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

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

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Square 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1993). First Edition. 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

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

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

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

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

New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. Illustrated with 127 provocative duotone photographs. 230 pages. Square 4to. black cloth, d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, (1992). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies series. More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1952. Translated by P.B. 143 pages. Short slim 8vo, blue cloth, graphic d.w., lightly worn at spine ends. London: Secker & Warburg, 1952. 2nd impression. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. From the Standard Edition of the Works of Gide. More

New York: Covici Friede, 1928. 2 volumes, tall 8vo, handsomely rebound in 1/2 tan morocco, black leather spine labels. New York: Covici Fried, 1929. Limited Edition. Fine. One of 225 numbered copies signed by Radclyffe Hall. More

New York: Random House, 1965. Foreword by John Braine & introduction by Robert Nemiroff. lxi, [3], 143 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (largely intact but with some light chipping at spine ends). New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed and dated on front endpaper by Robert Nemiroff (Hansberry's husband and co-producer of the play) "For Lynn Lane - One of those who helped to prove why the author believed..... More