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

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 (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

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

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

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

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

Tombouctou (1983). Moroccan stories translated by Paul Bowles. One of 100 casebound copies signed by the author and translator. Very good. 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

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

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

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