Collection: LGBTQIA

First edition of the second gay novel written by Clarence Lewis Miller (1911-2001) under his Jay Little pseudonym, about the world of American drag performers ("female impersonators," in the book's somewhat dated parlance). Miller himself toured the South as part of a group of drag... More

Anthology of poems by eleven gay black poets, each with a brief biographical introduction. Contributors include Robert E. Penn, Thomas Glave, G. Winston James, and Brad Johnson. Conceived by Assotto Saint. Edited by Vega Press. Sicklerville, NJ: Vega Press, 1995. First edition. Perfect-bound in glossy... More

First edition of this children's book, generally acknowledged as the first to feature a non-gendered child as its principal character. Originally published as a short story in the December 1972 issue of Ms. magazine, X has been reprinted in numerous feminist and science fiction anthologies... More

Signed first edition of White’s third novel, a semi-autobiographical gay coming-of-age story. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1982. SIGNED without inscription by White on the ffep. First printing (full number line). 217pp. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-3/8 in. Reddish-brown boards backed with white cloth, gilt spine lettering; in... More

Virginia City, NV: Silver Dollar Books, 1985. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Hinckle on the half-title. Perfect-bound in printed wraps; 8 x 8.75 in., 100pp. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white, with twelve pages of full-color images. In very near fine condition, with a small soft... More

Presentation copy of this early novel in translation by the prolific French writer and Prix Goncourt winner, noted for his sensitive explorations of the gay experience. Sweet Tooth concerns a young French man who flies to New York to visit a dying ex-lover, and is... More

First edition of this seminal work of gay fiction, which spent sixteen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and broke ground in its frank and unabashedly romantic depiction of a gay love affair that doesn't end in tragedy. The first in Merrick's... More

NY: Pantheon, 1956. 8vo. 389pp. First edition (no additional printings stated on copyright page). Rust-red cloth boards with matching topstain, black and white spine titles. Board tips lightly shelfworn, cloth at heel of spine crushed with a couple of minor tears. Price-clipped jacket shows moderate chipping,... More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1953. 8vo. 399pp. First edition. Blue textured paper boards, silver spine titles. Light bumping to spine ends, a few very minor spots of soiling to textblock top, former owner's name signature penciled on front free endpaper, else about near fine. Unclipped very... More