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The Gas
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Platt
New York: Ophelia Press, 1970.Erotic science fiction pulp OPH-216. “Passion and violence are terrifyingly unleashed upon the South of England when a mysterious gas leaks from a biological warfare plant. Every unthinkable desire rises to the surface, both the ecstatic and the agonizing.” (from cover blurb)
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The Boy Avengers
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKarl Flinders
New York: The Traveller’s Companion, 1971.Gay pulp TC-516. One of the many gay erotic pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. These short sexually explicit stories, many of which were formulaic and published in easily recognisable series with graphically illustrated covers and titillating titles each targeting a specific sexual niche, demonstrate the breadth of sexual fantasy, occupation, desire, and deviance of the emerging homosexual culture.
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[Sex Slave]
AU$5,000 Read MoreAdd to cartSuzan Pitt
New York: Suzan Pitt, 1984.Beginning in 1984, Suzan Pitt (1943-2019) painted a series of one-of-a-kind wearable artworks for The A. More Store, a project of the New York artists’ collective COLAB. Later that year they were sold through Patricia Field’s East 8th Street boutique alongside works by Keith Haring and Stephen Sprouse. Pitt described the coats as unique artworks that could be either worn or hung on the wall, combining imagery drawn from popular culture, her animated films, and her watercolours into layered visual narratives of free association. Pitt is thought to have produced between fifty and one hundred painted coats during the 1980s before concentrating on the production of her animated film Joy Street. She returned to the format in 2016 in collaboration with House of Byfield. Sexuality was a persistent subject in Pitt’s work well before the coats. Her early film Crocus (1971) established a recurring association in her animation between sexuality and vegetal and floral forms, carried further in Asparagus (1979), a film noted on release for its frank sexual imagery and remembered for its pairing with David Lynch’s Eraserhead on the midnight-movie circuit. The present coat, its title taken from the painted text across the upper back, extends this preoccupation into wearable form, setting sexually explicit illustrations and lettering against appropriated cartoon imagery of Mickey Mouse and Goofy. This example belongs to the original 1984 series and is signed and dated by the artist.
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Unloveable
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartKai Regan
New York: O. H. W. O. W., 2008.Photobook by American photographer Kai Regan of early 2000s NYC art scene.
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The Buddy System
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartBarry McGee
New York: Deitch Projects, 1999.Catalogue for a gallery exhibition for street artist Barry McGee AKA Twist. Includes numerous blank pages for hand-embellishment.
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Rhythm
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartAnthony J. Sansone
New York: Anthony J. Sansone, 1935.Forty-three nude physique plates of bodybuilder, model, and dancer Tony Sansone, photographed by Edwin F. Townsend and Peter A. Juley. Introduction by the sculptor Arthur Lee, whose bronze studies of Sansone are reproduced in two of the plates. This copy inscribed by Sansone.
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Mistresses of Desire
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cart[Leonard Burtman]
New York: Selbee Associates, 1964.Fetish photobook of dominating pinup looks in leather, lingerie, and other exotic attire, also featuring Bettie Page, produced by Leonard Burtman’s Selbee Connoisseur, C-24.
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Pansy Beat
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Economy
[New York]: KrimsKrams Island, 2017.“Pansy Beat was a short-lived fanzine published by Michael Economy in New York from 1989 to 1990, totalling five quarterly issues. Each issue’s 50-some black-and-white pages documented the exuberant downtown gay and drag club scene of that era and included one free condom. The zine offered a glimpse into an exhilarating alternative universe during the darkest years of the AIDS crisis. Interviews profiled downtown personalities on the verge of global stardom, many still working to this day. Artists such as Lady Bunny, Billy Erb, Connie Fleming, Kenny Kenny, Lady Miss Kier and Larry Tee first shared their memorable selves in print on the pages of Pansy Beat. The zine also featured interviews with Edwige Belmore, Leigh Bowery and Quentin Crisp. This book celebrates Pansy Beat’s brief but influential life, including a reprinting of all five issues in their original format, previously unseen photographs by staff photographer Michael Fazakerley, new full-color artwork by some of the original contributors, plus new essays and interviews.” (publisher’s blurb) This copy inscribed by Michael.
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Funk City
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartKaty Karlyle
New York: The Olympia Press, 1970.The Traveller’s Companion TC-489. A young artists moves to New York to paint, but also discovers the joys of the flesh, both men and women.
