A quintessential original pastel drawing by Gaston Goor (5.5" x 10") depicting an largely unclad impish young man eating a banana. As with many of his works, the drawing was made on a black drawing paper and uses a full palette of colors. Very good condition, ex-Peyrefitte collection. More about Pastel drawing of a standing youth

Oxford: Blackwell (1919). Ten short prose pieces with a mildly homoerotic bent similar to those in his "Dream Comrades". Green was a member of the Uranian group of poets, which included John Gambril Nicholson and others. Very good in green boards, slight rumple to spine. Inscribed on title page by the author. More about The Youthful Lover and other Prose Studies

London: Fisher Unwin (1896). The English translation of this acclaimed work on Capri by Ferdinand Gregorovius, originally published in 1868. According to Maurice Magnus' unpublished memoir of Capri, this book was actually translated by Norman Douglas and his sister Mary (while intoxicated). As Magnus and Douglas were quite close friends for a time, there may be some merit to the statement, although Douglas' biographer Mark Holloway attributes the translation solely to Mary Douglass Fairbairn. Norman Douglas was introduced to Gregorovius' work by his first Italian teacher and the book played an important role in his later interest in Capri, where he lived for many years and died there in 1952. A fair copy, corners bumped, blue boards a bit marked. Quite uncommon. More about The Island of Capri: A Mediterranean Idyll

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 about Oya-Insula ou l'enfant de la conque

New York: Albondocani Press (1985). 19pp. Fine in sewn wrappers and marbled paper-covered dustjacket with printed cover label. Illustrated with a drawing by Bill Schuessler. One of 200 numbered copies on Antique Laid paper signed by Gunn and Schuessler. More about Sidewalks

Paris: Contact Publishing (1923). 61pp. In addition to being considered one of the foremost American painters of the first half of the 20th century, Hartley also wrote poems, essays, and stories. His book Twenty-five Poems was published by Robert McAlmon in Paris in 1923. First edition, signed by Hartley on the title page, from an edition surmised to be only 300 copies. Original gray wrappers printed in black, in original glassine sleeve. 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches (19.5 x 14.5 cm); 60 pp., unopened. A superlative copy of the volume, the glassine with a few chips. More about Twenty-Five Poems

(NP: ND). 43pp. Soft cover. A collection of the "coarser poems" of the seventeenth century poet. This appears to be an appendix to another edition, not present here. Although undated, the collection appears to date from the late nineteenth century, although perhaps a bit earlier, Very good in plain brown wrappers with penned label, covers a bit worn. An oddity, only weveral OCLC holdings. More about Appendix of Epigrams, etc

Paris: Tress & Stock (1887). Very good in 1/4 leather and marbled boards, light wear. More about Un Dilemme

Philip Sainsbury at the Cayme Press (1926). The Uranian author's review of classical literature with specific reference to the influence of love in classical education. These views were originally presented to the British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology in 1914. The publisher was the nephew of the painter of boys, Henry Scott Tuke. Original maroon stiff boards, sunning to spine and light spotting to endpapers. With Anthony Reid's bookplate by Ralph Chubb. More about The Graeco-Roman View of Youth

[PAB: Ales] (1968). A complete collection of six rare anonymous publications by Marcel Jouhandeau, all published anonymously by Pierre André Benoit's PAB Editions. All of the works have explicitly homosexual themes and were published towards the end of his life when he became more open about his homosexual inclinations, but nonetheless insisted on such works being published without his name. Included are the following, a complete set of the "Museé Secret" collection, each of which is hand -numbered from an edition of only forty copies, the total edition being limited to only 47 copies. All are beautifully printed and bear various cover illustrations by an unknown hand. All copies are fine in original wrappers (19 x 13 cm.). See PAB Musée Fabre n° 465-470. 1) Poèmes Sotadiques. NP [PAB]: Décembre (1968). 8vo. 32pp. 2) Mon Carnet de Bal. NP [PAB]: Novembre (1968). 8vo. 24pp. 3) Le Boulanger. NP [PAB]: Septembre (1968). 8vo. 12pp. 4) L'Homme. NP [PAB]: 26 Juillet (1968). 8vo. 24pp. 5) Chat et Cactus. NP [PAB]: Mai (1968). 8vo. 12pp. 6) Le Jardin des Hésperides. NP [PAB]: Mars (1968). 8vo. 20pp. Unique edition limited to 40 numbered copies (no. 37). The covers of the fascicles are each decorated with a vignette, the first two by Jean Hugo, the other four by Benoit. laid in to a custom black velvet box, along with a printed copy of the letter sent by Jouhandeau to PAB. All of the issues are fien in original wrappers. Bookplate of Vincent Morel on the interior of the box. More about Museé Secret

Leipzig, M. Spohr (1897). 276pp. The quite rare treatise on Greek love, which advocated the creation of an organization to promote homosexual rights. Issued by Max Spohr in the same year that he also published Hirschfeld's Sappho und Sokrates, it became one of the foundational books of the gay right's movement in Germany. See Beachy, Berlin Berlin: Birthplace of Modern Gay Identity @ 89. The Viennese sexologist published several works on the subject pseudonymously, all of which are quite scarce, having largely been destroyed during the Nazi regime. He had a particular interest in the artistic sensibility of gay writers and musicians and wrote extensively on the subject. A good copy, binding is worn at edges and spine, paper label on spine, tape reinforcement to front hinge, bookplate on endpaper. Scarce. More about Die hellenische Liebe in der Gegenwart Psychologische Studien

London: Golden Cockerel Press (1950). 271pp. Hardcover. One of 370 copies printed, translated by Count Lutzow. Illustrated with line drawings by Dorothea Braby. Pictorial cream-colored cloth, teg. Designed and produced by Christopher Sandford. This copy is warmly inscribed by Sandford to his fellow artist Ralph Chubb on front endpaper. A lovely copy with light wear to covers. More about Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

Paris: Urbain Canel (1826). 226pp. The controversial anonymous novel, originally attributed to the Duchesse Claire de Duras, created a scandal when published. The story revolves around a romantic intrigue that was in fact based upon the homosexual Marquis de Custine’s broken engagement to Duras’ daughter in 1820. Although never explicit, the novel was clearly designed to provoke and it actually prevented Duras from publishing her own similarly titled novel during her lifetime (it only appeaed in 1971). At one point in the novel, the narrator remarks, “Confidence was full and reciprocal between the two friends... except on one point, the subject of their loves....Olivier, in this matter, was reserved and excessively mysterious.” See Kilian, Nos ancêtres, les pervers: Reading Queerly and Constructing the Homosexual Before the Closet. More about Olivier