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2014Best.-Nr. 210500New Delhi India: Penguin Studio 2014. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A comprehensive monograph on Indian artist Subodh Gupta Features an introduction by Aveek Sen essays by Bharti Kher Sunil Khilnani Raqs Media Collective and Germano Celant along with the text of an extended conversation between Gupta and Aveek Sen. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean and tight very good copy with bumping to the top of the spine and top rear corner and in a near fine slipcase with the same bumping. No dust jacket as issued. A very attractive and elaborate production. Please note that this is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Penguin Studio unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 222001978. LGBTQLatino Chicano MexicoFilm and Entertainment El Lugar Sin Límites. Original promotional poster 1978. Large color lobby card on glossy paper. Poster for the groundbreaking Mexican film El Lugar Sin Límites The Place Without Limits directed by Arturo Ripstein and based on the novel by José Donoso. Set in a decaying bordello in rural Mexico the film centers around La Manuela a gender-nonconforming drag performer and sex worker and her daughter La Japonesita who both fall in love with the same man. This narrative of queer desire generational tension and social marginalization is widely regarded as one of the most powerful cinematic portrayals of LGBTQ identity in Latin American film. The poster features a striking illustrated image of La Manuela in full flamenco regalia framed against a vibrant magenta background juxtaposed with a central photograph capturing an erotic moment between characters visually emphasizing the film's themes of gender fluidity desire and repression. The tagline reads "La Manuela es el padre de la Japonesita ambos practican el mismo oficio y desean al mismo hombre" "La Manuela is the father of the Japonesita both practice the same trade and desire the same man" making explicit the film's queer thematic core. Edge wear with some creasing and paper loss to the lower left and right margins. Surface abrasions to the lower portion not affecting legibility. Overall good condition. An important artifact of queer Latin American cinema this poster captures the radical subversion and poignancy of El Lugar Sin Límites a film that challenged norms of gender and sexuality during a period of intense social conservatism in Mexico. unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 221761971. LGBTQPhotographyEssays De Becker Raymond. The Other Face of Love. New York: Bell Publishing Company 1971. First American edition. Illustrated throughout with over 100 black-and-white images. Original violet cloth binding with gilt title on spine in original pictorial dust jacket featuring a duotone image of two Edwardian women embracing. Originally published in French in 1963 as L'autre face de l'amour this foundational work by Belgian intellectual Raymond de Becker presents an ambitious comparative history of same-sex love across cultures epochs and ideologies. Drawing upon literary mythological religious and psychoanalytic sources de Becker examines same-sex desire as it was perceived and practiced from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to Renaissance Europe and modern times. He navigates both condemnation and celebration tracing how historical figures-from Emperor Hadrian and Antinous to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci-expressed homosexuality and navigated repression. Chapters such as "Was the Devil a Homosexual" and "The Latent Homosexual Structure of Christianity" highlight how theology and power shaped attitudes while other sections explore traditions in East Asia India and the Islamic world with rare anthropological detail. Translated by Margaret Crosland and Alan Daventry the volume attempts to "see love between men and between women in its historical scientific and artistic context" offering an early and serious academic treatment of homosexuality unmarred by clinical bias or moral condemnation. The book's comprehensiveness and breadth remain striking: it addresses sexual customs laws and taboos with discussions of sacred eroticism effeminate courtesans gender variance and punitive violence. Slight edge wear to dust jacket; binding sound and pages clean. Overall very good condition. A landmark in LGBTQ historiography The Other Face of Love is an essential acquisition for collections focusing on queer history sexuality studies and cultural anthropology. unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 214411983. Various editors California Voice: The Responsible Gay Press 1983-1984 documenting LGBTQ political activism cultural life and public health response in San Francisco during the early years of the AIDS crisis. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode illustrating how a community newspaper articulated gay identity organized political response and reported on legal and medical developments affecting LGBTQ populations. The publication combines reporting on civil rights local and national politics and the emerging AIDS epidemic with coverage of cultural production nightlife and public events providing primary-source evidence for the study of queer print media and community formation in a period marked by institutional neglect and heightened activism. Seven tabloid newspaper issues published in San Francisco by the Gay Press Association each approximately 31 pages and measuring 10.5 x 14.5 inches including issues dated June 17 1983 Vol. 5 No. 13; July 15 1983 Vol. 5 No. 15; November 24-30 1983 Vol. 5 No. 20; October 7 1983 Vol. 5 No. 21; November 24-30 1983 Vol. 5 No. 