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The Velvet Trap
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartKirk Westley [Manning Lee Stokes]
New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1971.“She spent one night with another woman–and never wanted a man again.” Cover illustration by Daryl Greene. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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Duet
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartLaura Duchamp [Sally M. Singer]
New York: Tower Publications, 1964.Original Midwood paperback. “Laura Duchamp” is attributed to Sally M. Singer, who published over 100 pulp novels under the names March Hastings and Laura Duchamp. This tale centred on a woman dissatisfied with men turning to a woman for true sensuality. Cover illustration by Irv Docktor. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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Model Mistress
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartLaura Duchamp [Sally M. Singer]
New York: Tower Publications, 1965.Original Midwood paperback. “Laura Duchamp” is attributed to Sally M. Singer, who published over 100 pulp novels under the names March Hastings and Laura Duchamp. This tale centred on a model that will pay any price for success. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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Encore
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartLaura Duchamp [Sally M. Singer]
New York: Tower Publications, 1964.Original Midwood paperback. “Laura Duchamp” is attributed to Sally M. Singer, who published over 100 pulp novels under the names March Hastings and Laura Duchamp. This tale centred on a young wife drawn away from her marriage by a female lover. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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The Time and Place
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartLaura Duchamp [Sally M. Singer]
New York: Tower Publications, 1965.Original Midwood paperback. “Laura Duchamp” is attributed to Sally M. Singer, who published over 100 pulp novels under the names March Hastings and Laura Duchamp. A novel of lesbian pulp fiction set in a Parisian finishing school. One of the many lesbian pulps produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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Coming Out Party
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartKimberley Kemp [Gilbert Fox]
New York: Tower Publications, 1965.Original Midwood paperback. “Kimberley Kemp” is attributed to Gilbert Fox, who used the name (along with Dallas Mayo) for his lesbian pulp fiction at Midwood, reserving Paul V. Russo for his heterosexual novels for the same house. This tale centred on a young houseguest drawn into an intimate arrangement with her hosts. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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The Last Resort
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartKimberley Kemp [Gilbert Fox]
New York: Tower Publications, 1966.Original Midwood paperback. “Kimberley Kemp” is attributed to Gilbert Fox, who used the name (along with Dallas Mayo) for his lesbian pulp fiction at Midwood, reserving Paul V. Russo for his heterosexual novels for the same house. This tale set at a weight-loss resort, where the female guests find one another as well as the diet. Cover illustration by Victor Olson. Midwood later reissued the work under the alternate title Secret Cravings. One of the many lesbian pulp novels produced in the mid to late 20th century. Often formulaic and issued in easily recognisable series with suggestive covers and titillating titles, the genre was written largely by male authors under female pseudonyms for a male readership, though a smaller number of authors, some of them lesbian or bisexual women writing under similar pseudonyms, brought more narrative sincerity and psychological depth to the same commercial format. The genre as a whole ranges from outright formulaic titillation to more literary treatments of lesbian relationships within the constraints of the paperback original.
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Soft Shoudlers
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul V. Russo [Gilbert Fox]
New York: Midwood Enterprises, 1967.Original Midwood paperback. “Paul V. Russo” is attributed to Gilbert Fox, who used the name for his heterosexual novels at Midwood while writing his lesbian pulp fiction under the names Dallas Mayo and Kimberly Kemp for the same house. A novel of female friendship turned gateway to glamour and men, in which the heroine is drawn into a new social world by a new best friend.
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Women in Love with Women
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartKarena Wilton
New York: The Olympia Press, 1971.The usual references to Kinsey, Caprio, PhDs, and The Second Sex dispersed with depictions of lingering touches, moans, and much more. OPS-39.
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La Femme Dominatas Issue 26
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartBenco Publications
New York: Benco Publications, 1974.Bi-monthly contact newsletter devoted to female domination and associated fetish interests. Typical of the underground personal-contact publications that flourished before the internet, it contains more than one hundred personal advertisements accompanied by suggestive line illustrations, together with advertisements for swingers’ clubs, mail-order fetishwear, specialist adult publications, humour features, and a serialised work of erotic fiction. The final page provides evidence of the publisher’s changing circumstances: the printed address at 152 West 42nd Street, Suite 536, New York, has been cancelled and overstamped with a corrected address for Benco at 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 1305, documenting at least one office relocation during the newsletter’s run. Such ephemeral publications were typically produced in small quantities for a niche readership and were rarely collected by libraries, contributing to their present scarcity. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Don’t Miss Your… Monthly (4 Issues: 34, 35, 36, 38)
AU$600 Read MoreAdd to cartEve Brown Fashions
New York: Eve Browne Fashions, 1973.4 issues of New York crossdressing newsletter Don’t Miss Your Monthly published by Eve Brown Fashions, New York. Each issue contains personals, reader photos, and lots of ads for trans and fetish goods and services. Issue 35 is a special Library Issue with a 14 page booklist.