La Folle de Chaillot
Paris; Bernard Grasset. 1st Edition. Soft cover. More
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Vintage photograph
Portrait of a tattooed model in a studio wearing briefs gazing downward. Vintage silver gelatin print on Velox paper, image size, 4 1/4"" x 6 1/2", mounted to card. [c. 1930]. The matte has some staining and foxing but the image is in very good condition. Please inquire for other works by the photographer. Montague Glover (1898 – 1983) was a British freelance architect and private photographer. He is most notable for his depiction of homosexual life in London during the early to mid-20th century through private photographs taken primarily for his own enjoyment. His photographs tend to document 'rough trade', the working class and members of the military. See Gardiner, A Class Apart - The Private Pictures of Montague Glover (1992). His work is rarely seen in trade as the great majority of his work is held in a major private collection. More
Drawings
A fascinating group of 27 pen and pencil drawings by Gaston Goor, circa 1924. Gaston Goor (1902-1977 ) was a highly accomplished, but controversial painter of adolescent boys, a metier that he pursued nearly all of his adult life. These very early drawings demonstrate the range of his talent and are a precursor to some of his several illustrated for writers such as Charles Maurras and others. Various sizes, please inquire for details. More
Lettres a l'Amazone
Paris: Cres (1914). Soft cover. One of 114 numbered copies on vert chartreuse. Very good in original green wrappers, rear hinge a bit weak. Gourmont's classic devoted to his friend Nathalie Barney. More
Lyon la Cendrée
Cannes: Chez l'Auteur (1955). 4to. A lavishly illustrated collection of "reportages" on nudism, homosexuels and various louche activities in Lyon. Illustrated throughout by Julien Pavil, along with eight color lithographs of various amusing couplings. Introduction by Pierre Mac Orlan. A very good copy in wrappers, this copy is warmly inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Very good in a very good cardboard slipcase. One of 450 numbered copies, although considerably scarcer than this limitation would indicate. Warmly inscribed by Grancher on front endpaper. More
Reliquiae
Paris: Charles Carrington (1904). 106pp. A collection of erotic poems, one of which is entitled "Eros Urania" and bears a printed dedication to Achille Essebac, author of the Dédé schoolboy series. A very good copy in original wrappers, light foredge spotting. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Uncommon. More
Oya-Insula ou l'enfant de la conque
Paris: Albert Messein (1923). 210pp. A series of poems on a variety of themes, illustrated throughout with attractive line drawings by Marcel Moore, the longtime companion of Claude Cahun. Frontispiece by Moore laid in. Very good in yellow wrappers, a bit sunned. Uncommon. More
Ces Princes
Dijon (1955). Soft cover. Uncommon gay novel set in 1950s France. Fine in wrappers. More
Quand le fascisme nous devançait: souvenirs et leçons de dix ans, 1930-1940
Paris: Librairie Marcel Rivière (1955). 23pp. A record of the Guérin's observations of the Spanish Civil War and his call for an end to fascism in all of its manifestations. The author was an articulate spokesman for anarchism and an early and ardent proponent of free love and homosexuality. He was a leading figure in the French Left from the 1930s until his death in 1988. Very good in lightly browned staple wrappers, some tearing at spine. Uncommon. More
Shakespeare et Gide en Correctionnelle
Paris: Editions du Scorpion (1959). Soft cover. Uncommon collection of essays on homosexuality by the important French gay activist and principal of th elong-running journal Arcadie. Inscribed by the author to his aunt and uncle on title page. A very good copy in wrappers. More
Carmina: A Volume of Verse
London: Rivingtons (1899). An uncommon collection of verse, some of which is highly Uranian in tone ("Behold the carven beauty of his brow, The mystic eyes that gaze so far away, The tender lips, the hyacinth hair of him, And moulded marvel of every limb!"). Hallard is also known for his translations of Theocritus. A good copy in faded boards, front hinge splitting a bit, inscribed by the author on endpaper. The front pastedown bears a penned notation on the recipient of the book. More
The Idylls of Theocritus
London: Rivingtons (1913). 3rd ed. Hardcover. A revised edition printed on heavy rag papers. Laid into this copy are two ALS both in the hand of the translator James Hallard. The first ALS, a postcard to the editor of the Athenaeum, which seeks to have the book reviewed. The seconf ALS, also a postcard is addressed to F.W. Lucas, the Cambridge scholar, responding to a letter from Hallard about a forthcoming revision of the text. Very good in red buckram boards, somewhat sunned. More
Memories of an Hotel Man
[New York?]: Printed by the Art-Guild Press (1935). An unusually nice copy of this rare erotic illustrated book, replete with every conceivable amorous coupling. The book appeared with a number of various variant covers- ths example is stiff blue wrappers. More
Las tragedias de mi raza. Reyes, toreros, obispos, cortesanas, artistas, pederastas y ladrones.
