first edition, 1992. scarce.
essex hemphill was a celebrated queer activist and poet. "ceremonies" was his first full-length collection and won the national library association’s gay, lesbian, and bisexual new author award.
includes contemporaneous newspaper clippings.
new york: plume. isbn: 0452268176. 5.25 x 8 inches. 177 pages.....
first edition, 1971.
new york: w.w. norton and company. 8.75 x 6 inches. 256 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth covered boards. book condition: block lightly toned. heavy rubbing to front board. gentle bumping throughout. very good. jacket condition: chip to head of spine. closed tear to foot.....
first edition, 1991. includes signed letter from acker.
"929 clayton st.
sf., ca. 94117
dear ray,
thanks so much- you're being a sweetheart to someone who never should have been a landlord, much less and absentee one.
yours truly,
kathy acker"
new york: semiotext(e). isbn: 09367566853. 4.5.....
later issue of the seventh edition, 1888.
philadelphia: david mckay. 6.25 x 9 inches. 404 pages. hardcover. bound in mustard cloth-covered boards. gilt stamping to front board and spine. top edge gilt. deckled edges. book condition: some very light rubbing to board. light chipping, soiling, and booksellers pencil to.....
second edition, 1948.
widely circulated text published anonymously by a self proclaimed gay and catholic man, with an introduction by renowned psychologist r. h. thouless, m.a., phd. The text called for greater tolerance of male homosexuality based on the premise that, as stated in the introduction, “the virtuous.....
first edition, 1958.
1928 semi-autobiographical french novel authored anonymously by jean cocteau. cocteau never publicly acknowledged his authorship, but provided illustrations for some of the editions including this one.
new york: the macalay company. 5 x 7.5 inches. 88 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: toning.....
1990.
“‘To live in an era,’ as Yukio Mishima said, ‘is to be oblivious to its style.’ Only those who were the most original, who took their strength from the uniqueness of their worldview, bucked this ‘truth.’ And perhaps not even then. Perhaps this ‘strength,’ this ‘originality’ amounts.....
(1991).
“this is our art, useless, boring, impotent, elitist, and very, very beautiful,” declares the fourth issue of san francisco’s erotic men’s magazine. This issue focuses on gay men and includes political commentary, short texts, and explicit black and white imagery.
san francisco: homoco. 8 ½ by.....
first thus, 1985. scarce.
"patrioli's models don't allude to anything; they do nothing more than deliver their image up to the camera. they are narcissus; the camera lens the reflecting pool. It is in this seductive pattern of reflections that the hunter's skill and fleetness lies. to approach.....
1977. out of print.
translated from the italian by david fernbach.
an influential work of 1970s gay theory, proposing that homosexuality is an innate and universal human potential repressed by heterosexual norms, and that liberation lies in freeing eros and moving beyond fixed categories.
by.....
first edition, 1958.
three-act verse tragedy set in england in 1939 during world war two. the hobbs family reunion takes place in their ancestral home, burley hall. highly stylized and poetic, barnes' drama reveals dark familial secrets and escalating violence. this was the last of barnes's major works to.....
[fourteen issues], 1968-1980. with men's room sign. scarce.
includes the following issues:
no. 6, march 1971; no. 8; no. 17, march/april 1973; no. 18, june/july 1973; no. 25, summer 1975; no. 29/30, summer/fall 1976; no. 31, winter 1977; no. 32, spring 1977; no. 33/34, summer/fall 1977; no. 35.....
mass market paperback edition, 1966.
new york: paperback library, inc. 7.5 x 4.15 inches. 100 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: shelfwear. light reading creases and creases to back wrapper. edges lightly worn. very good++.
signed first edition, 2019.
minneapolis: graywolf press. isbn: 978-1-64445-003-1. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 247 pages. hardcover. bound in black paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: unclipped ($26.00). fine.
[fifteen consecutive editions], 1970-71. scarce.
includes editions 3 though 17
a collection of the famed midwestern lesbian-feminist newspaper, published from 1970–74 in the shared home of a collective from the iowa city women’s liberation front. includes articles, poetry, cartoons, and graphic art, offering a midwestern perspective on women’s.....
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second printings, 1995.
volumes 3, 6, 9, 10, and 11.
australian lesbian detective series from naiad press, a foundational publisher of lesbian literature in the United States.
down under: a detective inspector carol ashton mystery, book 3. alahassee, florida: the naiad press. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.....
july 1976. scarce.
queer poetry journal with contributions from james gilbert, lyle glazier, stephen greco, edward kaplan, and more.
new york: andrew bifrost. 6 x 9 inches. 74 pages. softcover. perfect bound in illustrated paper wrappers. book condition: light shelfwear. near fine.
first edition, 2006. scarce.
"deep sex is about the fearless exploration of sexual fantasies and the willingness to share them with one another and ultimately the world."
berlin: bruno gmünder verlag. isbn: 3861878720. 9.5 x 7 inches. unpaginated. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: fine.
first edition, 1990. very scarce.
tuppy owens was a health activist, therapist, writer, and sex worker. owens' sex activism was notable for it's lgbtq+ inclusivity and focus on the experiences of disabled people. hoping to be an enabler rather than a guru, she wanted to speak “plainly about sex.....
first paperback edition, 1974.
cover by larry rivers. edited by donald allen.
new york: random house. isbn: 0394719735. 7 x 8 inches. 232 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: some shelf-wear. very good.
signed first edition, 2019.
new york: penguin. isbn: 978-0-525-56202-3. 8.5" x 5.5 inches. hardcover. bound in quarter-cloth covered boards. book condition: edges bowed and lightly edgeworn. bumping to head and foot of spine. very good. jacket condition: mild soiling. cockling throughout. heavily edgeworn. bumping to head and foot.....
signed, 2011. very scarce.
essay by gordon brent ingram, ph.d. interview by alec soth.
brooklyn, ny: powerhouse books. isbn: 978-1-57687-583-4. 12.5 x 10 inches. 95 pages. hardcover. bound in green paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: negligible edgewear. unclipped. near fine.
first paperback edition, 1998.
a variation of gedün chöpel's tibetan arts of love.
berkeley, california: north atlantic books. isbn: 1-55643-274-7. softcover. bound in paperwrappers. book condition: light rubbing and stains to back wrapper. mildly edgeworn. fine-.
first edition, 2016.
philadelphia: university of pennsylvania press. isbn: 9780812247862. 7 x 10 inches. 353 pages. hardcover. bound in brown cloth-covered boards. book condition: some soiling to block. mildly edgeworn. very good+. jacket condition: closed-tear to upper front cover. bumping to spine. light shelfwear. unclipped. very good.
first edition, 1991. scarce.
new york: amethyst press. isbn: 0-927200-08-2. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 143 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: lightly edgeworn. near fine.