London: Bodley Head, 1962. First edition. 158pp. Crimson cloth in gilt lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Foxed along bottom edge. Jacket a little rubbed, spine panel very lightly sunned. Ackerley's only novel, dog-themed like his better-known My Dog Tulip, also gay-themed. It was the basis of a.... More about We Think the World of You
New York: The Dial Press, 1956. First edition. 248 pp. Original paper covered boards with black cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering. Near Fine with slightly bumped tips, in fairly bright unclipped dust jacket with small stain to spine panel, light wear at extremities. A nice copy of James Baldwin's second... More about Giovanni's Room
London: Michael Joseph, 1979. First British edition. Signed by James Baldwin on dedication page, inscribed to former owner. 597 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped jacket with foxing to back flap, spine a little sunned, front corner nicked. The author's sixth novel, about a.... More about Just Above My Head
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First edition, copy number 83 of 1050 copies, privately printed for the author and with the information on Edward Titus blacked out. Near Fine with light soiling and light shelf wear to wraps, slight wear at spine ends... More about Ladies Almanack showing their Signs and their tides; their moons and their Changes; the Seasons,...
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Inscribed in black ink to former owner who correspondended with the author about The Antiphon in the early sixties: "With regards to / Nancy Mazzocco, / and the author's thanks, / [signed] Djuna Barnes / May 1961." Second edition, early printing. 239pp. Original purple cloth... More about Nightwood
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning and light wear, rusting to staples. More about The Banana Book
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning, foxing and wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy. More about Self Portrait
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Signed by author in the year of publication on front flyleaf in blue ink: "Let the buyer beware! John Horne Burns Hartford 7 Aug 47." First edition. 342 pp. Black cloth with gilt and blue stamping. Fine in About Very Good dust jacket. Typical... More about The Gallery
(Hurst): The Peacocks Press, 1952. First edition. Copy #75 of only 200. 46 pp. Original marbled paper boards with paper label. A Fine copy. Two publisher's prospectuses laid in. The eccentric novelist's letters in a deluxe numbered edition printed on handmade paper. More about Letters to Grant Richards
London and New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1898. First edition. 118pp. + colophon. Original grayish wraps. Bodley Booklets Number Six. Good only with back wrap detached but present, creased front cover, chipping and loss to spine. Other than former owner's name (Hugh M. Tosh) and 1908 date written... More about Stories Toto Told Me
London: Bertram Rota, 1972. First edition. Copy #220 of 550 copies. 58 pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. More about Letters to James Walsh
New York: Board of Publications of the DeWitt Clinton High School, 1921. This yearbook features two poems of distinguished African-American poet Countee Cullen, then 17 years old and a junior: “Icarian Wings” (cited by Cullen scholar David Dorsey) and “The King is Dead! Long Live the King.” Cullen also appears..... More about "Icarian Wings" and "The King is Dead! Long Live the King" in The Clintonian...
Washington, D.C. Jawbone, 1977. 12 pp. First edition, one of 200 copies (of which 26 copies were signed and numbered; this copy is signed though not of the numbered issue). Signed by Tim Dlugos on the title page. Very Good or better, with light soiling and light toning to wraps... More about For Years
Los Angeles: Little Caesar Press, 1979. First edition. Signed by Tim Dlugos on the title page. Very Good or better, with light rubbing and faint wear to wraps. Scarce signed. More about Je Suis Ein Americano
London: Grant Richards, 1920. First edition. 112, [6]pp. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Color illustrated frontis and title pages. Near Fine, sans jacket, head and tail worn, as are bottom tips but overall a very neat clean copy. Tissue guard toned with closed tear. One of 530 copies ever... More about The Princess Zoubaroff
New York: Covici Friede, 1929. Signed limited edition. Copy 204 of 225 numbered copies of The Victory Edition, signed by Radclyffe Hall and with a specially designed title page by S. A. Jacobs. Two volumes bound in publisher's blue paper over beige cloth covered boards, stamped in silver, lacking the... More about The Well of Loneliness
no place: Causeway Films, 2016. First edition, signed by Jennifer Kent at the rear. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with titles and Babadook silhouette stamped in black. Fine, a lovely copy, as new, with all pop-ups and mechanicals intact. The Babadook is 2014 Australian horror film directed Jennifer Kent, in... More about Mister Babadook
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1970. First edition. 280 p. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Light wear at tips, rubbing to cloth, crease on spine. Jacket spine panel sunned, wear along edges, price intact ($5.95). A nice first of the bestselling gay novel. More about The Lord Won't Mind
New York: Liveright Inc., 1932. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To my friend Ann Orford with pleasant memories of Toronto in which she plays a large part - [signed] Blair Niles January 1941." First edition, sixth printing. 341pp. Original pale blue cloth with blue lettering. Near Fine in... More about Strange Brother
San Diego: Sanctuary Publications, 1981. First edition. 200 pp. with fold-out poster of cover design and three sheets laid in: Workshop on Divine Androgyne Tantra, A Holistic Health Preventitive Approach to Life-Threatening Illness, and a single-sided ad for the book. Very Good with no jacket as issued. Spine sunned, some... More about The Divine Androgyne According to Purusha : Adventures in Cosmic Erotic Ecstasy and Androgyne...
Denver: Antelope Publications, 1980. First separate American edition. 32 pp. Stapled printed pink wrappers. One leaf (pp. 9-10) a bit creased and crumpled, else Near Fine. An influential lesbian second-wave feminist article originally published in the periodical Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. More about Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1995. First edition. Signed by poet on title page, inscribed to former owner. (x), 79 pp. Navy cloth with silver lettering on front board, blue metallic lettering on spine. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, else Fine. A collection of... More about Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991-1995
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1969. Inscribed to poet and Queens College professor Stephen Stepanchev on title page and signed by Rich. First edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 71 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt. Slight bowing to back board, else Fine in Fine dust jacket... More about Leaflets: Poems 1965-1968
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. First edition, hardcover issue. xiii, 62 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with slight scratching to back panel and shelf wear. The scarce hardcover issue of the first book by poet Richard Siken, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. More about Crush
(No Place): Nightstand Books, 1962. First edition, early printing with 75 cent price on front cover and "NB 1514 R" on spine. 191 (1, ad) pp. Paperback original. A Good+ copy with creased spine, rubbed and slightly creased cover, light edge wear. A notable lesbian pulp novel widely recognized as... More about Sin Girls