LGBTIQ+ Lesbian Studies
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L’Ecrin du Rubis ou Les Delices des Dessous
$2,000.00 Read moreLiane de Lauris
Paris: Au Cabinet du Livre [Jean Fort], 1932.
Rare French lesbian erotica. The first edition with 16 illustrations and colour illustrated wrappers by P. Silex, and with the limitation statement of 6 numbered copies, numbered by the printer, of which this copy is numbered IV. -
Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection
$500.00 Add to cartTed Gott; Angela Hesson; Myles Russell-Cook; Pip Wallis; Meg Slater
Melbourne: Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2022.
“Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on the themes explored in the NGV’s Queer exhibition to document the queer past, present and future of the NGV collection. More than 60 essays from authors with comprehensive knowledge of the historical and contemporary subjects encompassed by the NGV’s Queer project are presented alongside stunning reproductions of more than 200 works from the NGV collection, either by queer artists or engaging with queer issues. The essays in Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection explore the history of LGBTQ+ activism; the creation of queer spaces and communities; queerness as an artistic strategy; the expression of love, desire and sensuality; queer aesthetics; and the concepts of camp and the fantastic.” (publisher’s blurb) This extensive monograph catalogue sold out in the year of publication and has not been reprinted. -
A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects
$50.00 Add to cartGraham Willett; Angela Bailey; Timothy W. Jones; Sarah Rood
Melbourne: Australian Queer Archives and Heritage Victoria, 2021.
“A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects was commissioned by Heritage Victoria to highlight the rich, diverse and unique history of queer communities in Victoria and to demonstrate how these communities are reflected in the places, objects and landscapes that surround us. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, sistergirl and brotherboy (LGBTIQ+) people are, and always have been, an integral part of Victorian social, political and cultural life. However, the experiences and voices of queer communities have not commonly been included in the historical record and, consequently, queer heritage has remained largely invisible. This report identifies 100 places, objects and collections that have specific and unique meaning to Victoria’s contemporary queer communities. Identifying and exploring the meaning of these places, objects and collections to members of the LGBTIQ+ communities who have suggested them adds depth and richness to Victoria’s history and heritage. It also makes visible the stories and experiences of communities that have, until recently, been ignored and at times actively persecuted.” (publisher’s blurb) -
Intimacies: Photos by Tee A. Corinne
$50.00 Add to cartTee A. Corinne; Tamsin Wilton
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2001.
With Essays by Tee A. Corinne and Tamsin Wilton. Foreword by Jonathan Katz. -
Diana
$200.00 Add to cartDiana Frederics
[Paris]: Editions des Deux-Rives, 1959.
French translation by Jean Gompel with an illustrated jacket by Leon Bonnotte, of the autobiographical novel of a lesbian, Diana: The Story of a Strange Love, first published in English in 1939. Grier in The Lesbian in Literature gives it the highest grade of importance, designating it a must have for any collection of lesbian literature. Diana “marks an advance in psychological perspective since Radclyffe Hall’s wholly emotional plea for tolerance a decade earlier.” (Jeannette H. Foster: Sex Variant Women in Literature). -
The Night of Your Life: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
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First Edition.
31cm x 24cm. 176 pages, illustrations, some colour. Black leather, silver lettering, pictorial onlay, slipcase.
The deluxe hardcover edition.
Previous owner’s name of Queensland gay historian Clive Moore. Near Fine Condition. -
Le Fleau Social No 1 & 2
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First Edition.
43cm x 31.5cm. 12; 12 pages, 2 volumes, purple illustrations. Illustrated self-wrappers. Text is in French.
First two issues of the short lived French gay newspaper Le Fleau Social [The Social Plague] published by Groupe 5 of the Front Homosexuel d’Action Revolutionnaire (FHAR), the radical gay and lesbian rights movement in early 1970s Paris, with art direction by Alain Fleig. Only six issues were published between 1972 and 1974, these first two issues being the only two issues published in 1972 under the direction of the unknown R. Pelletier and are representative of the FHAR and Mouvement de liberation des femmes (MLF) origins of the newspaper before its dramatic shift away from homosexuality in issue 3 as the mysterious Pelletier splits and Fleig assumes full editorship.
