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Window Shopping in Rome
Original vintage photograph (9" x 10"), copyright stamp on verso with penned inscription by Lyons. More
Islay Lyons Photographs
Didier Millet (1996). 1st Edition. Hardcover. The only collection of photographs by this talented artist, who was friends with many in the artistic and literary worlds. Photographs of Graham Greene, Harold Acton, Bryher, Noel Coward, Janet Flanner, Peggy Guggenheim, Sybille Bedford, Margot Fonteyn and many others. Also included are landscapes and Italian cityscapes. Fine as issued in original wrappers, limited to 500 copies. The book was never released commercially and is quite rare. More
A flash sheet of 8 original photographs (8 1/2" x 11"), six of which depict Kenneth Macpherson in a nun's habit. The images were likely taken by Macpherson's partner, Islay Lyons, at their palatial home in Cetona in the late 1960s. More
Der Mann in der Photographie (IV)
Der Kreis: Zurich (1962). One hundred photographs culled from ten years of Der Kreis magazine from 1959-1961. Works by Arax, Dean, Paignton and numerous others. A very nice copy in green linen boards and photographic wrappers, small stain to cover, small closed tears. Uncommon. More
A vintage male nude photograph
A series of 8 vintage photographs (2.25" x 3.25" each) mounted together, portraying a number of male nudes in erotic poses, circa 1950s. Very good, a few have light surface imperfections. More
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
An original vintage photograph (9.5" x 7.5") of a young man with a woodworking tool by an unknown photographer. Very good with ink hand stamp on verso. More
An original vintage photograph
An original vintage photograph (9.5" x 7.5") of a young man in swimsuit standing by an unknown photographer. Very good with ink hand stamp on verso and dated "62" More
Vintage Photograph of Male Swimmer
Portrait of a young male in swimming trunks by an unknown photographer. (3 1/2" x 7 1/2"). Appears to date to the 1960/70s. Ink stamp on verso and penciled notations. More
Tous quatre
Giraud: Paris (1885) 378pp. This naturalistic novel is perhaps the author's most highly regarded work and is an early work with lesbian characters. The author was a member of the Académie Goncourt and frequently wrote about the struggle for equality and women's rights. Very good in 1/4 leather boards, edgewear to boards, wrappers not present. More
The Physique of Young Adult Males
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (1949). 66pp. A rather odd publication of the Privy Council which analyzes the respective physiques of city vs. town dwellers, immigrants vs. natives, etc. with extensive statistical information. The information is collated by county, most of which appears to have been gathered during the war years. Very good in original wrappers, slight browning to wrappers. More
Mon Corps, ce Doux Démon
[Paris?] : [Massot], [between 1958 and 1961]. 66pp. First edition of this erotic text written in 1932 while the author was living on Francis Picabia's yacht moored in Cannes. Andre Gide contributes an extensive introduction to the work, which is a recounting of Massot's homosexual experiences. The author, a member of the Dada movement also describes the artistic and literary circles of Montparnasse with memories of Eric Satie and Marcel Duchamp. Very good in lightly faded wrappers, unbound as issued, paper lightly browned, #122 of 220 copies. It appears that this may be a trade edition of the text published by Pierre-André-Benoit in 1959, which appeared in an edition of 55 copies with an illustration of the author by Jacques Villon. More
L'Art de l'Etre sans l'Etre
Paris: Figuiere [1916]. 30pp. A short play script/poem about a romantic drama among two men and a women. Bound in handmade boards, title written on cover, long inscription by the author on endpaper, along with an original drawing adhered to front pastedown, tassled thread, bookplate of Octave Chavaillon. Laid in at rear is a 4pp (1 sheet folded) printed collection of five sonnets entitled "Antinous", each of which are initialed by the author, who has also inscribed and numbered the collection. A curious publication-we can find no example in any institution, nor any other works published by the author. More
A Valentine for Lake Dawn
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
Marriage with Papers
Tombouctou (1986). Hardcover. Two stories translated by Paul Bowles. One hundred casebound copies signed by the author and translator. Very good. office. More
The Disrobing
San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press (1982). A collection of prose and poetry by the gay writer. One of 26 specially bound and lettered copies, with a specially printed poem laid in. Near fine in boards. More
Waschbrettbauch und Wespentaille
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
Opals and Pebbles
London: Roberts and Newton (1928). Nicholson's last published collection of verse and one of the last books published by any in the Uranian circle. Very good in brown linen boards,a little sunning and closed tear to edges on spine, small stain on rear board, previous owner's penned signature on endpaper and penciled notes on rear endpapers. More
A Sonnet from a Chaplet of Southernwood
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
The Collected Poems of Roden Noel
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