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
Bruxelles: Chez l'Ancien Pierre Marteau (1891). 110pp. A French edition of this controversial text, considered "almost a treatise in disguise on sodomy." (Ashbee at 24.) Editions were routinely confiscated and destroyed throughout, commencing with its original appearance (in Italian) in 152. An earlier publisher, Jules Gay, was condemned for the book in 1868 and all the available copies were destroyed, including the copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale. This issue uses the same imprint as that edition. Very good in original plain paper wrappers, light spotting to title page. Uncommon. 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 Unpublished letters "pederastique" to Claudel reproduced in facsimile.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clandestine publication with a faux publisher :"To honor the memory of St. Paul Claudel and blast pederasts, this unpublished work was completed on 1 April 1985 on the presses of the Catholic Institute of Paris.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
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: Flammarion (1961). A fine copy of this novel, one of 250 numbered copies printed on vélin chiffon, laid into a marbled paper and vellum slipcase and box. More
London (1954). Hardcover. A record of journeys in Italy with a number of amusing anecdotes. illustrated by Guenther Boehmer. Very good in very good decorative jacket, minor edgewear. 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
Bonn: A. Marcus & E. Weber (1919). The author, a medical doctor, studies the role of loving relationships in teaching and articulates the view that 'pedagogy is the right field for the pederast' and offers advice on how to obviate the dangers of becoming involved with students. See Florence Tamagne 'A History of Homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919-1936 (2006), p. 234-5]. Very good in lightly worn wrappers, slight spine roll. More
London: J.M. Dent (1935). Hardcover. Attractively produced letterpress edition, with a new translation by Michael Joyce. Appealing frontispiece by Denis Hegermeier. Very good in very good illustrated jacket. More
London: Enitharmon (1971). One of 175 numbered copies signed by the author. Very good in wrappers. More
Paris: Librarie de la Plume (1901). 330pp. Liane de Pougy was a famed courtesan of Belle Èpoque France and Folies Bergères dancer, one of the most famous women of her generation. This novel chronicles her lesbian affair with Natalie Barney, whom she encountered in a dance hall in 1899. They maintained a close personal relationship for the rest of their lives and had a long and voluminous correspondence. Very good in original lightly worn and sunned wrappers, edgewear and small tears, small stamp to cover, endpapers lightly foxed, bound in 1/2 marbled boards. Quite uncommon. More
Florence: Privately Printed by the Press of "The Italian Mail" (1927). 426pp. The author's magnum opus on musicology with forty-two essays on a variety of music-related subjects, including works on Wagner, Gounod, Rubinstein, Strauss, Verdi, Massenet, and assorted other subjects. Many of the essays bear dedications to an interesting assortment of his friends and acquaintances, including George Woodberry, Vernon Lee and James Truslow Adams. One of only 135 numbered copies, signed by the author, this example being #96. Very good in original wrappers, light wear to wrappers, spine lightly worn. More
Paris [1934]. 256pp. Quite uncommon. Very good in original decorative wrappers. More
Paris: Charpentier (1909). 348pp. Very good in contemporary marbled boards, original wrappers not present. Rare. More
London (1978). Soft cover. The most interesting essay and collection of photographs on the famous eccentric art patron. Very good in wrappers. office. More
London (1978). Hardcover. Perhaps the best biographical book on the eccentric and wealthy collector. Numerous photographs. Very good in very good jacket. 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
[Pôrto: Editora Livraria Progredior] 1937 [i.e. 1938]. 188pp. The author was among the most widely respected Portuguese writers of his generation and regarded Botto with particularly high esteem as the greatest of modernist writers. He writes movingly of Botto's struggle over the controversy with his Cancoes and his personal life. Good in original wrappers, spine sunned with slight loss. Uncommon. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Light sunning to jacket spine. More
Madrid, La Novela de Hoy nº 106, 23 mayo 1924. Controversial novel about sexual improprieties, illustrated by the author. Very good in decorative wrappers, small closed tear at spine. More
Paris (2001). 4to. Reflections on Rimbaud's visit to Aden in 1880 with numerous photographs retracing his peregrinations. Attractive and interesting book. Fine in wrappers. More
Holborn (1972). Soft cover. Number 33 of 200 numbered copies. Fine in fine envelope. More