Old horizontal fold, less pronounced on No 2. Minor tanning, more so to top half of lower panel of No 1. Very Good Condition. -
Les Amies. Sonnets
$500.00 Add to cartPaul Verlaine; Jean-Gabriel Daragnes
Bayonne: aux depens d’un groupe d’amateurs a l’enseigne de la Guirlande, 1919.
Verlaine’s lesbian themed sonnets accompanied by 6 full page illustrations and tail pieces by Jean-Gabriel Daragnes. Produced in an edition of 280 numbered copies of which this is one of 250 standard with the plates in colour on arches vellum paper. -
Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection
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First Edition.
27.5cm x 20cm. 628 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated papered boards.
“Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on the themes explored in the NGV’s Queer exhibition to document the queer past, present and future of the NGV collection. More than 60 essays from authors with comprehensive knowledge of the historical and contemporary subjects encompassed by the NGV’s Queer project are presented alongside stunning reproductions of more than 200 works from the NGV collection, either by queer artists or engaging with queer issues. The essays in Queer: Stories from the NGV Collection explore the history of LGBTQ+ activism; the creation of queer spaces and communities; queerness as an artistic strategy; the expression of love, desire and sensuality; queer aesthetics; and the concepts of camp and the fantastic.” (publisher’s blurb) This extensive monograph catalogue sold out in the year of publication and has not been reprinted.
Unopened in the original wrap with NGV blurb on lower side. Slightest of shelf wear. As New. -
Dyke Shorts
$200.00 Add to cartMary Wings
Oakland: Wings, 1978.
The second one-shot comic by lesbian cartoonist and writer, Mary Wings (1949-2024). Credited with being some of the first comics dealing with homosexual themes in a non-erotic context, Dyke Shorts are a collection of comic tales dealing personal lesbian experiences such as self-discovery, coming out, artificial insemination, and more. -
I, a Lesbian
$80.00 Add to cartRoderick Mason
St. James: NAA, No date.
“A first person auto biography of the life of a lesbian from puberty on, as told to a psychiatrist.” 1970s sexploitation illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of lesbians in stockings. More detailed in its text than the usual 70s pulp sexploit. works, with lengthy text recordings of Betty taken by psychiatrist Roderick Mason detailing her life, their therapy sessions, and Dr. Mason’s observations. There are known to exist two printings, neither with publishing details, the first with adverts for other “sexual study” works and photographic prints on the wrappers verso by NAA of St. James, New York, and second without adverts. This being an exceptionally clean copy of the former. Either printing unrecorded in OCLC. -
The Lesbian
$20.00 Add to cartFrank S. Caprio
Whyteleafe: Gold Star Publications, 1970.
A reprint of Caprio’s Female Homosexuality. -
Archer Magazine 19: The Pleasure Issue
$19.00 Add to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2023.
A magazine about sex, gender and identity. The Pleasure Issue. Contributors include: Joan Nestle, Katia Ariel, Erin Riley, Caitlin McGregor, Lauren French, Vex Ashley, Hini Hanara, Bebe Oliver, Patrice Capogreco, Euphemia Russell, Jessamyn Stanley, Pro Dommes Alani and Danielle, and an image editorial by Hailey Moroney. -
Lesbian and Gay Writing: An Anthology of Critical Essays
$10.00 Add to cartMark Lilly
London: Macmillan, 1990. -
A White Genocidal Assimilationist Bitch Speaks
$25.00 Add to cartKathleen Mary Fallon
[Sydney]: Polar Bear Press, 2023.
“This second publication in the Queensland School Reader series continues Fallon’s reconciliation dialogues telling intimate stories of her forty years as the lesbian foster mother of a Torres Strait Islander with disabilities. This was during the lesophobic decades when the boy would have been immediately removed from her care if the Authorities had discovered her lesbianism. Her stories are angry, tragic, darkly humorous, sometimes just plain snarky and gossipy. Ranging geographically from Brisbane to Sydney to London and ranging temporally over those forty year they are personally, politically, socially and culturally informative and candid snap shots of those times. There is an urgency about these stories and they need to be told.” (author’s blurb) -
Archer Magazine 9: The Family Issue
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First Edition.
28cm x 21cm. 112 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences.
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Archer Magazine 8: The Spaces Issue
$17.00 Add to cartAmy Middleton
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2017.
Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences. -
Archer Magazine 5: The Culture Issue
$17.00 Add to cartAmy Middleton
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2016.
Archer Magazine is an award-winning print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. It is published twice-yearly in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on lesser-heard voices and the uniqueness of our experiences. -
Twilight Women Around the World
$30.00 Add to cartR. Leighton Hasselrodt
London: Luxor Press, 1969.
Sexploitation pulp sensational sexological study of lesbianism. -
Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens
$60.00 Add to cartRyan Pfluger
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
“Throughout 2020 and 2021, artist, advocate and photographer Ryan Pfluger set out to capture intimate images of queer, interracial couples, along with personal insight into their relationships in today’s world. Featured together for the first time in this book, this unique collection of modern love in its many forms across the spectrum of race, sexuality, and gender identity and gives space to these couples to share short, revealing stories about their relationships. The photos in this collection, and the people in them, can be startling in their openness, playful in their poses, and tender to their core. Pfluger has captured the magic, honesty, and beauty of love in today’s queer culture.” (publisher’s blurb) -
We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage
$10.00 Add to cartKaier Curtin
Boston: Alyson Publications, 1987. -
Lesbian and Gay Writing: An Anthology of Critical Essays
$10.00 Add to cartMark Lilly
Houndmills: Macmillan, 1990. -
Journal of Australian Feminist Studies, No. 4 June 1994
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First Edition.
21cm x 14cm. 112 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Spine creased. Very minor soiling to wrappers and edges. Previous owner’s name, minor annotations on rear wrapper. Bookseller’s stamp of The Women’s Bookshop, Brisbane. Very Good Condition. -
Theorising Heterosexuality: Telling it straight
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First Edition.
22.5cm x 15.5cm. xii, 207 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
Moderate shelf wear. Minor creasing to spine. Very minor foxing and soiling. Good Condition. -
Archer Magazine 17: Home Issue
$17.00 Add to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2021.
A magazine about sex, gender and identity. The Home issue: Safety and self-care, queer mob, migrancy and belonging, housing and homelessness, chosen family, stripping and sex work, Q&A with Melissa Febos. Features articles on the theme of ‘home’, which can be a place, space, concept or feeling. The issue explores the many factors that influence our connection to home, such as relationships, family structures, race, culture, identity, class, poverty and homelessness, and includes a photo-essay about Black queer people’s connection to land and community, and a migrant writer experiencing pressures to assimilate. -
Lysistrata: Frei Nach Einer Komodie von Aristophanes
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First Edition.
23cm x 16cm. 128 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers. Text is in German.
Comic retelling of the Comedies of Aristophanes.
Foxing. Good Condition. -
Soft Borders, Hard Edges (Bent Street 5.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas)
$30.00 Add to cartSam Elkin; Yves Rees; Tiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2021.
A special edition focusing on the trans and gender diverse community. “Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you ‘The Year in Queer’.” (from blurb) -
Love from a Distance: Intimacy and Technology in the Time of COVID-19 (Bent Street 4.1: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas)
$25.00 Add to cartJennifer Power; Henry Von Doussa; Timothy W. Jones; Tiffany Jones
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2020.
“Bent Street is an annual publication that gathers essays, fiction, poetry, artwork, reflections, letters, blog posts, interviews, performance writing and rants to bring you ‘The Year in Queer’.” (from blurb) -
Archer Magazine 16: Disabilities Issue
$17.00 Add to cartAmy Middleton; Roz Bellamy
Melbourne: Archer Magazine, 2021.
A magazine about sex, gender and identity. Disabilities issue: Kink + Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Queer + Disabled, Deafness, Medical Racism, Disorder + Diagnosis, Sex Work, Lockdowns, Parenting + Bipolar, Institutional Abuse, Q&A with Elvin Lam. -
The Context
$40.00 Add to cartAlexandro Segade
New York: Primary Information, 2020.
“The Context reimagines the superhero comic book as a queer parable of belonging. The story follows six powerful beings from different worlds who find themselves inexplicably adrift together in an otherwise lifeless void: Biopower, Cathexis, Barelife, Objector, Drives, and Form. The characters, each named for a concept drawn from critical theory, engage one another in skintight fight scenes that often look like sex scenes, and philosophical debates masked as exposition.” (publisher’s blurb)