An original photograph
An original photograph (9.5" x 7.5") of a young man with shovel by an unknown photographer. Very good with ink hand stamp on verso. More
An original photograph (9.5" x 7.5") of a young man with shovel by an unknown photographer. Very good with ink hand stamp on verso. More
An original vintage photograph (9.5" x 7.5") of a young man in swimsuit by an unknown photographer. Very good with ink hand stamp on verso. More
Vintage portrait of the acclaimed novelist taken at a luncheon in Capri at the home of Kenneth Macpherson and Islay Lyons (Nancy Cunard and Norman Douglas were also in attendance). Taken by Lyons in the early 1950s, stamped on verso with penned notation. (7" x 9"). Very good condition. More
Zurich: Der Kreis (1960). An unbound set of the complete year of 12 issues for 1960. It was published in German, French and English and contained articles on literature, art and culture and each edition contained photographs and artwork, many by renowned artists. Artwork by George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, George Platt Lynes, Jean Boullet and stories by James Barr, Michael Kuzmin and others. In Hubert Kennedy's book The Ideal Gay Man, which chronicles the history of Der Kreis, Kennedy describes the magazine as having been "the world's most important journal promoting the legal and social rights of gay men" for much of its publication period and one of very few such journals in Europe at the time.Additionally, it remains the only gay publication to include editorial content in three languages. (Wikipedia) In 2014, the magazine's history was documented in a Swiss docudrama film eponymously titled The Circle. The film, which features a mix of historical footage from the 1950s and dramatizations of events, won the Teddy Award and the Panorama Audience Award in the documentary category at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. More
Zurich: Der Kreis (1961). An unbound set of the complete year of 12 issues for 1961. It was published in German, French and English and contained articles on literature, art and culture and each edition contained photographs and artwork, many by renowned artists. Artwork by George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, George Platt Lynes, Jean Boullet and stories by James Barr, Michael Kuzmin and others. In Hubert Kennedy's book The Ideal Gay Man, which chronicles the history of Der Kreis, Kennedy describes the magazine as having been "the world's most important journal promoting the legal and social rights of gay men" for much of its publication period and one of very few such journals in Europe at the time.Additionally, it remains the only gay publication to include editorial content in three languages. (Wikipedia) In 2014, the magazine's history was documented in a Swiss docudrama film eponymously titled The Circle. The film, which features a mix of historical footage from the 1950s and dramatizations of events, won the Teddy Award and the Panorama Audience Award in the documentary category at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. All issues are very good condition with minimal cover wear. More
Zurich: Der Kreis (1962). An unbound set of the complete year of 12 issues for 1962. It was published in German, French and English and contained articles on literature, art and culture and each edition contained photographs and artwork, many by renowned artists. Artwork by George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, George Platt Lynes, Jean Boullet and stories by James Barr, Michael Kuzmin and others. In Hubert Kennedy's book The Ideal Gay Man, which chronicles the history of Der Kreis, Kennedy describes the magazine as having been "the world's most important journal promoting the legal and social rights of gay men" for much of its publication period and one of very few such journals in Europe at the time.Additionally, it remains the only gay publication to include editorial content in three languages. (Wikipedia) In 2014, the magazine's history was documented in a Swiss docudrama film eponymously titled The Circle. The film, which features a mix of historical footage from the 1950s and dramatizations of events, won the Teddy Award and the Panorama Audience Award in the documentary category at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. All issues are very good condition with minimal cover wear, one issue has small stain to cover. More
Zurich: Der Kreis (1963). An unbound set of the complete year of 12 issues for 1963 (not the original publisher's binding and without individual covers). It was published in German, French and English and contained articles on literature, art and culture and each edition contained photographs and artwork, many by renowned artists. Artwork by George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, George Platt Lynes, Jean Boullet and stories by James Barr, Michael Kuzmin and others. In Hubert Kennedy's book The Ideal Gay Man, which chronicles the history of Der Kreis, Kennedy describes the magazine as having been "the world's most important journal promoting the legal and social rights of gay men" for much of its publication period and one of very few such journals in Europe at the time.Additionally, it remains the only gay publication to include editorial content in three languages. (Wikipedia) In 2014, the magazine's history was documented in a Swiss docudrama film eponymously titled The Circle. The film, which features a mix of historical footage from the 1950s and dramatizations of events, won the Teddy Award and the Panorama Audience Award in the documentary category at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. More