25; January 12-18 1984 Vol. 6 No. 2; June 7-13 1984 Vol. 6 No. 23; and June 28-July 4 1984 Vol. 6 No. 26. Illustrated covers feature figures such as Grace Jones and imagery including "Dykes on Bikes" during San Francisco Pride. Contents include a two-page spread on Gay Pride Week reflecting on three decades of local LGBTQ history; reporting on the One Institute Graduate School of Homophile Studies; and extensive political coverage addressing AIDS-related meetings legal decisions labor issues and electoral support such as the candidacy of Richard Doyle. Additional articles confront the aftermath of the Dan White case White Night protest anniversaries and public demonstrations alongside cultural reviews of theater film literature and visual art centered on gay artists and audiences. These issues span a critical period in San Francisco LGBTQ history following the assassination of Harvey Milk and during the escalation of the AIDS crisis documenting both the cultural vibrancy and political urgency of the community. Coverage of protests public health developments and legal challenges demonstrates the newspaper's role in shaping and recording collective response while its attention to entertainment and identity affirms the persistence of cultural expression alongside crisis. Light toning minor creasing and small closed edge tears consistent with newsprint; no loss of text or imagery; overall very good condition. A concentrated run illustrating the intersection of activism media and community identity in early 1980s queer San Francisco. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 195061972. Various contributors. Gay Liberator 1972-1976 documents grassroots LGBTQ organizing and community communication networks in the American Midwest specifically within Detroit's gay liberation movement. The material reveals how an independent newspaper functioned as a system of political coordination and cultural exchange demonstrating the process by which activists writers and community members articulated shared concerns disseminated information and built regional identity. Through reportage editorials and community-generated content the publication shows the mechanisms of local LGBTQ organizing and provides primary-source evidence for the study of post-Stonewall activism regional press networks and queer public discourse. Various contributors. Gay Liberator. Detroit: Gay Liberator Inc. / Pansy Press 1972-1976. Archive of 5 issues: July 1972 No. 19; January 1973 Vol. 1 No. 23; June 1974 Vol. 1 No. 38; February-March 1975 Vol. 1 No. 43; Spring 1976 Vol. 1 No. 48. Tabloid-format newspapers in pictorial wrappers each approximately 20 pages. Contents include opinion essays political commentary poetry letters to the editor and investigative reporting addressing topics such as internal "conference conflicts" lesbian artistic production debates on genetics and sexuality and conditions of "being gay in prison." Coverage of Stonewall uprising situates the publication within broader national movements while localized reporting reflects the specific concerns of Michigan-based communities. Each issue contains a classified section used for personal advertisements indicating the newspaper's role in facilitating social and romantic connections alongside political engagement. The range of content demonstrates an integrated communication system combining activism cultural expression and everyday community needs. This archive emerges from the early years of the gay liberation movement when regional publications played a critical role in sustaining activism outside major coastal centers. As the first gay newspaper in Michigan Gay Liberator contributed to the formation of a visible and organized LGBTQ presence in the Midwest linking local experiences to national conversations about rights identity and representation. Its combination of political analysis and community-oriented features reflects the dual function of such publications as both activist tools and social infrastructure. Each issue measures approximately 11 x 15.5 inches; light wear consistent with handling; overall very good condition. A cohesive group illustrating the operation of regional LGBTQ press and grassroots organizing in the 1970s. unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 199601960. Highsmith Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley brought to the screen for the first time in René Clément's Plein Soleil Purple Noon 1960 with Alain Delon as Tom Ripley Maurice Ronet as Philippe Greenleaf and Marie Laforêt as Marge. Adapted from Highsmith's 1955 novel the film follows Ripley from New York to Italy where an assignment to persuade the wealthy Greenleaf to return home develops into impersonation and murder. Delon's performance became one of the defining early roles of his career while the film preserved the novel's preoccupation with envy imitation desire and unstable personal identity. Critics have repeatedly addressed the queer implications of Ripley's fixation on Greenleaf; Roger Ebert described a "buried level of homoerotic attraction" while later criticism has noted that Clément reduced some of the novel's more explicit homosexual implications while retaining ambiguity in Ripley's attachment to Philippe. Archive of eight pieces comprising four original black-and-white silver gelatin publicity photographs and four Japanese chirashi or theatrical advertising flyers associated with Plein Soleil and its Japanese exhibition. Measurements range from 5 x 7 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Three photographs carry the film title and actors' names in the lower white margins; another has a German-language article concerning the film printed on the verso. The photographs show Delon in his