New York: Aperture, 1990. Illustrated with color and black and white photography. 79 pages, slim small 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Aperture, (1990). A near fine copy. More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. A handful of black and white illustrations. 484 pages. thick 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper (foot of spine of wrapper crushed). Berkeley: University of California Press, (1983). Pages a bit toned, all else fine in a very good(-) 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

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

New York: Vendome, 2007. Hundreds of photographs. 286pp., 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Vendome Press, (2007). A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More

New York: Viking, 1985. Small 8vo, d.w. N.Y.: Viking, (1985). First Edition. Fine. More

Tuskegee Institute, AL: 1934. 2 pages (front and back), 11 x 8.5 inches, on personal "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead, Tuskegee Institute, AL, July 25, 1934. This revealing letter, written to a young man and signed "G.W. Carver," is filled with personal observations on prejudice as well as his feelings about getting together to pursue their mutual scientific interests, in part: "You are quite correct, prejudice still exists in enormous proportions worse in some sections than others. Confidentially, dear... More

Tuskegee Institute, AL: 1932. 2 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, on personal "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute" letterhead, Tuskegee Institute, AL, August 18, 1932 -- an explicit letter to a young man, filled with glowing compliments and loving wishes, in part: "Your splendid letter has made me very, very happy. Just to get a letter from my precious boy is decidedly thrilling...The thing I prize as my greatest earthly possession is to have a dear, handsome, wholesome, intelligent boy with... More

Paris: Isadore Liseux, 1890. Title printed in red and black. 3 volumes, slim 8vos, bound in beautiful contemporary 3/4 green morocco, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with red leather labels; marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Paris: Isadore Liseux, 1890. Spines a bit faded, otherwise a fine copy, handsomely bound. One of the most notorious amatory classic works of the 17th century. The Dialogues are considered the first pornographic work written in Latin. The attribution to Spanish poet Luisa Sigea was in fact a.... More

London: Routledge, 1996. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 296 pages, small 4to, pictorial self-wrappers. London: Routledge, (1996). A near fine copy. 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