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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(PULP.)
A large collection of LGBTQ+ books from the 1940s to the 1980s. 76 volumes, almost all octavo paperback; minor wear. Various places, 1947-1986 and undated.
Includes 25 manuals and non-fiction, plus 51 pulp novels. Complete list available upon request. Representative titles and highlights include:
D.O. Cauldwell. "The Truth About Homosexuality in Man and Woman." Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1947].
"Homosexual Sex Techniques," First Book and Second Book. No place, circa 1970?
H. Erick Lester. "Studies in Danish Male Homosexual Pornography." Washington: Guild Press, 1970.
George Marshall. "The Beginner's Guide to Cruising." Washington: Guild Press, 1964.
"Valerie Solanas. "SCUM Manifesto" (Society for Cutting Up Men). Paperback, stated second printing. [New York]: Olympia Press, [1970].
"The Art and History of Sex Sadism." Deer Park, NY: Timely Books, 1971.
6 booklets by Tom of Finland: "Cycle Club Initiation," ""In the Woods" (2 copies), and "The Third Man" (3 copies). No publication information, possibly pirated.
Colt Studio Catalog, 1969.
6 pulp novels from the Black Knight Classics "Classics of the Homosexual Underground" series: "One Man's Meat," "The Hitch-Hiker," "Weekend Orgy" (2 copies), "It's So Hard," and "The Lifeguard: A Night to Remember." Washington: Guild Press, 1969.
2 pulp novels from the Dorian Vignettes series: #3, "House of Dreams" and #4, Overture in G Minor." San Francisco: Pangraphic Press, 1964.
James Benson Nablo. "The Long November." No place: Double Flame, 1957.
William Seeds, "One Plus One: An Illustrated Novel." Quarto size. Los Angeles, CA: Photographer's Guild, 1969.
Provenance: The collection of Charles "Chuck" Renslow (1929-2017), co-owner of Chicago's Gold Coast bar; publisher of the magazines Triumph, Rawhide, and Mars; and founder of the long-running International Mr. Leather contest and the Leather Archives and Museum. He is a member of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame and the Leather Hall of Fame.
