbing. More
Le Mouvement Esthétique et "Decadent" en Angleterre (1873-1900)
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion (1931). 414pp. An exhaustive study of English decadent literature between 1873-1900, with references to Wilde, the Rhymer's Club, Pater and many others. Very good in original wrappers. More
Sunday or a Working Girl's Lament
Monaco: Imprimerie A. Chene (1930). sm. 4to. An amusing prose poem by the ultra-chic Mrs. Reginald Fellowes (neé Marguerite Décazes), a "feminine dictator of impenetrable hardness," according to Sir Harold Acton. Fellowes traveled in very fashionable circles of the period and was known, among other things, for being the best dressed woman in the world. Seventy four leaves printed on rectos only, along with three attractive color vignettes. One of only 200 numbered copies printed, this is #13, signed by the author. Good in illustrated boards, covers a little sunned, corners slightly bumped, small stain at top edge on rear cover, tape on spine and some yellowed ink. More
Les Pervertis
Paris (1907). Soft cover. An early softcore erotic "roman d'un potache" (schoolboy novel) by the nephew of George Sand, written when he was eighteen. One of the most provocative cover illustrations of the period. Very good in wrappers, some wear to edges and spine. More
Les Pervertis
Paris: Librairie Universelle, 1904. Soft cover. This edition appeared without the cover illustration. More
Les Nuits et Les Ennuis du Mont-Parnasse
Paris: Jouve (1928). 276pp. A memoir of Paris in the 1920s, with illustrations by various artists, including Foujita. One illustration, by Edouard Deverin, shows the infamous Baron Adelsward Fersen introducing Georges Verlaine to his mother. Also included is a letter by Fersen to Jean Lorrain. Very good in later binding, covers present, but trimmed. Uncommon. More