Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 222

Price Realized: $ 910
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250

ANGELO D'ARCANGELO (nd)


The Homosexual Handbook. 281, [7] pages. Octavo, original pink wrappers printed in black, moderate wear. New York: Ophelia Press, Inc., 1969.

First Edition of the popular guidebook which is humorously written but honest and practical in its instruction. The cover quite thoroughly lists its intended audience and broad contents: "for Men & Boys, Also for the Edification of Ladies and of the Lay Public ~ Being an Introduction to the Arts, Crafts, and Sports, and to the History, Sociology and Philosophy of Masculine Love ~ Also Courtship, Marriage between Males ~ designed to Amuse, Enlighten and Instruct all Manner of Readers."