Aug 17, 2023 - Sale 2644

Sale 2644 - Lot 92

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

CIAO! MAGAZINE


Private Stock: 1980 International Gay Travel Pocket Guide.
[8], 139, [10], 158-160 pages (apparently as issued). 16mo (12575 mm; 5x3 inches), original printed wrappers, perfect-bound, minor wear and staining; minimal wear to contents. New York: Center City Books, 1980

Like the famed Negro Motorist Green Book of the 1940s and 1950s, but also not. This guide is arranged geographically, showing bars, meeting places, and action spots for every state in the Union and dozens of countries. A letter code explains what to expect in each establishment. While the usual cosmopolitan areas and resorts are well-represented, the guide will also direct you to a toilet in a hotel basement in Pocatello, Idaho; a bar outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti accessible only by taxi; or a Denny's franchise in Guadalajara. Only 3 other copies listed in OCLC.