Sexuality

  • The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.

    # 34018

    MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw (1884-1942)

    The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.

    With a Preface by Havelock Ellis. New York : Horace Liveright, 1929. First US edition. Two volumes. octavo (220 x 150 mm), uniform black cloth over boards with beveled edges (rubbed and lightly marked), spine lettered in gilt (faded); top edges gilt, fore-edges uncut; xviii, map plate, 279; viii, 281-603 pp; photographic plates throughout; bindings …

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  • The Gay Cookbook

    # 32662

    HOGAN, Lou Rand

    The Gay Cookbook

    By Chef Lou Rand Hogan. Campy cartoons by David Costain. New York : Bell Publishing Company in association with Sherbourne Press, 1965. First edition, second impression. Octavo, lettered paper boards (slightly bumped at head and foot of spine) in illustrated dustjacket (price-clipped, a few light stains, short chips with loss), previous owner’s name stamp to endpaper and …

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  • Physique pictorial. Vol. 12, No. 1 (featuring Tom of Finland)

    # 34782

    MIZER, Bob (1922 - 1992)

    Physique pictorial. Vol. 12, No. 1 (featuring Tom of Finland)

    Los Angeles : AMG, July 1962. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, pp. 32, black and white photographs. Includes a double page spread illustrated by Tom of Finland, a double page spread illustrated by Spartacus, and the back cover illustrated by Harry Granite. Physique Pictorial, published by Bob Mizer’s Athletic Model Guild (AMG) was the first all-male and …

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  • Young Adonis. No. 1, Feb 1963 : America's newest and greatest physique magazine

    # 34775

    MIZER, Bob

    Young Adonis. No. 1, Feb 1963 : America’s newest and greatest physique magazine

    [Los Angeles : Athletic Model Guild], 1963. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 66, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with photographs of near fully nude young men in various poses to display their youthful physique. The first issue of one of Bob Mizer’s ‘beefcake’ magazines, which published images of athletic and attractive young men …

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  • The Gay Cookbook (facsimile edition)

    # 32113

    HOGAN, Lou Rand

    The Gay Cookbook (facsimile edition)

    By Chef Lou Rand Hogan. Campy cartoons by David Costain. New York : Bell Publishing Company in association with Sherbourne Press, 1965 (but Australia? 2020). Facsimile edition of the first edition, second impression. Octavo, illustrated boards, pp. viii; 280, line illustrations. New copy. Printed in Australia. The first cookbook aimed exclusively at a gay audience. ‘On Wednesday, …

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  • Drag Dolls : eight cut-out drag queens and their fabulous, over-the-top ensembles

    # 30214

    CROLAND, David

    Drag Dolls : eight cut-out drag queens and their fabulous, over-the-top ensembles

    San Francisco: Roundtable Press, 1996. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [32], cut-out dolls in colour on heavy gloss paperstock, very good. The drag dolls feature an ‘All-Star Cast’, stylised on the drag divas of the day Joey Arias, Lady Bunny, The Misstress ForMike, Hedda Lettuce, Raven-O, Richie Rich, Miss Understood and Sherry Vine.  

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  • Papers on patriarchy. Patriarchy Conference, London 1976

    # 29293

    HIMMELWEITH, Susan et al.

    Papers on patriarchy. Patriarchy Conference, London 1976

    London : PDC and Womens Publishing Collective, 1976 (1978 edition). Octavo, illustrated wrappers (some browning), pp. 83, previous owner’s name to title page, a very good copy. Includes essays by Susan Himmelweit, Allison Tomlin, Ross Coward, Cora Kaplan, Kate Young, Patricia Langton, Elisabeth Croll, Erica Flegg, and Mary McIntosh.

