Au Poiss' d'Or- Hotel Mueblé
Paris: Editions Montaigne (1929). Gay novel set in the Paris underworld of the 20s. A very good copy in decorative jacket, light wear. An unusually fresh copy of this uncommon title. More
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Hygiène et Education Sexuelle
Toulouse (1948). A small compendium of information on sexuality, with explanations of frigidity, homosexuality. Very good in wrappers. More
A collection of twelve Signe de Piste (and related) catalogs, brochures, order forms and correspondence from the proprietors of the publications. Many bear penned or penciled notations in the hand of Anthony Reid. Generally very good. More
Far from My Home. Stories: Long and Short
[London]: Duckworth, 1931. Sitwell's only collection of short stories, frontispiece by Pavel Tchelitcheff. original brick red cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Limited to 110 numbered copies signed by Sitwell.. A fine copy in plain brown wrappers. More
A Boy's Absence
London: George Allen & Unwin (1919). 24pp. A long and touching poem by the Uranian schoolmaster at Battersea Polytechnic School, who laments the departure of one of his students at the end of school term. The poems was apparently much admired by the fellow poet Montague Summers. The publisher Francis Edwin Murray's copy, with his small printed label on front cover and the author's name written in Murray's hand on title page. A very good copy laid into a blue cloth chemise with gilt lettering on spine, adorned with the bookplates of Timothy d'Arch Smith (by Goor) and Roger Walker, as well as a photographic image of the author. This appears to be the same copy (#80) as that catalogued by d'Arch Smith in English Homosexual Poetry of the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries: The Timothy d'Arch Smith Collection (Catalog #3 of Michael deHartington Booksellers). Young 3545*. More
R.A. Caton and the Fortune Press
Asphodel Editions (2004). Hardcover. This is the revised edition of the author's 1983 bibliography of the Fortune Press. This edition includes a wealth of new material, including the identity of some of the psuedonymous authors, as well as indexes missing from the original edition. Binding is 8vo, Cloth. (vi), 115 +1 pages. More
L'érotique ou la connaissance de soi: Essai psycho-synthétique sur le rôle de l'Erotique dans l'éducation du coeur humain et la formation de la personalité humaine
Lille: Mercure de Flandre (1931). 42pp. The prolific author writes here of the relationship between erotic impulses and the formation of early personality. Photographic frontispiece. Very good in wrappers. More
Psycho-Synthèse et Occultisme
Paris: Editions André Delpeuch (1929). Soft cover. Reflections on sexuality and homosexuality with references to Gide, Carpenter, Willy, Gourmont and many others. Attractively produced volume limited to 500 numbered copies. Very good in wrappers, light wear on spine. More
Parce que c'etait Lui
Paris: La Table Ronde (1953). Soft cover. Important gay "confession" by the journalist, producer and biographer, whose studies on T.E. Lawrence and Malraux have been acclaimed. One of only 26 lettered copies on Alfa. Fine in wrappers. More
Shirtless standing tattooed male with Oriental tattoo design on back, gouache and ink on board (14" x 22"), signed "Sparrow 1957." Exhibited Museum of Sex, 2011. (OD). More
A Boy's Story
Toronto (2001). Soft cover. Gay fiction by several hands. Fine in wrappers. One of 26 copies issued. More
A small collection of 12 printed ephemeral items, Christmas cards, and assorted other printed matter from one of the great Dutch printers. Many of the items are hand-colored and several are signed by the publisher/printer Ger Gleis. Works by James Purdy, William Blake, Sandro Penna and others are included. All near fine. Along with R. Breugelmans' bibliography of the press, 107 maal: Sub Signo Libelli (1/400 numbered copies). More
Studies in Strange Souls
Charles J. Sawyer. 1929. 82pp. Limited edition of 100 copies, this one being no. 56, signed by the author. Portrait frontis. + 2 plates. Original red buckram gilt faded on spine, otherwise very good. More
London Nights
London: Leonard C Smithers (1895). The author's third collection of Decadent poetry, issued by the controversial publisher of much "Nineties" verse. Very good in original boards, spine a bit dulled. One of 500 copies, a presentation copy to L. Cranmer-Byng, inscribed in the year of publication on front endpaper. Another, later inscription, from Simon Digby, appears below, bookplate on front pastedown. More
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Extraviadas en su luz. [Novela]
Montevideo: Fontanillas y González, Impresores [1947]. Uncommon novel by the Uruguayan writer. Very good in decorative wrappers, light wear and yellowing to pages. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. More
A Selection of Paintings, Gouaches and Drawings
London: Alpine Club (1972). Soft cover. Forty illustrated works, many of which were unpublished. Very good in wrappers. Uncommon. More