Scranton: Poetry Newsletter (1966). Works by Jack Scott, Tom Pease, Bukowski, Harvey Tucker and others. Very good, stapled decorative wrappers, light yellowing and wear to covers, small closed tear to rear wrapper. More

Scranton: Poetry Newsletter (1966?). Works by Jack Scott, Bob Nystedt and others. Very good with assorted inserts, stapled into card wrappers with original design on cover. Very good. More

Buffalo: Intrepid Press (1971). 130pp. About fine in green stapled card covers, bump to lower right corner. Cover caligraph by Brion Gysin. Contributions by John Weiners,Gary Snyder, Richard Wright, Philip Lamantia, and others. 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

Amsterdam: Chez les héritiers de M.-M. Rey (1784). 136pp. The first appearance of this highly controversial memoir about Voltaire's complicated relationship with the eccentric Frederick the Great. The book's scandalous revelations about Frederick's homosexuality caused an immediate uproar and the book was banned in France. Despite the fact that Voltaire had died in 1778, there is considerable evidence that Voltaire had intended for the book to be published in his lifetime. See Lee, An American Voltaire- Essays @ 240-243. Very good in lightly worn 3/4 morocco boards, marbled endpapers, booksellers ticket on front paste down, silk marker. Quite rare. More

Paris: Editions Faye and Gina (2016). 24pp. 4to. Graphic work by the Spanish artist, which consists primarily of images of nude men- the artist's first publication. A fine copy in decorative stitched wrappers, with a large folded poster laid in. One of 350 numbered copies (#70). More

Medoso, MMMCCCXXXIII [1888]. 75pp. The second edition of this important early document about sodomy, with particular attention to the notorious Deschauffours affair of 1726 wherein Benjamin Deschauffours was burned at the stake in the Place de Grève in Paris for kidnapping boys and selling them to some 200 French aristocrats. The pamphlet depicts Deschauffours ("Fourchuda") as the champion of the oppressed class in Spira ("Paris") who in his zeal in defending a large army of Ebugors ("Buggers") was taken prisoner in the struggle, thrown into the fire by the partisans of the Cytherons (referencing the Greek island of Cythera, traditionally associated with heterosexual love). The pamphlet uses anagrams throughout to disguise its subject matter and supplies a four page key at the end to assist in deconstructing the essay. The pamphlet was originally published in 1733 is quite rare and was routinely banned by censors. Bibliothèque nationale, Enfer, n° 113 - P. Pia, Les Livres de l'Enfer, p. 49. Very good in marbled boards and calf spine, marbled endpapers, original wrappers present, silk page marker, light spotting to endpapers. More

Paris: Dorbon-Ainé (1916). Wartime memoir written by the British born celebrity chef. Secretary to Henri Gauthier-Villars (who called him "a little swindler and a huge homosexual") he wrote a number of books on cookery and contributed to Jacques Fersen's Akademos (see Sidney Place below). Privately printed edition of 300 copies (#48), this example without the etchings by Laboureur. Very good in decorative covers, spine a bit worn and chipped, light fading. More

New York: Julien Levy Gallery (ND- 1940s?). An advertisment for an auction of works by Tchelitchew, Diego Rivera, Walker Evans, Rockwell Kent and numerous others to benefit political prisoners. The single folded sheet also notes a "Brazilian Strip Tsi-Tsi Dance" and references the sponsors, which included Chick Austin, Bennet Cerf and others. Very good, quite rare. More

London: Macmillan and Co. (1871). 416pp. A collection of writings by Symonds, edited by his son and published shortly after the author's death. Inscribed by Symonds on front endpaper. An excellent copy in 3/4 brown morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, silk bookmark, hinges weak. More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow (1972). One of 200 numbered copies signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy in orange printed paper boards with cloth spine and paper label. Ford was a major figure in post-War Surrealist circles and longtime friend of Pavel Tchelitchew. More