first major screen role as Ripley and belong to the promotional circulation surrounding a French-Italian production whose English-language title became Purple Noon. The accompanying Japanese flyers extend that history of circulation beyond the film's European production and English-language reception documenting its marketing to Japanese theater audiences. Clément's adaptation altered Highsmith's novel substantially including its ending and the handling of Ripley's sexuality. Highsmith's novel contains stronger homosexual suggestion while the film redirects some of Ripley's attention toward Marge without eliminating the charged relationship between Tom and Philippe; this difference has made Plein Soleil part of critical discussions of queer subtext censorship and adaptation in postwar cinema. Highsmith had already published The Price of Salt in 1952 later retitled Carol making sexuality and same-sex desire central to her broader literary history even though Ripley himself resists fixed categorization. All eight pieces are in very good condition. The combination of original publicity photographs and Japanese theatrical ephemera records both the first cinematic construction of Highsmith's Ripley and the international promotion of a film whose treatment of male desire has remained central to its critical reception. unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 188251974. Bay Area Reporter: Gay Pride Week 1974 a special issue of San Francisco's gay newspaper published during the expansion of the city's gay liberation movement and the growing public celebration of Gay Pride. Founded in 1971 by Bob Ross and Paul Bentley the Bay Area Reporter circulated news entertainment coverage political commentary and social announcements among the Bay Area's gay population. This June 1974 issue combines Pride Week coverage with articles on drag entertainment contemporary cinema local events and personal advertisements. Its masthead announces "Readership 50000 Nationwide" and carries the publication's slogan "The Cataylst for all Factions of the Gay Community" expressing its ambition to reach readers across the diverse social and political circles of the gay liberation movement. Bay Area Reporter: Gay Pride Week. Vol. 4 No. 12. San Francisco June 12 1974. 30 pages. Measures 11 x 8 inches. Published as a special Gay Pride Week issue the newspaper includes an article on the drag scene in Las Vegas a review of Alejandro Jodorowsky's film The Holy Mountain and numerous reports and announcements concerning events and entertainment in the San Francisco area. The back pages contain classified advertisements through which readers sought social encounters romantic relationships and personal connections. Many employ playful or suggestive language documenting the humor sexual openness and social conventions of gay personal advertising during the 1970s. The issue also includes a reproduction of a photograph from a Gay Pride parade at Stanford University recording the spread of public gay liberation activities beyond San Francisco's principal gay neighborhoods. The Bay Area Reporter emerged as San Francisco's gay population became increasingly organized through neighborhood businesses political groups social clubs and public demonstrations following the 1969 Stonewall uprising. Initially distributed through gay bars the newspaper provided a means of circulating information that received little attention in the mainstream press. By 1974 San Francisco's Pride celebrations had developed into increasingly public demonstrations of gay political organizing and social life. This issue records that development alongside the everyday activities of the city's gay population from entertainment and nightlife to personal relationships arranged through classified advertisements. Its combination of Pride coverage cultural criticism and social notices documents the breadth of San Francisco's gay press during the early 1970s. In very good condition. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 192581973. Lesbian Film August And July 1973. Directed by Murray Markowitz. Original Photo of Sharon Smith and Alexa De Wiel kissing. Original vintage photographs produced at the time of the release of the movie black and white silver gelatin print with movie name and captions beneath image About 8" x 10" . This earnest film depicts a lesbian summer idyll of a love. Two women spend their time talking about what love is and discussing what that implies concerning actions they have taken or failed to take as they move about in the woodland or in the farmhouse they have rented. They are also briefly shown making love. In very good condition. unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 192531964. Early LGBTQ Lesbian Play: The Killing of Sister George. 1964 Playbill. Softcover. It was and base for the 1968 Lesbian Film The Killing of Sister George. "Sister George" is a fictional character in a radio series She is played by a lezbian named June who is a gin-guzzling cigar-chompingmasculine woman. June lives with Alice McNaught a younger woman. In the play when George discovers that her character is scheduled to be killed off the radio show she becomes increasingly impossible to work and live with. The play implies that George and Alice are lesbians and Alice may be having an affair with another woman too. All 3 characters are portrayed on the the cover of the playbill. In 1968 the play was adapted into a feature film which was made the lesbian elements even more explicit but even the play was one of the first plays to depict a lesbian relationships. In very good condition. unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 91073San Francisco: Neighborhood Arts Program c. early 1970s. First edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inch illustrated flyer printed in two colors. Fine. A project of the San Francisco Art Commission. San Francisco: Neighborhood Arts Program unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 39408Modern Media Institute 1983. MODERN MEDIA INSTITUTE. MAKING SENSE OF THE NEWS. St. Petersburg Florida: Modern Media Institute 1983. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good some wear. $10.00. Modern Media Institute unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 39407Modern Media Institute 1983. MODERN MEDIA INSTITUTE. THE ADVERSARY PRESS. St. Petersburg Florida: Modern Media Institute 1983. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Very Good some wear. $10.00. Modern Media Institute unknown books