Madrid: J. Pueyo (1912). 168pp. One of a number of works by the prolific Spanish journalist. Here he recounts tales of the "tragedies" of his race- kings, bullfighters, bishops, courtesans, artists, pedophiles and thieves. Very good in original wrappers. More
That Which is Hidden
London: Cassell (1939). 636pp. Hichens is perhaps best known as the author of the Green Carnation and his friendship with Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas. This lengthy novel opens with a visit by the protagonist to Magnus Hirschfeld's tomb in Nice, and one of the characters is inspired by Hirschfeld's partner and protégé, Li Shiu Tong. A very good copy in the original jacket, which has light wear small closed tears at edges, signature on endpaper and light browning to endpapers. Uncommon. The American edition was issued the following year. More
Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Homosexualität. Herausgegeben unter Mitwirkung namhafter Autoren im Namen des wissenschaftlich-humanitären Comitées
Leipzig: Max Spohr (1901). 616pp. The third volume of this long-running series, with works by Richard von Krafft-Ebing ("Recent studies in the field of homosexuality") and Magnus Hirschfeld ("Are sexual intermediates for marriage for?"), along with a detailed bibliography of homosexuality for the year 1900. Very good in original binding, light discoloration on spine from an old label, small ownership stamp on front pastedown, light edgewear and bumping to corners. More
Ursachen und Wesen des Uranismus
Leipzig: Spohr (1903). 204pp. An offprint from Hirschfeld's Jahrbuch für sexual Zwischenstufen articulating his views on homosexuality. More
God Save the King: First Poems
Paris: Hours Press (1941). 4to. The eccentric Bright Young Thing's first collection of published poetry, printed by Nancy Cunard. His work was highly praised at the time, but he never achieved critical success and eventually committed suicide in 1958, after years of drug and alcohol use. Original leather-backed blue paper boards decorated with designs by John Banting, gilt lettering on spine. One of 150 letterpress copies printed on Canson-Montgolfier and signed by the author. Very good, light wear to spine, light wear and darkening to covers, occasional light foxing on endpapers as usual. More
Donald Friend
Sydney (1965). sm 4to. 120pp. The first book by the distinguished art historian on the work of this Australian painter and eccentric. Heavily illustrated appraisal of the romantic artist's oeurve, from his paintings in Bali to those of the many boys he surrounded himself with. Very good in very good jacket, spine sunned. Warmly inscribed by Friend to Robin Maugham on endpapers. More
Un Dilemme
Paris: Tress & Stock (1887). Very good in 1/4 leather and marbled boards, light wear. More
Könsumgänge Annorlunda: betydelsefulla sexuella spörsmål ges här en populärvetenskaplig förklaring.
Stockholm: Curth Hson (1957). 132pp. A popular explanation of assorted sexual issues, including homosexuality, prostitution, etc. in Sweden.Uncommon. Very good in illustrated wrappers, light edgewear. More
Le Parricide Imaginaire
Paris: Éditions de la Pléiade (1930). This novel was written in 1926, but only published after the death of the author's father, is filled with Freudian allusions. Jouhandeau was gay and wrote a number of books with homosexual subject matter, but married before the book was published. A very good copy, one of 100 hors commerce, initialed by the author. This copy also bears an inscription from the author to the painter Jacques Emile Blanche. More
Marraine
Elysium Press (2005). Soft cover. A short story about a penpal relationship between "Marraine," ostensibly a middle aged provincial French spinster (but actually an ageing male bank clerk), and a French legionnaire serving in the Far East. Jullian paints an amusing portrait of this long distance courtship and brings the tale to a surprising conclusion. Printed letterpress in an edition of 100 copies, with illustration by the author. Fine in floral wallpaper wrappers. More
The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
New York: Sotheby's (1996). 4to. The massive three day sale catalog of the late First Lady's furnishings and personal effects. Very good in wrappers. More