Glasgow (1945). Text of a lecture given at Glasgow University. Very good in brown wrappers. More

Berlin: Barsdorf (1919). 240pp. A history of the Eulenburg scandal, which received wide publicity and is often considered the biggest domestic scandal of the German Second Empire. It led to one of the first major public discussions of homosexuality and was the first occasion that the word "homosexual" was introduced into common usage. A good copy in boards, spine is damaged, original wrappers present. More

Berlin: Eckstein [1909]. Fuchs was a prolific writer on issues related to homosexuality and was one of the very few people of his era to openly declare his homosexuality during the Wilhelmine era. One of the founding members of Adolf Brand's Gemeinschaft der Eigenen, he was praised for his openness by Magnus Hirschfeld in the Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen in 1903. See Keilson-Lauritz, Dis Geschichte der eigenen Geschichte; Eldorado 1984 @ 49; Hergmöller, Mann für Mann @ 257-58. Very good in decorative wrappers, light edge wear. More

New York (1959) 32pp. The first serious attempt at a gay bibliography of English books with a series of rather comprehensive indexes. The author's actual name was Edgar J. Leoni. Very good in gray wrappers, browning to edges. More

Paris: La Revue Blanche (15 mars 1896). Gauthier-Villars was a French fin-de-siecle writer and music critic who is today mostly known as the mentor and first husband of Colette. This short essay was written several years after his marriage to Colette and is a response to an article written by Oscar Panizza about the appeal of Wagner's Parsifal to homosexuals. The essay references Ulrichs and Oscar Wilde and is one of several essays on related subjects that appeared in the same year in La Revue Blanche (by Lord Alfred Douglas, Charles Kains Jackson and others). Very good in original wrappers, front cover lightly worn. More

Paris: Gallimard (1928). One of 1,200 numbered copies printed for "les amis de l'Édition originale" printed on Lafuma-Navarre. A fine copy in original wrappers laid into a marbled paper and vellum slipcase and box. More

Paris: L'Édition Moderne [1904]. 287pp. A novel centered around the story of Antinoüs and his love for the Emperor Hadrian. One of several collaborations between the two accomplished authors. A good copy in decorative wrappers, light wear to covers with small chips and closed tears to wrappers. It appears the original wrappers have been tipped on to a replacement paper spine. Warmly inscribed by both authors on endpaper. More

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

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

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

Au Mont de Venus (1947). 4to. 24 full page illustrations. A quite uncommon illustrated erotic text, recounting the various heterosexual and homosexual encounters of a young Frenchmen. The book was condemned by the French Tribunal the year after publication (and again in 1953) and is exceedingly uncommon, but the identity of the author remains unknown. The illustrator, although not attributed, was undoubtedly Antonin Soungouroff, a Russian emigre who settled in France in the 1930s. He was a denizen of the south of France and became known for his portraits of attractive young fisherman in the area (many of which decorated the walls of the famous Zanzibar in Cannes). Friends with many avant-garde artists such as Jean Cocteau, Christian Bérard and Roger Peyrefitte, his works were collected by many in the gay world of the 1950s and 60s. Dutel 1819. Bécourt, Livres condamnés 43. Very good in wrappers, light edgewear, occasional edgewear, chemise and slipcase are worn at edges, but intact. More

Paris: Ollendorf (1923). 1st Edition. Soft cover. One of the most important pre-War gay novels written in France. The novel has strong revolutionary elements of anarchism, and captures the spirit of the age, including vivid descriptions of the drag balls of Paris. The protagonist, an academic, falls in love with his friend Didier, but the relationship is complicated by Didier's sister Hélène, who also loves Ryls. Very good in original wrappers, light browning. Tamagne, Thèse, 543 ; Barbedette, 310. More

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