Los Angeles: Ah Men, 1966. Oblong saddle-stapled wraps, [12] pp. A very early catalog from the Gay fashion company, this one devoted to western wear but slipping in some skin care supplies and bondage leather for good measure, with page after page of men carousing on what looks like an..... More
Amsterdam: 1943. Amsterdam: dated 1941 [actually, 1943]. ALS on lined prison stationary, marked 'S.G.S. 8105-1942’. 29 lines, written in pencil. Addressed to “Eep” [Marius Roland Holst], and signed “Tiky.” One line blacked out, likely by a censor. With an accompanying letter by Willem Sandberg to Roland Holst about the damage..... More
San Francisco: Healing Tales, 1989. 16mo, [12] pp, photomechanically reproduced on yellow paper and saddle-stapled. Rare zine and manifesto by the anonymous queer activist group, who also worked under the name Girl With Arms Akimbo. The group was responsible for some of the best protest posters of the era, addressing..... More
San Francisco: CUAV, [1984]. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" handbill, printed in black on orange paper. Women's Press printing slug to right margin. Handbill soliciting information on an attack on two gay men by a man who had responded to a sex ad in a newspaper, issued by the CUAV..... More
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Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled beige titled in black, with Union Label printing slug to rear wrap. Crease rear wrap, a couple short nicks and other wear, else a very good example. More
New York: Hillman Books, 1961. First edition. 16mo, 160 pp, paperback. First and only edition of this novel of bisexual life in Greenwich Village, which was written under pseudonym by the New York School writer Joseph LeSueuer, written while he was living with Frank O’Hara. The actually ends up in..... More
New York: Art Militia of the Lesbian Nation, [1996]. 8 ½ x 11”. Printed on recto only on beige paper. This flyer, rising out of Queer Nation, and put together by artists Carrie Moyer and Sue Schaffner, was handed out and pasted up around New York City in 1996. A one-sheet..... More
San Francisco: Act Up San Francisco, c. 1995. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, printed in black on green paper. A flyer by Act Up San Francisco attacking Fauci, which appears to have been distributed at a banquet in his honor - "... you are a murderer and should not be..... More
[New York]: Rebel Fux, nd. 32mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Original xerox. Beautiful mini-zine by Kate Huh, this one on Paris and the French language. "Queer Zine" written on cover in pencil, a little soiling and pucker to cover else very good. More
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Corpus Christi: Order of Napunsakäs in the West, 1996-1998. 4to, each issue xeroxed in black and white and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. A substantial run of this zine of the queer occult esoteric order, which solicited membership from "Poofs, pansies, dykes, lezbos, queers, fags, fairies, sissies..... More
London: Routledge, 1937. First edition. 8vo, 71 pp, bound in green boards titled and decorated in blue. No dust jacket. For Your Convenience takes the form of a fictional dialogue between two members of the Thélème club, discussing where in London to find "relief" out and about after excessive consumption..... More
London: Routledge, 1937. First edition. 8vo, 71 pp, bound in green boards titled and decorated in blue. No dust jacket. For Your Convenience takes the form of a fictional dialogue between two members of the Thélème club, discussing where in London to find "relief" out and about after excessive consumption..... More
San Francisco: Queer Nation, 1990. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, xeroxed on a sheet of lined notebook paper. Poster issued to advertise what must have quote the happening, at an unspecified suburban mall. Queer Nation grew out of ACT UP. A touch of toning else fine. More
San Francisco: The San Francisco Knights Templar, 1987. 8vo, [8] pp, including covers. Offset printed and saddle-stapled. An edition published by the San Francisco Knights Templar of a pamphlet previously published earlier that year by AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, in conjunction with DREIZEHN: The Boston Gay S/M Fraternity. It..... More
np: nd [c. 1970's]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, offset litho on on orange pape. Photographically illustrated. The flyer for this show by the transgender pioneer at Hustlers, illustrated with several photographs of the pioneer performer. Sir Lady Java (born Archille DeVille, New Orleans, c. 1940’s) was the first transgender..... More
San Jose: Joe's Nairobi Lounge, [1970]. 8 1/2 x 11", offset printed on green paper. Illustrated with three photographs. Original poster for performances by Sir Lady Java, here billed as the "World's Loveliest Female Impersonator" at the San Jose club Joe's Nairobi Lounge in 1970, with Shirley Butler opening. Sir..... More
Los Angeles: Bank of Finance Building, nd. Four sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled once at the upper left hand corner. A press release by Elite Artists Corporation for Sir Lady Java, illustrated a press excerpt from Sepia Magazine, text, and three photographs. Sir Lady Java was the first transgender..... More
np: nd [c. 1970's-1980's]. 2 1/4 x 4 1/2" photographic print, with printed signature. A small promotional photograph of the legendary transgender performer and pioneer, perhaps issued as a souvenir keepsake or nightclub giveaway. Near fine. More
Np: nd. 4to, single 11 x 17" sheet folded once to make a four page booklet. Offset printed and illustrated with photographs and press clippings. A promotional booklet, perhaps created as a press booklet or nightclub giveaway. The booklet prints an unsigned 1 page biography of Sir Lady Java, followed..... More
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San Francisco: Diseased Pariah News, 1990-95. 8vo, each issue saddle-stapled in wraps, some issues with belly bands and inserts, including the flexi-disc issued with no. 5. With wraparound bands laid into nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, a promotional postcard laid into nos. 3, and the 7" flexi record bound into..... More
New York: Wessel O'Connor, 1990. 4 1/4 x 6" postcard, offset printed. Addressed and mailed at verso. The announcement for the 1990 exhibit at Wessel O'Connor, a landmark group show that featured over 90 artists, including David Wojnarowicz, Hunter Reynolds, John Germain et al. Some uneven fading to the impressionable..... More
[New York]: 1992. 8 1/2 x 11" poster, printed on recto only. The flyer for DW's memorial procession, on Wednesday, July 29, 1992, requesting those marching to assemble at 12th St and 2nd Ave in the East Village. Wojnarowicz had died one week earlier. The quote printed on the flyer..... More
Ann Arbor: Youth Liberation, 1978. Second edition. 4to, 40 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. The second edition, issued two years after the first. Very good with some minor toning and smudging to wraps. More