[Reading, PA]: [No Publisher], [1975]. A photographic archive documenting the beginnings of Berks Filmmakers in Reading, PA in 1975, an independent film cooperative that continues to this day. Linda Adlestein, wife of Berks co-founder Gary Adelstein, took candid portraits of a number of attendees, many of whom were major figures..... More
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[Fire Island]: N/A, Circa 1960s. Two albums, both filled to completion, chronicling a drag queen house party at Fire Island during the late 1960s. Quarto "Easy-Mount" photo album, spiral bound in faux leather with embossed front board, containing 7 double-card leaves protected by plastic covers. Quarto "Scrap Book," cord bound..... More
Washington, D.C. Guild Press, Ltd., 1966. First edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient: "en souvenir d'une nuit chaude a Milwaukee." [viii], 295 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with slight..... More
Boston: Perineum Press, 1992. First Alyson edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night at St Tropez." xii, 128, [4] pp. with three advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover art..... More
Boston: Perineum Press, 1982. First Alyson edition, fourth printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night in a cave on Capri." 212, [4] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover..... More
Los Angeles: Creative Film Associates, 1947. Rare program notes for a 1947 showing of Das Cabinet Der Dr. Caligari by Kenneth Anger and his group Creative Film Associates. 3 pp. printed on rectos only. 8.5" x 13.25", folded horizontally. A few small tears at left edge by staple, sheets slightly..... More
[New York]: [no publisher], 1995. A large collection of approximately 300 color photographs documenting the 1995 New York City Gay Pride parade, with images typically depicting floats, parade marchers, banners, signs and crowds. Most images appear to be taken from the crowd. Those depicted marching in the parade come from..... More
Rennes: MJC, 1978. Issue no. 2. [8] pp. With three original stickers laid in. Publishers pink illustrated self-wraps, inner contents laid in, unbound. Near Fine, lightly worn. The second issue (of ten total) of a campy, pun-packed avant-garde publication produced early in the career of longtime Rennais queer activist..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing. 313pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Very Good+ with sunned spine, light soiling to cloth and minor wear to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Light foxing to front and rear endpapers, contents bright. Lacking..... More
[Jena, Germany]: [Frommann and Wesselhoft], 1805. A rare presentation copy of the first edition of "the earliest known novel that centers on an explicitly male-male love affair," written by the cross-dressing Duke August Emil Leopold von Sachsen-Gotha (1772-1822). The ruler of a miniscule German territory during the Napoleonic Era, he..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1964. First edition. xviii, 121, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with blue lettering. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear, unclipped ($3.95). More
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First edition. [viii], 197 pp. Bound in publisher's reddish orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly worn. An attractive copy of the novel by African American expatriate author James Baldwin that inspired the 2018 film by the..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Deluxe first edition. Number 76 of limited 250 copies signed by James Baldwin on the rear limitation page. 197 pp. Bound in publisher's leather lettered in gilt in the original brown paper covered slipcase. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with sticker residue on..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1979. First edition, one of 500 signed by James Baldwin on limitation page at rear. [x], 597 pp. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, housed in matching slipcase. Fine, still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap with slight tearing and yellowing..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on dedication page with "Janice" crossed out and corrected to "Jamie," as she typically did with this book. 319 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint perfume small, in Near Fine..... More
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First edition. Number 952 of 1050 copies, privately printed for the author. Near Fine with slight wear and moderate foxing. In original glassine dust jacket, tattered, lacking the front flap. A fantastic copy. Barnes' novel based on a...... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936. First British edition, first printing. Association copy signed by Djuna Barnes on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to Chester Page with date 1970. 239 pp. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blue topstain. Near Fine with slight lean..... More
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First edition, one of 40 numbered copies signed by Djuna Barnes and with illustrations hand-colored; Barnes has replaced the reference to Edward W. Titus on the title page in red ink, correcting the publication information to read "....... More
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1950. First edition, first printing. [vi], 373, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with brown stamping, green topstain. Near Fine, light foxing to fore edge, in a Very Good dust jacket, foxed and a little worn along edges, price intact ($3.00). While today it is..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First edition, first printing. Signed by Alison Bechdel on the title page, inscribed to a former owner. [vi], 232, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's neon orange decorative paper boards. Subtle lean to binding else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A...... More
New York: Julian Press Inc, Publishers, 1966. First edition, first printing. x, [iv], 286, [12] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with red and blue stamping to front board, gilt spine lettering. Very Good, bumped corners, faint staining to cloth, front hinge a little over-opened. A breakthrough medical text describing..... More
New York: The Julian Press, Inc., 1966. First edition, first printing. x, [iv], 286, [12] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red, purple and blue with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, minor staining to the bottom edge of the text block. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust..... More
New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First edition, first printing of a salacious early "lost gay novel" written under a pen name by George Sylvester Viereck, prolific poet and fascist propagandist. 383 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in yellow. Near Fine, lightly worn, in a Very Good..... More
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Signed by Joe Brainard on the title page and inscribed "For Jack [Brusca] with love and luck[,] Joe." [19] pp. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning, slight rubbing and soiling to covers; abrasion to front cover..... More
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Signed by Joe Brainard on the title page and inscribed to fellow artist Jack Brusca, "For Jack with future love too, Joe." Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Near Fine with faint rubbing to wraps and light spot of soiling to upper corner..... More