London, J.W. Parker and Son (1858) 8vo., 128 pp. A rare volume on the conduct of young men given to the eccentric teenage poet and Etonian, Digby Mackworth Dolben at age 14. Dolben caused considerable scandal at Eton with his exhibitionist behaviour and homosexual eccentricities He wrote homosexual verses to his contemporaries and scandalized his tutors with his behaviour. Dolben drowned at 19 and was mourned by the great Victorian poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins: “there can very seldom have happened the loss of so much beauty (in body and mind and life) ... Inscribed in 1862 to Dolben by Edward Daniel Stone, classical scholar and a schoolmaster at Eton during Dolben's tenure there. Armorial ex-libris of George Digby Scott, rector of Bray Quite rare- the first book of Dolben's library of which we are aware. Full crushed brown morocco and gilt, some wear, evidence of old tape strip removal, all edges gilt. More

Amsterdam: F. van Rossen (1908). 78pp. Aletrino was a prolific Dutch writer and a lecturer on criminal anthropology in Amsterdam and was one of the earliest Dutch advocates of homosexual rights, widely respected in his field. In 1903 he visited Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin and discusses his observations in Hermaphrodisie en uranisme. See Bleys, The Geography of Perversion: Male-To-Male Sexual Behavior Outside the West. Very god in original wrappers, small signature on front cover, light sunning to edges, light spotting to foredge. More

The Hague, Luctor et Emergo (1918). 246pp. François was a Dutch writer and gay activist who also campaigned for social justice in Indonesia. Anders was his first novel with an overtly gay theme and describes in detail how homosexuals lived in the Netherlands before the Second World War. Good in decorative boards by the great Dutch artist W. Arondeus, spine a bit dulled with light spotting, edges a bit dulled but internally very good. More

London: Published by Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co (1934). 4to. 854pp. Cunard's landmark anthology, complete with numerous black and white photographs and illustrations. It brings together some 255 contributions by 150 authors and is extensively illustrated with reproductions. An unparalleled classic of anti-racist commitment, encyclopedic in scope, supported by monumental and valuable documentation. Contributors included Louis Armstrong, Samuel Beckett, André Breton and other French surrealists, Langston Hugues, Zora Neale Hurston, Leo Frobenius, Theodore Dreiser, Ezra Pound, William Carlos William, as well as Cunard herself. A near fine copy of a book that is often in poor condition, very light fading to spine, but the covers are bright and the interior is fine, slipcased. Many copies were destroyed in the London Blitz during World War II. More

Lisboa (1932). 71pp. Previously unpublished material, issued in a limited edition of 250 copies. Warmly inscribed by the author to Ferreira da Castro in the year of publication. Very good in buff wrappers, occasional light foxing, browning to spine. More

Lisboa: Romero (1941). 413pp. The definitive edition of these poems, issued as Volume 1 of the collected works. Warmly inscribed by Botto on the endpaper to José Maria Ferreira de Castro in the year of publication. Very good in wrappers, browning to spine. More

Leipzig: Matthes (1864). 28pp. The first of the twelve groundbreaking essays on homosexuality written by Carl Ulrichs, and among the most important publications on homosexuality. Ulrichs was routinely prosecuted for his work and worked tirelessly to promote his agenda of gay rights: "The Urning, too, is a person. He, too, therefore, has inalienable rights. His sexual orientation is a right established by nature. Legislators have no right to veto nature; no right to persecute nature in the course of its work; no right to torture living creatures who are subject to those drives nature gave them. The Urning is also a citizen. He, too, has civil rights; and according to these rights, the state has certain duties to fulfill as well. The state does not have the right to act on whimsy or for the sheer love of persecution. The state is not authorized, as in the past, to treat Urnings as outside the pale of the law." (from "Araxes"). Very good in original buff wrappers, light wear at edges, very light spotting throughout, small stamp on lower spine. See Dynes, History of Homosexuality; Kennedy, Life and Works of Carl Heinrich Ulrichs; Hohmann, Der unterdrückte Sexus. More

[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

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

Buenos Aires: Maucci Hermanos (1903). 288pp. Guide to sexual hygiene, as well as various mental and psychological problems. Good in marbled boards, a bit of spotting throughout, endpaper has closed tear. Uncommon. More

New York (March 1935). Vol. 1 #1. 64pp. The first issue of a short-lived magazine dedicated to "answering modern sex problems". One essay helpfully identifies ways to cure homosexuality: "Every homosexual is a potential Dracula, a real vampire of his or her victim....." Very good in wrappers. More

NP; NP (c 1827). 8vo. oblong (13.5 cm. x 20cm). A series of 16 hand-colored copper engravings (8" x 5.5") relating to the death and interment of Pope Pius VII and the election of Pope Leo XII (printed on rectos only). Three additional colored engravings depict Pope Leo XII and costumes of the religious order of Adoratrices. Original full limp vellum with printed vellum label on spine, tissue guards, in custom blue cloth clamshell case. Light toning to covers, damp staining to bottoms of several pages (not affecting images). Ex-collection Islay Lyons. More