Daniel O'Connor, London. 1922. Hardcover. Cream colored buckram bindign with gilt decorative cover and spine, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Gay, plus fifteen full page illustrations and facsimile of original title page. (i)-xxiv, 91 pages, including Bibliography, Index and Notes. Endpapers lightly browned, covers lightly rubbed and marked. Very good. Reprinted from the 1716 first edition. More about Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London by MH Williams

San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press (1980). Love poems and selected letters, illustrated with photographs and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers, inscribed by the editor and publsiher Winston Leyland, and also signed by Ginsberg on title page. More about Straight Heart's Delight

Eton: R.I. Drake ; London: Simpkin, Marshall (1884). 84pp. sm 8vo. Eton tales, revolving around the exploits of a boy named "Jickling." The attribution of this small book is unclear- there is a penciled notation in this copy (Oliver Brett's) that the author was E.C. Grenville-Murray, but most others attribute it to W. H. Tucker. A very good copy in Eton blue boards, bookplate of Oliver Brett (3d Viscount of Esher) on front pastedown, his pencilled signature on endpaper, and his ownership ink stamp on front half-title. In addition, there is a bookplate of John Baker on endpaper. More about "Collegers v. Oppidans" : a reminiscence of Eton life

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

London: Boriswood (1932). 3rd imp. This controversial novel about a stowaway youth aboard a tramp freighter was seized and destroyed by British authorities upon publication. This edition contains re-written passages "expurged" from the first edition. A very good copy in orange boards, small water stain to front board, good jacket with only minor edgewear, browning to spine, small closed tear. With the penciled ownership signature of Brian Reade on endpaper. Young 1694. More about Boy

London : John F. Shaw and Co., [1887]. 383pp. An historical novel about Gavestone, the favorite of King Edward II. It was alleged by medieval chroniclers that Edward II and Piers Gaveston were lovers, a rumour that was reinforced by later portrayals in fiction, such as Christopher Marlowe's late 16th-century play Edward II. An uncommon book, very good in illustrated boards, with light wear. More about In all time of our tribulation : the story of Piers Gavestone

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 about Donald Friend

Oxford University Press (1938). Hardcover. A collection of poems by the eccentric collector, including La Belle au Bois Dormant and a song in French set to music by Henri Sauguet. Frontispiece drawing by Tchelitchew. Very good in original photographic jacket. More about The Bones of My Hand

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 about Le Parricide Imaginaire

[Paris: Marcel Sautier] 1954. 8vo. 92pp. These explicitly gay stories were written psuedonymously by Jouhandeau and only published under his own name after his death. Illustrated with 15 explicitly homoerotic line drawings by the noted Swiss artist, Elie Grekoff. The book was the product of a competition initiated by Florence Gould in 1954 to create the most original erotic work- the other books in the competition were Mandiargue's l'Anglais and Paulhan's l'Histoire d'O. Very good in original decorated wrappers with light wear. One of 150 copies on Marais (#133). Larivière, 367 ; Beurdeley, 275 ; BN, Enfer, n° 1498; Pia 1324; Monod 6452. Uncommon. More about Tiresias

Paris (1961). Amusing novel about Lord Tanquerville, an excentric dandy. Very good in decorative wrappers by Jullian. Inscribed by Jullian on front paper, the recipeint's name has been neatly erased. More about My Lord

London: H. Henry & Co. (1896). 311pp. A rare decadent novel in the form of a journal and letters, which resembles a French Symbolism work. The introduction cautions: "Basil Brooke....[has] a tendency toward softness, fatalistic acquiescence, and pervasive unsatisfactoriness which are so regrettably "in the air"...he becomes one which it may be good to present at the present time- if only for warning." There are descriptions of decadent London rooms and much drug-taking and a failed romance. The introduction also notes that the book was completed before the recent death of a well known French writer (Paul Verlaine?). Brian Reade's penned ownership signature on endpaper and his penciled notation where Beardsley is mentioned in the text. Quite rare- there appear to be no institutional copies in the US. Very good in publisher's boards, marbled endpapers, light wear to corners, spine a bit dulled. More about The Tides ebb out to the Night. Being the journal of a young man, Basil Brooke. Edited by his...

Pour la Societé des Médecins Bibliphiles (1924). The first modern reprinting of this controversial "psychological" novel that appeared originally in 1826 under odd circumstances. The authorship of the novel, which many believe has homosexual undertones, was disputed for many years and for a while was attributed to Duchesse Claire de Duras. A very nice copy in wrappers, One of 130 copies on Rives (this is example #11). Uncommon in any edition. More about Olivier