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  • Feminismo primero : un ensayo sobre separatismo lesbiano = Feminism first : an essay on lesbian separatism

    # 29291

    HESS, Katharine; LANGFORD, Jean and ROSS, Kathy

    Feminismo primero : un ensayo sobre separatismo lesbiano = Feminism first : an essay on lesbian separatism

    Seattle, WA : Tsunami Press, 1981. Octavo, lettered wrappers, staple bound, pp. 112, text in Spanish and English. Translated by Helen Weber & Fabiola Rodriguez. ‘Lesbian separatism is most importantly a tactic rather than a goal. It is a way of building a strong feminist movement to work for feminist revolution. It is not an …

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  • Fashions in leather vinyl-patent & latex

    # 28207

    Anon.

    Fashions in leather vinyl-patent & latex

    [Chicago? : s.n., circa 1965]. Octavo, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. 14, illustrated in black and white, light central crease. A rare early American vinyl and latex catalogue with a variety of products designed for fetishist sexplay. Includes latex bikinis, bloomers, custom made ladies dress suits, exercise suits, panties, gloves, aprons, raincapes, slacks, bras, boots, and other latexwear. …

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  • Leigh Bowery

    # 27892

    [BOWERY, Leigh]. VIOLETTE, Robert

    Leigh Bowery

    London : Violette Editions, 1998. Quarto, illustrated cloth, pp. 240, extensively illustrated. Photography by Nick Knight and Annie Leibovitz. Introduction by Hilton Als. Afterword by Boy George. A very good copy of the first monograph on Melbourne-born conceptual performance artist Leigh Bowery. Very scarce. ‘Any appraisal of Leigh as a performer tends to involve words …

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  • Peter Berlin : Icon, Artist, Photosexual (collector's edition with original photograph)

    # 24934

    BERLIN, Peter

    Peter Berlin : Icon, Artist, Photosexual (collector’s edition with original photograph)

    Bologna : Damiani Editore, 2019. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 208, 200 illustrations. The collector’s edition, limited to 50 signed copies, in the original mailing carton, with a limited edition signed silver gelatin photograph by Berlin. ‘Featuring the work of Berlin along with images by Tom of Finland, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Andy Warhol, Peter Berlin: Icon …

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  • [ABORTION] The New Right vs. Women's rights.

    # 21600

    WOMEN ORGANIZED FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE

    [ABORTION] The New Right vs. Women’s rights.

    Chicago, IL : Women Organized for Reproductive Choice, 1980. Octavo, original lavender and black wrappers (a little sunned), staple bound, pp 36, with b/w photographic illustrations of protests in Chicago and New York against the Hyde Amendment; anti-“Pro-Life” publication that provides an expose of new right / anti-choice organisations and figures in the United States, …

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  • Never date dudes from the internet. Responses to a Craigslist ad 2005

    # 19889

    BUREK, Amy

    Never date dudes from the internet. Responses to a Craigslist ad 2005

    [San Francisco] : Awkward Ladies Club, 2005. Octavo, printed wrappers, pp. [24], illustration. Copies of responses to an ad placed on Craigslist to date the 23 year old author. The responses from the dudes range from sweet, insecure, arrogant and offensive. An early document of the phenomenon of online dating which has now swept the …

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  • Liberty & Justice for All....? [handbill]

    # 19020

    Liberty & Justice for All….? [handbill]

    San Francisco: Whose Town? [1980]. 8.5×11 inch handbill, portrait of Harvey Milk wearing a pin that says “Gag rules,” with a bar across his mouth to censor him. Small yellow stain at lower right from a piece of tape that was formerly attached to the verso. Urges the reader to attend the GFD Parade Committee’s general …

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  • Data-boy. Issue No. 62. March 14, 1973

    # 17977

    Data-boy. Issue No. 62. March 14, 1973

    Los Angeles : Data-boy. 1973. Newspaper, pp. 40, reviews and advertisements for the Los Angeles gay social scene.

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  • BAR. Bay Area Reporter. The catalyst for all factions of the gay community. Vol. 3, No. 11, May 31, 1973.

    # 17978

    BAR. Bay Area Reporter. The catalyst for all factions of the gay community. Vol. 3, No. 11, May 31, 1973.

    San Francisco : Bay Area Reporter, 1973. Newspaper, pp. [32], gay social newspaper with many advertisements, reviews and articles.

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