London: Chapman and Hall (1891). 3 vo., 8vo. The first edition of this three volume experimental novel about a troubled marriage. The highly regarded writer had a wide group of friends, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Robert Louis Stevenson. Oscar Wilde was also an admirer: "Ah, Meredith! Who can define him? His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning". Original publisher’s blue cloth decorated in black, gilt–lettered spine. Very good, light darkening to spine, light edge wear to edges, head and tale of spine. Marc–André Raffalovich's copy with his bookplates (by Austin Osman Spare) in each volume. More
NP (1982). A decorated folded card with a typed poem by Meyer called "Eternity" signed and dated by the author. A colored line drawing of a nude youth also appears on the same sheet. Very good in sewn wrappers. More
London: Leonard Smithers (1896). 109pp. One of the collections of decadent poetry issued by Smithers at the height of his activity. One of 300 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. See Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents. Very good in blue boards, light edgewear, corners bumped. More
Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers (2007). 4to. Michal's homoerotic photographs pay hommage to the luminous poetry of the Greek poet. Near fine in boards, original jacket presetnt. One of 100 special slipcased copies, signed by the photographer. More
Paris: Fasquelle (1899). 4to. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The first edition of these sonnets with 4 etchings by Albert Bernard. A very good copy in original wrappers, one of 150 numbered copies printed on Vélin de Cuve. Uncommon in this state. More
London: Richard Bentley (1898). Charming story of a boy's mishap on a train. Several titles by the same author appear on Murray's List. Very good in attractive gold embossed boards, small signature on endpaper. Uncommon. More
Buenos Aires (1918-1920). Nine (of 10) issues of the important Argentinian journal of art and literature, which highlighted many prominent Spanish American writers, as well as provocative Symbolist and Decadent artwork by Alfredo Guido, Rodolfo Franco, Lopez Naguil and others. The contributors included Gabriela Mistral, Jose Rodo, Roberto Giusti ("La Amante de Petronio"), Bernard Shaw, Gabriele d'Annunzio and many others; issue #9 was devoted to young poets. See Lafleur, H.R., as revistas literarias argentinas, 1893-1967 (pp 85-88). Generally very good in original decorative wrappers, occasional spotting to covers, lightly browned with some wear to spines. Uncommon. More
Wien (1999). 50pp. Soft cover. A collection of homoerotic photographs spanning the 20th century- works by von Gloeden, Spadolini and many others. An uncommon collection, published to commemorate gay rights in Austria. Fine in stiff boards. 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
Sub Signo Libelli (1984). "I love him wisely if I love him well". Beautifully printed poem, issued in an edition of only 25 copies. Printed on handmade papers and folded into black wrappers. Uncommon. More
Garcia Monge: San Jose de Costa Rica (1923). 150pp. A collection of short essays on a variety of subjects by the Uruguayan writer, some of which were extracted from earlier publications. Very good in leather boards, light brownign to endpapers. Warmly inscribed by the author to Enrique Canepa on endpaper. More
Paris (1945). A pseudonymously written novel by Marie Laure de Noailles, who was at the center of artistic and literary life in Paris between the wars. Noailles and her husband Charles financed several of Cocteau's productions and were intimates of Christian Berard, Jean Michel Frank and many others in this milieu. One of 1,000 copies, printed privately.. Very good in original wrappers. More
London: Kegan Paul (1902). 505pp. The posthumously published poems of the metaphysical poet who, along with his onetime lover John Addington Symonds, became a disciple of Walt Whitman's theory of comradeship. This collection of his poetry contains an Introduction by John Addington Symonds, who maintained a friendship with the author until his own death in 1893. Very good in lightly worn slate boards, half-title lightly creased, prelims lightly browned. Uncommon. More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. lg 8vo. Termed a "book of monologues" by the author, the short works have titles such as: "Faint," "Sob." "Was," etc. "In general, to help a man is like reviving an assassin who has designs on your life. For beyond the truth that most men are naturally your enemies, the one who solicits your help shews by the very act that you have something which he has not, and which he cannot like you for having." Chocolate brown cloth, lettered in gilt. First edition, second binding, with Grant Richards's imprint at the toe of the spine. Very good, light wear to edges. More
Orioli was a Florentine bookseller best known for privately publishing the unexpurgated first edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover and for his long association with Norman Douglas. This photographic postcard (3 1/4" x 5 1/2") is inscribed "Best wishes from me and my cat/Pino"). On verso, the card is addressed to Robert Ullman and has a message dated "Xmas/1936". Very good, very light crease. More
Paris: Imprimerie de l'Institut Catholique (1985). 14pp. Unpublished letters "pederastique" to Claudel reproduced in facsimile. Issued only in an edition of 50 numbered copies printed on "papyrus cardinalice." An apparently clandestine publication with a faux publisher :"To honor the memory of St. Paul Claudel and blast pederasts, this unpublished work was completed on 1 April 1985 on the presses of the Catholic Institute of Paris. Corydon Alexis is President and Tityrus the-tail-master printer. Every copy not stamped apostolic and not initialed by the President shall be deemed false and counterfeit and liable to ecclesiastical courts..." Very good in wrappers. More