Copyright stamp of Islay Lyons on verso along with penned notation of title. This image was reproduced in the monograph published on Lyons. More

Didier Millet (1996). 1st Edition. Hardcover. The only collection of photographs by this talented artist, who was friends with many in the artistic and literary worlds. Photographs of Graham Greene, Harold Acton, Bryher, Noel Coward, Janet Flanner, Peggy Guggenheim, Sybille Bedford, Margot Fonteyn and many others. Also included are landscapes and Italian cityscapes. Fine as issued in original wrappers, limited to 500 copies. The book was never released commercially and is quite rare. More

Der Kreis: Zurich (1962). One hundred photographs culled from ten years of Der Kreis magazine from 1959-1961. Works by Arax, Dean, Paignton and numerous others. A very nice copy in green linen boards and photographic wrappers, small stain to cover, small closed tears. Uncommon. More

Paris: August (1923). 4to. This edition of the periodical is dedicated to "Les Gauchesses" and has numerous illustrations by Martin related to "Un Sport a la Mode: l'Inversion." The illustrations all relate to homosexuality in one way or another; one refers specifically to Oscar Wilde. Very good, previously folded, small tears and light browning to covers. More

[Paris?] : [Massot], [between 1958 and 1961]. 66pp. First edition of this erotic text written in 1932 while the author was living on Francis Picabia's yacht moored in Cannes. Andre Gide contributes an extensive introduction to the work, which is a recounting of Massot's homosexual experiences. The author, a member of the Dada movement also describes the artistic and literary circles of Montparnasse with memories of Eric Satie and Marcel Duchamp. Very good in lightly faded wrappers, unbound as issued, paper lightly browned, #122 of 220 copies. It appears that this may be a trade edition of the text published by Pierre-André-Benoit in 1959, which appeared in an edition of 55 copies with an illustration of the author by Jacques Villon. More

Privat-Druck (1910). 4to. Meinke, a frequent contributor to Adolf Brand's Der Eigene magazine. This, his first book, is a collection of poems dedicated to Wilde, Baudelaire, Poe, Hoffman and Verlaine with woodblock illustrations by the author. Very good in wrappers with string ties. More

Danbury: Addison House (1978). 8vo. A lovely production with ten tritone photographs illustrating 10 poems by Cavafy. One of a limited number of hardbound copies, signed and numbered by the photographer. Very good in wrappers and slipcase. More

[Paris]: (1907) 303pp. An elaborate tribute to Gabriel de Yturri, the author's longtime lover and friend. The eccentric dandy and Yturri were at the center of the beaux monde in Paris during the closing years of the 19th century, portrayed by Proust, as well as numerous others. This tribute contains essays and poems by de Montesquiou, as well as a frontispiece of Yturri and a gravure of his headstone. One of only 100 copies issued, this is number 3. Very good in original wrappers, small stain to cover, pages uncut. An uncommon and important record of this collaboration. More

Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle (1896) 418pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon book of poetry by the French aesthete and Proustian character. Original cover illustration designed by Paul Helleu. Very good in original wrappers, very slight wear, bound in blue linen boards with spine label, light wear to covers. More

Tombouctou (1986). Hardcover. Two stories translated by Paul Bowles. One hundred casebound copies signed by the author and translator. Very good. office. More

[Lisboa] Edições SW (1935). The first two issues (#1 and #2) of this important and short-lived periodical of the Portuguese Modernist movement. Almada Negreiros (1893-1970) is best known as a painter and worked closely with Mario de Sa-Carneiro and Fernando Pessoa, among others, and belonged to the first group of Portuguese modernists. Both copies are in very good condition with light cover wear, occasional light spotting. More

Paris: Salt & Cedar (2021). A boxed artist's multiple, les années 20, that features the addresses of a dozen luminaries inhabiting the Left Bank in the 1920's, printed as slim calling cards with one-line addresses. A hand-typeset ‹key› reveals the studios and salons of Sylvia Beach, Man Ray, James Joyce, Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas and others in their networks, along with the names of the rare fonts used. All wrapped in a vintage Japanese gossamer. Printed on a FAG Swiss proofing press. Contents laid into a bespoke box produced in Stockholm. One of 140 copies issued by this creative press. More

Paris: Librairies des Publications Populaires [1905]. 350pp. One of a number of studies about sexual nonconformity that appeared around the turn of the century. This edition contains an extensive study of "Uranism" and lesbianism. Very good in wrappers, spine a bit worn, pages lightly yellowed. More