2014Best.-Nr. 187773Berkeley: Ginko Press 2014. Paperback. VG Cover has some general wear. White paper wraps with photographs. 248 pages: illustrations. Ginko Press paperback books
Best.-Nr. B297188-2FloridaDa sic NY Andrew Nevai Inc. 1978. Vol. 1 no. 2. One large folding sheet 59 cm x 74 cm folded to 19 x 30 cm. Rare issue of mail and rubber stamp art featuring activities of artists such as Anna Banana in San Francisco Holllywood and Toronto in homage to Marcel Duchamp Ray Johnson Dada and Fluxus. Joseph Beuys Juditih Hoffberg LinaBelle Kelemen and Ed Fellerman are listed as publishers liaisons. FloridaDa [sic], NY (Andrew Nevai, Inc.), 1978. unknown books
Best.-Nr. B297188-1FloridaDa sic NY Andrew Nevai Inc. 1978. Vol. 1 no. 2. One large folding sheet 59 cm x 74 cm folded to 19 x 30 cm. Rare issue of mail and rubber stamp art featuring activities of artists such as Anna Banana in San Francisco Holllywood and Toronto in homage to Marcel Duchamp Ray Johnson Dada and Fluxus. Joseph Beuys Juditih Hoffberg LinaBelle Kelemen and Ed Fellerman are listed as publishers liaisons. Previous owner mailing sticker; Jean Brown The Tyringham Institute Shaker Seed House Tyringham MA 01264. FloridaDa [sic], NY (Andrew Nevai, Inc.), 1978. books
Best.-Nr. B297440-1New York Passim Inc. 2000. 103 2 107pp. Prof. illus. partly color. Bound in two sections one English one Spanish bound dos à dos. 4to. Wraps. D.j. Double issue constructed around a short story by Jorge Borges. Parallel text in English and Spanish. New York (Passim, Inc.), 2000. paperback books
Best.-Nr. B297438-1New York Passim Inc. 2000. 232pp. Prof. illus. partly color CD-Rom by Sharon Lockhart inserted inside front cover. 4to. Dec. wraps. Parallel text in English and Spanish. New York (Passim, Inc.), 2000. paperback books
1975Best.-Nr. 329300Santa Monica CA: Socialist Media Group 1975. Brochure. Two sheets folded to make a 4.25x10.75 inch brochure some edge wear else very good condition. Socialist Media Group unknown books
1971Best.-Nr. 22484New York: Avant Garde Media 1971. First edition. Wraps. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Very good/Near fine. 28.5 x 28 cm. 15 issues a complete set with 2 copies of issue No. 2 with cover illustration of Marilyn Monroe. A colorful potpourri on life during this period: drugs sexual mores politics cultural turmoil illustrated with photographs serigraphs and colorful graphics. Two issues feature Piccaso's erotic gravures and John Lennon's erotic lithographs plus contributions by Richard Lindner and Tom Wesselmann. Following is OCLC description: Quarterly ; Former: Bimonthly Four no. a year 1969- Five no. a year 1968. Description: No. 1 Jan. 1968-; Ceased in 1971.; 4 volumes. Spines chipped chipped to issues 10 and 14 balance of covers clean tight and square. Avant Garde Media unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 112311Bloomington: Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities African Studies Association 1965. 31p. 7.5x10.5 inches foreword introduction sources index very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. Occasional Papers No. 1. Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities, African Studies Association unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 1164No place Madison Wisconsin publshed by the artist 1969. Original 1969 screenprint/ mixed media on thick paper measuring 38.5 inches by 28 inches depicting a defiant woman quite likely the artist's first wife with sword in hand. Pencil signed and dated lower right titled lower left number 22 of 35 copies. A Fine example. William Weege American 1935 - 2020 got his start in the mid 1960's with posters promoting counterculture & and opposition to the Vietnam War which "appeared on the streets of San Francisco and soon covered the walls of every young hipster's pad" ~Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards . His works are held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art the Detroit Institute of Art the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Additionally his art was exhibited at the World's Fair in Japan and the 7th International Biennial Exhibition in 1970 the Museum of Modern Art in 1970 and at the Whitney Museum in 1971. Wedge founded the Tandem Press at the University of Wisconsin in 1987. The press describes him as "a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States." William Weege books
Best.-Nr. B273753-2Cambridge 2001. 12pp. Prof. illus. Wraps. Cambridge, 2001. paperback books
1998Best.-Nr. 23301London: Mansell. Fine. 1998. Hardcover. 0720121280 . First edition. Fine in orange glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Mansell hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 11918Wien/NY., Springer-Verlag, 1995. origi.Broschur, 4°, ca.40 Seiten. Zweisprachig deutsch und english.
1955Best.-Nr. 243671955. Groß 8°. Mit schwarz-weiß Fotografien. Ohne Seitenzählung. OriginalKartonage, gebunden.
