Naples: Luigi Pierro (1906), 8vo. One of Douglas's early works, an account of Giordano's De Capreis insula from his Historia Neapolitana. The third in a series on Capri by the author. Original salmon wrappers stamped in black, photographic frontispiece missing (as in most copies). One of 250 copies. Woolf A9. Very good, light wear and small chips to spine. More
Graz: Neugebauer (2010). 312pp. Volume 3 of the Selected Correspondence of Norman Douglas, which includes nearly 40 years of letters between these longtime friends, covering a wide range of shared interests and acquaintances. Illustrations. Fine in red linen boards. More
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
Paris. 1 April 1921 (Series B. #2). (20” x 8/5”). 4pp. An unusual publication by the American dancer/poet/printer who settled in Paris in 1911 and printed a number of his own works, including this periodical espousing his philosophies. This edition also includes short works by Han Ryner, Louis Forest and an excerpt from Natalie Barney’s Pensées d'une Amazon. Very good, edges lightly darkened, folded sheet. Rare. More
Golden Cockerel Press. [1933]. Hardcover. One of 325 numbered copies printed by Gibbings in Golden Cockerel type on Batchelor's hand-made paper with seven wood-engravings by Gibbings. A very good copy in morocco-backed decorated cloth, top edge gilt, light bump to one corner. More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit (1912). 64pp. A medical treatise on various aspects of "abnormal" psychology with emphasis on sexuality delivered at a medical conference in Tunis in 1912. Extensive discussion of "inversion" and related matters. Very good in wrappers, endpaper has one small corner clipped. More
Paris: Chez Ladvocat (1825). 2vols. 238pp and 225pp. 2nd ed. One of two important novels published by Duras during her lifetime (the other being Ourika) both of which deal with controversial subjects of marginalized characters and the social pressures which subvert romantic relationships. In Edouard, the story revolves around the son of a worker adopted by a nobleman who falls in love with his adopted sister. Edouard, understanding the impossibility of the misalliance joins the army and seeks death as a solider rather than pursuing the ill-faited romance. Two volumes, each bound in contemporary paper boards and leather spines, adverts at end of second volume, some light rubbing and wear to covers, occasional light spotting. The first edition was issued in a very small edition of 100 copies; this edition is the first edition in commerce. More
NP: ND. One of several collections of erotic novelettes, this edition includes "l'Amateur de femmes bien chaussées" ; "Branlage merdeux"; "Deux aspects de Don Juan: 1) Don Juan se fait Mécanicien and 2) Don Juan joue à l'inverti. Quite uncommon. Very good in original green wrappers, light wear to covers. More
Bruxelles: La Renaissance du Livre (1926) 282pp. An uncommon gay novel highly praised by Jean Genet. Eekhoud wrote a number of novels with similar themes, most notably the controversial Escal Vigour which precipitated a prosecution that the author ultimately won. Many of his works have been republished in recent years, including this work. Very good in marbled boards, original wrappers not present. More
Hawthorn (Australia). May 1973. The second series of Earth Ship, with contributions by Eigner, Francis Ponge and others. Quite uncommon, good in stapled wraps, light wear to covers and small closed tears. Inscribed by the editor to the poet Paul Mariah inside front wrapper. More
Châteauroux ; Paris ; San Juan de Arama : Serge Plantureux, 1998. 30pp. Facsimile edition of this catalogues, issued originally in Paris 1904. Fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. More
Léon Vanier/Albert Messein: Paris (1903). 4to. 174pp. This volume of poetry was written the same year as the author's "Messes Noires" scandal. It was also the year of his friendship with Loulou Locré, a pupil at the Lycée Carnot and of his ultimately disastrous association with Albert François de Warren, a contemporary who appears in Peyrefitte's novel about Fersen. Very good in decorative green boards with a tipped-on photograph of the author. The first hardbound copy of the book we have seen, in what appears to be a publisher's binding. Quite uncommon. 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
Paris: Vanier (1905). 3rd ed. Fersen's semi-autobiographical novel about the decadent Lord Lyllian," a breathtaking mixture of truth and fiction" according to the scholar Will Ogrinc. Fersen includes among his cast of characters not only Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas, but Friedrich Krupp, Péladan, Robert de Montesquiou, Jean Lorrain and many others. The author's legal battles with his own "messes noires" happened several years before this novel was published and Fersen had retreated to Capri. A good copy in the very appealing wrappers designed by Claude Simpson, modest browning to covers, spine a bit wrinkled, small tears to front hinge. The mention of a "troisieme edition" on title page may be fictive. An English translation of the novel, issued by Elysium Press, was published in 2005. More
Privately printed for Alan Clodd (1965). 5pp. An early short work by Firbank, with an introduction by his biographer, Miriam Benkovitz. One of 50 numbered copies issued, fine in 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
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow (1972). One of 200 numbered copies signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy in orange printed paper boards with cloth spine and paper label. Ford was a major figure in post-War Surrealist circles and longtime friend of Pavel Tchelitchew. More
Cincinnati: Little Man Press (1941). A collection of the author's poetry with a colored frontispiece by Matta. A very good copy in the printed dust jacket, light sunning at edges. One of 50 signed copies, this is #10. Laid in a is a photographic postcard from the author (who also took the photograph) which bears a holograph signed note in his hand (dated 1977). More
Glasgow (1945). Text of a lecture given at Glasgow University. Very good in brown wrappers. More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1940. 32 pp. Soft cover. Macmillan War Pamphlets, No. 3. 12mo, original orange wrappers printed in blue. First edition. Kirkpatrick A23. 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
Leipzig: Leipziger Verlag, [1904]. Fuchs was a leading member of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee and published a number of essays on homosexuality in various publications. He is particularly known for his work Richard Wagner und die Homosexualität, published the previous year. Keilson-Lauritz, Dis Geschichte der eigenen Geschichte; Eldorado 1984 @ 49; Hergmöller, Mann für Mann @ 257-58. Good in rather worn wrappers, wear at spine. Quite uncommon. $425. More
Paris : Librairie Artistique, 1904. By the prolific chronicler of all varieties of sexuality, this edition contains a chapter on La pederastie active et passive...les plaisirs de Sodome, etc. Very good in wrappers, light cover wear, signature on cover. Uncommon. More
Paris: Crapouillot (1955). 4to. Soft cover. Heavily illustrated edition of this periodical dedicated to the art, literature and culture of homosexuality in France. Essays by many divers hands and numerous illustrations. Photographs of the Bal Corydon, writings by R. Peyrefitte, Bory, illustrations by Iribe, Boullet, many others. Fine in wrappers. One of 300 numbered copies of the edition de luxe. 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