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

München : Delphin-Verlag, [1925]. 150pp. Giese (1890-1935) was a German psychologist who dealt in particular with psychotechnology . Giese describes the differences between the ideals of beauty in America versus Europe and conjures a variety of explanations, including eugenics and various business models. deal with everything from victory in war to differences in business models. Very good in good (worn at edges with small tears, etc). Uncoommon. 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

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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

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

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

Paris: 7 Octobre 1923. This unsigned essay on the front page of the newspaper Comoedia is a sympathetic review of one of the most important 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 protoganist, an academic, falls in love with his friend Didier, but the relationship is complicated by Didier's sister Hélène, who also loves Ryls. Guy Levis Mano described the work thusly: 'ce poème audacieux et magnifique de la beauté du corps mâle". Tamagne, Thèse, 543 ; Barbedette, 310. Good, browned paper and light edgewear. More

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

Montevideo (28 Jan 1926). 4to. A copy of the long-running Uruguayan magazine of culture with a provocative cover illustration and the caption “Cual es “El?" (What is "He...'?"). Very good, light cover wear and wear to spine with light glue residue. More

London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1897. 12mo. Hardcover. Grotesques by Alice B. Woodward. Very Good in original cream cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board, some wear and light soiling to covers, corners lightly bumped, light foxing to endpapers. More

Paris: La Revue Blanche (1 Octobre 1896). Soft cover. Jackson contributes this essay on homosexuality and its place in society. His philosophical argument draws on Darwin, Raffalovich, Kraft-Ebbing, Havelock Ellis and others and is quite forward-looking in its plea for acceptance. Very good in original wrappers. Also included is the first appearance of Robert Scheffer's work, "Le Prince Narcisse: etude passionelle," a gay work subsequently published the following year. Very good, light wear and browning to wrappers and spine, small discoloration at spine. More

Koh is a gay performance and visual artist who often used the term "asianpunkboy" to identify his works, which have been included in many notable collections. This is a boxed set to accompany his first solo exhibition, "The Whole Family" in 2003, comprising a list of elements for the show, a series of 21 lavender tinted portraits of one young man, short works by Bruce Labruce, AA Bronson, Matthias Herrmann, Richard Prince, Larry Clark, and Ryan McGinley (all relating to boys), a sample of lavender, a music CD, and a paper airplane. Housed in original cardboard clamshell box with blind-stamped pastedown label. Limited edition, one of 100 copies. Light wear to box, but the contents are fine as issued. More