My Father and Myself.
New York: Coward-Mccann, 1969. 219 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (spine sunned and edges worn). New York: Coward-McCann, (1969). First American edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Coward-Mccann, 1969. 219 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (spine sunned and edges worn). New York: Coward-McCann, (1969). First American edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Moscow: 1989. Signed program from an event about human rights to American writer and editor Leo Lerman (best known for his work at Conde Nast publications and as a major advocate for gay rights from the 1940's until his death in 2011), inscribed: "To Leo Lerman - with gratitude - an effect of my humble efforts - Svetlana - Moscow - September 1989". Excellent condition. Russian-born daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin who caused an international furor when she defected..... More
New York: ESPN Books, 2007. 290 pages, 8vo, gray cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: ESPN Books, (2007). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Boldly inscribed in black marker on the half-title page: "To George & Peter, Best Wishes, John Amaechi." More
London: John Murray, 1994. Illustrated. x + 246 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: John Murray, (1994). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Madrid: TF Editores, 2015. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. 128 pages with text in English. Slim oblong 4to, black cloth-packed pictorial boards. Madrid: TF Editores, (2015). First edition thus. A fine copy -- as new in the original shrinkwrap. "Powerful, lyrical and controversial, Alvin Baltrop's photographs are a groundbreaking exploration of clandestine gay culture in New York in the 1970s and 80s. During that era, the derelict warehouses beneath Manhattan's West Side piers became a lawless, forgotten part..... More
New York: Poseidon, 1993. 269pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Poseidon Press, (1993). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, 1978. More
Cologne: Taschen, 1999. Many full page color photographs throughout. 175 pages, tall narrow 4to, bright neon pink printed boards, silver gilt edges, d.w. Koln: Taschen,1999. First Edition. Foot of spine lightly bumped, still a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
1896. A.L.S. "Johnstone Bennett" 8vo, 1 page, Hotel Grenoble, ca. 1896, requesting tickets from a theatre owner. In full: "Will you honor me with a box for Tribby" any evening most convenient to you and confer a great favor."Boldly signed and in excellent condition. French-born American stage actress who gained great notoriety for her penchant for wearing men%u2019s attire both in the street and on the stage. She is believed by many to have been one of the very first..... More
8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1976). More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2018. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 437 pages. 8vo, lavender cloth, d.w. New York: Bloomsbury, (2018). A very good(+) copy--light bumping to title pages; in a good wrapper--staining to bottom edge of front panel. More
2007. Numerous color and black & white photographic illustrations. 104 pages, slim small 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. N.p. 2007. Fine. Inscribed by the Publisher and Editor in Chief, Shannon Michael Cane. More
Tuskegee Institute, AL: 1934. 2 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, on personal "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead, Tuskegee Institute, AL, April 27, 1934 -- an explicit letter to a young man, filled with highly personal observations on the race barrier which separates them, in part: "Your letter touches me so very deeply as it touches my life so vitally. The financial condition has and is a great stumbling block in our path, this in time I hope will be..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 149 pages. 12mo, yellow boards with black spine, dust wrapper. New York: Columbia University Press, (1996). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Hogarth, 1961. Translated by Rae Dalven and featuring introduction by W.H. Auden. xxii, 234 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, blue printed d.w. (un-torn but spine and panel edges sunned to gray). London: Hogarth Press, (1961). First edition. Cloth is just a touch faded at edges, still fine in very good dust wrapper. Constantine Cavafy, born in 1863 in Alexandria where he spent most of his life until he died in 1933, has a unique place in the history of Greek..... More
New York: Vanguard, 1956. 254 pages, blue boards, d.w. New YOrk: Vanguard, 1956. First Edition. His first book. Fine in a a good dust wrapper, lightly edge-chipped, with a closed tear and some dust soil on the back panel. More
London: Routledge, 1975. 243 pages, 8vo, navy cloth, green dust wrapper (price clipped). London: Routledge, 1975. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
London: GMP Publishers, 1985. Illustrated with color paintings throughout. 93 pages with text in German and English. Square 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. London: GMP Publishers, (1985). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. 414pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, sunned and edge-worn d.w. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1963). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1995. Illustrated with 86 moody and mildly homo-erotic photographs, printed in four colors with varnish on acid free paper. 141 pages. Slim folio, yellow cloth with a black-stamped pictorial cover, adapted from a design by Aubrey Beardsley; plain mylar wrapper. (Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1995). First edition. A fine copy. Limited printing of 5000 copies. More
2010. Photo illustrations. 4to, thin photographic wrappers. (New York & Paris) 2010. Limited Edition. Fine. One of 300 numbered copies. Two photographs laid in. More
London: Gay Men's Press, 1984. Illustrated in black and white. 188 pages. Slim 8vo, decorative wrappers. London: GMP, (1984). Toned text block, some light wear at spine and corners -- still internally clean. Very good. Inscribed at half title page by the author. More
New York: 1987. 2 pages (front and back) on "Committee For the Free World" letterhead, 11 x 8.5 inches, New York, April 15, 1987. In this letter, Decter writes to constitutional attorney Howard Meyer in response to his lengthy missive to her. In small part: "...The Boys on the Beach is not homophobic. It is to be sure - an attack on the Gay Rights movement...which is not synonymous with homosexuals, any more than the Black Power movement was co-extensive..... More
illus. 8vo, bds., d.w. (N.Y.): Warner, (1992). vg Case of Andrew Crispo. More
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