Lisbon: Monteiro & Co. (1918). One of two books self-published by Pessoa in 1918, the other being Antinous. Both of these publications contain a number of passages that have been interpreted as having a gay sub-text. An important and complex collection of modernist poetry, influenced by Elizabethan imagery. Very good in original sewn wrappers, light browning to covers and a few light traces of foxing, pages uncut. More

Paris/London (1947). Soft cover. 4to. One of the most important collections of post-War photographs from some of the masters- Ansel Adams, Brassai, Penn, Henle, Willy Ronis, Barbara Morgan, several by George Platt Lynes and numerous others. The photographs were printed by gravure and are quite well done. Good in spiral binding, a little edgeworn as is common with this book, with wear to spiral binding, as well. More

(Llandogo, Monmouthshire): The Old Stile Press (2002). A collection of images and transcripts of journals by the noted English artist, who specialized in portrayals of young men. Fine in boards, as issued. One of 150 signed copies. More

Paris: Fortune Press (c. 1929). 112pp. Hardcover. A variant edition without illustrations. One of 1550 copies on unbleached papers. Very good in blue buckram boards, light sunning. D'Arch Smith 431a. More

Monaco (1965) 4to. A lavishly produced memorial tribute to the Comtesse de Polignac, who for many years was at the center of the artistic and social life of Paris. She was the daughter of the couturier, Jeanne Lanvin and belonged just as much to the music world as she did to the fashion world. Janet Flanner commented, "She had a voice like a well-trained lark." Salvador Dalí wrote in My Secret Life, "In spring it was very pleasant at Comtesse Marie-Blanche de Polignac's, where from the garden one listened to string quartets played in the interior, all aflame with candles and the Renoir paintings." This collection consists of tributes by an array of her friends and colleagues, including Lady Diana Cooper, Colette, Louise de Vilmorin, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Achard, Boris Kochno, Emilio Terry, Roderick Cameron and many others. Illustrations by Bérard, Jean Hugo, Picasso, Stravinsky and others. Numerous facsimiles and photographs laid into the text. Very good in chemise and clamshell box, some offsetting to box and small stain. Copy LXIII printed for Robert Veyron-Lacroix (one of 153 special copies). More

Firenze: Piero Betti (1960). 223pp. In June 1960, in Florence, Giorgio Quintini published what was, for the time, a scandalous novel. The cover and the title give a clear idea of the content: love and sentimental triangles in a roman à clef with many recognizable portraits from contemporary Florentine, Umbrian and Roman life. More

London: Walter Scott (1886). 148pp. A collection of poems, velied but clearly Uranian in tone, evoking the spirits of Ganymede, Adonis, Narcissus and other classical figures. Raffalovich, the wealthy Russian emigré, was an acquaintance of Wilde and intimate of John Gray for many years. A frequent writer on homosexuality in medical journals, he also published several other volumes of prose and poetry. Original tan cloth with bevelled edges lettered in red and decorated in black. Covers lightly worn, light loss at head and tale of spine, spine a bit dulled, small mark on endpaper, bookplate of Anthony Reid (by Ralph Chubb) on front pastedown. Inscribed by the author to Mrs. Lovett Cameron (aka Caroline Sharp), the British romantic fiction writer. Young 3177*. Rare. More

Paris: Édition Francaise. Redni's translation of the homoerotic portions of Petronius' Satyricon and Lucien's Les Amours. Redni is also known as the author of Luxures antiques. Voluptés tragiques. One of 100 numbered copies printed on Hollande, initialed by the author (#VI). Very good in illustrated wrappers, a bit of foxing to untrimmed edges. Uncommon. More

London, New York, F.A. Stokes Company [1896]. 197pp. An odd story of a man's attempt to maintain a "Platonic" relationship with a female friend, which ultimately ends in failure and much emotional drama. Very good in illustrated red linen boards. Quite uncommon. More

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Light sunning to jacket spine. More

Paris: Éditions de Pan (1912). A quite uncommon collection of short essays with homoerotic allusions, one of which is dedicated to Jacques Fersen (with whom he shared the same publisher) and others to Georges Polti and Robert Scheffer. Many of the writers who were published by Éditions de Pan had also contributed to Fersen's short-lived periodical Akademos. A lovely copy in illustrated wrappers, inscribed by the author on the endpaper, occasional light foxing. Uncommon. More

New York: Hydra Group (1986). Gay poetry by the American port and translator, with a homoerotic foldout illustration by Don Gene Bell. Of an edition of only 100 copies, this is one of 25 hardbound copies in boards, and signed and numbered by the author. Printed at the Red Ozier Press. More