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Scarce periodical anthology of gay fiction, with contributions from Dennis Cooper, Robert Glück, Brad Gooch, David Sedaris (a very early appearance), Gary Indiana and many others.
Scarce periodical anthology of gay fiction, with contributions from Dennis Cooper, Robert Glück, Brad Gooch, David Sedaris (a very early appearance), Gary Indiana and many others.
Scarce first edition of this classic '50s lesbian novel with a happy ending, by the activist, poet, futurist, and author of the equally groundbreaking ODD GIRL and THIS BED WE MADE.
First edition of this classic midcentury coming-of-age novel, packaged as a beatnik lesbian exploitation extravaganza but written with more than the usual allowance of wit and sensitivity.
First printing of this psychology book written with the aim of finding and removing the "cause" of homosexuality and gender-nonconformity, owned by a doctor who espoused less harmful practices.
First printing of this pre-Stonewall selection of mid-'60s queer anecdote, cultural guides, and purported case histories.
First edition of this lesbian-themed exploitation pulp by a pseudonymous Gordon B. Strunk, also the prolific author of men's-magazine erotica from the '50s through the '70s under the name Scott Rainey.
First paperback edition of Brock's early lesbian romantic melodrama, originally published in 1935 and reissued by Avon with this classic cover illustration by famed Nancy Drew cover artist Rudy Nappi.
Scarce wide-eyed pulp exposé of the lesbian bars, codes, conventions, and secret underground cabals of mid-'60s America.
Uncommon first edition of this prototypical early '60s lesbian pulp novel set in an evocative twilit New York of abstract expressionists and jazz cigarettes, bloviating artists and lascivious beatnik roommates.
Signed first printing of Olga Broumas's first collection of poetry, a celebration of lesbian eroticism that blazed a trail for future poets – in the scarce hardcover issue.
First printing of this work about exploring the spiritual side of sex through Tantra, including a description of the structure of Shaivism, from which the practice originates – with tips for and illustrations of practical applications.
The seven chapter titles: Sadism, Masochism, Fetichism, Lesbianism, Exhibitionism, Nymphomania, Voyeurism; these being all the normal and abnormal sexual practices known to the authors as of 1967.
Late '70s erotica following the adventures of a "big-city lesbian." Part of the "Eve's Journals" series.
Lesbian pulp erotica: a loosely connected compilation of explicit fiction, pseudo-case-histories, and high-minded literary-historical lectures touching on Sappho, Pierre Louys, Renee Vivien, and Colette.
Sleaze erotica; an "important and relevant study" of lesbian swinging, framed with classic '60s faux-psychiatric pontifications to circumvent obscenity laws.
"The Bizarre True-Life Story Of A "Normal" Woman Who Suddenly Discovered She Was Attracted To Other Women!" Standard erotic sleaze with an epigraph from Baudelaire's Femmes Damnees and an introductory claim that "Ann Summerhill" is a pseudonym for a 36-year-old "authoress" whose work "is known by readers of our top national magazines."
Late '70s pure sleaze erotica of revived "boarding school passions", titled shamelessly after Radclyffe Hall's classic WELL OF LONELINESS to give the reader a hint. Midwood #60930.
"Beneath Her Calm Efficiency Raged Fires of Perverted Lust!" Pulp erotica combining traditional sleaze with nurse-novel tropes; includes a passing mention of the "race prejudice" faced by an African American nurse, though neither sensitivity nor social realism can otherwise be said to feature highly in this work.
Mid-'70s sleaze anthology.
"Bares the Orgiastic Behavior of the Lesbians, the Bi-Sexuals, the Heteros and the Lavender Lads of Tinsel Town."
Sleaze erotica, with bisexual themes communicated through baseball metaphors ("They were switch hitters! These are the chicks who dig both men and women...") An Orpheus Red-Hot Book.
Early sleaze, or, as the publisher put it, a "Highly Readable Novel."
Original photographs documenting the April 25, 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, one of the largest protests in American history and the third major march for LGBT rights.
Small collection of material from the Scorpio Leather Club ("Scorpio L.C.") in Springfield, MA.
Collection of five explicit gay-themed Stonewall-era cartoons presented as mock holiday cards and posters, all signed "Chic."