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  • McMullan, Margaret
    WHEN WARHOL WAS STILL ALIVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel about working in the women's magazine industry in New York City, by a former editor at "Glamour" magazine. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-89594-6513.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 36017
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  • CAN A COAL SCUTTLE FLY? by Miller, Tom (1945-2000, illustrator) and Murphy, Camay Calloway (text)
    Miller, Tom (1945-2000, illustrator) and Murphy, Camay Calloway (text)
    CAN A COAL SCUTTLE FLY?

    Edition: First printing.

    Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The only children's book illustrated by Tom Miller, an award-winning artist whose exuberant work has been described as 'Afro-Deco.' This book, based on his own childhood, is all about the possibilities - what objects can be, and what people can be - and even though it was done several years after he was diagnosed with AIDS, this is a joyous book. The accompanying text is by Camay Calloway Murphy, daughter of jazz musician Cab Calloway and an award-winning educator. ISBN: 0-938420-550.

    Condition: SIGNED by both the author and the artist, and dated in 1996. Fine in fine dust jacket. An uncommon book, especially signed.

    Book ID: 24642
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  • LOVE ALONE: Eighteen Elegies for Rog. by Monette, Paul.
    Monette, Paul.
    LOVE ALONE: Eighteen Elegies for Rog.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A cycle of poems written during the five months after the death of his lover from AIDS - full of grief and rage. Frontispiece. Preface by Monette. xiii, 65 pp. ISBN: 0-312-014724.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83084
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  • CHRISTODORA. by Murphy, Tim.
    Murphy, Tim.
    CHRISTODORA.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Grove Press, (2016). First edition - An "epic, ambitious, and deeply poignant novel, [this] follows a diverse group of people whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattans East Village, the Christodora. Moving kaleidoscopically from the Tompkins Square Riots and the activism of the 1980s to a future New York City of the 2020s where subzero winters are a thing of the past, it recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, portrays the allure and destructive power of hard drugs, and brings to life a bohemian Lower Manhattan of artists and idealists." 430 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86032
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  • DISASTERAMA!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997. by Orloff, Alvin; Introduction by Alexander Chee.
    Orloff, Alvin; Introduction by Alexander Chee.
    DISASTERAMA!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Three Rooms Press, (2019). SIGNED first edition - A memoir and a social history in which Orloff attempts to answer the question "what was it like when everyone started dying?" He describes the "delirious adventures of his youthfrom San Francisco to Los Angeles to New York where insane nights, deep friendships with the creatives of the underground, and thrilling bi-coastal living led to a free-spirited life of art, manic performance, high camp antics, and exotic sexual encounters, until AIDS threatened to destroy everything he lived for. . [He] looks past the politics of AIDS to the people on the ground, friends of his who did not survive AIDS wrath the boys in black leather jackets and cackling…

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    New York: Three Rooms Press, (2019). SIGNED first edition - A memoir and a social history in which Orloff attempts to answer the question "what was it like when everyone started dying?" He describes the "delirious adventures of his youthfrom San Francisco to Los Angeles to New York where insane nights, deep friendships with the creatives of the underground, and thrilling bi-coastal living led to a free-spirited life of art, manic performance, high camp antics, and exotic sexual encounters, until AIDS threatened to destroy everything he lived for. . [He] looks past the politics of AIDS to the people on the ground, friends of his who did not survive AIDS wrath the boys in black leather jackets and cackling queens in tacky frocks remembering them not as victims, but as people who loved life, loved fun, and who were a part of the insane jigsaw of his friends." Introduction by Alexander Chee. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 232 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 978-1941110829.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87482
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  • DOUBLE HELIX. by Parker, Nancy.
    Parker, Nancy.
    DOUBLE HELIX.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy for a trade paperback original.

    Ashland, OR: Ashland Hills Press, (2000.). First edition - The author's second novel featuring investigative reporter Kate Lipton, an edgy techno-thriller involving the disappearance of three AIDS sufferers after they traveled to Grenada in the Caribbean in search of a cure. 252 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72931
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  • Powell, Patricia
    A SMALL GATHERING OF BONES

    Edition: Uncorrected proof for this trade paperback original.

    London & Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994. First edition - A title in the Caribbean Writers Series. First novel (second book) by this young writer who was born in Jamaica, described as 'a frank and sensitive novel exploring the complexity of homosexuality' set at in the late 1970's when a mysterious illness was just beginning to threaten the gay community. 139 pp. .

    Condition: Fne in white printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 35135
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  • MECCA, MALIBU STORIES, STEAMING & DUENDE (set of 4 books) by Rawley, Donald (1987-1998)
    Rawley, Donald (1987-1998)
    MECCA, MALIBU STORIES, STEAMING & DUENDE (set of 4 books)

    Edition: First printing, trade paperbacks.

    Houston, TX:' Black Tie Press, 1991-1994. First edition - A set of 4 of Rowley's books of poetry, including his first 2 published works - his obituary after his death from AIDS at only 40 noted that "Donald Rawley was very, very good at entrances and at exits - in real life and in his writing. He first came to public attention as a writer of humid and verdant poetry. His five collections - Duende, Sirens, Steaming, Malibu Stories and Mecca - garnered him several awards, much critical praise and a fan-base that above all loved to hear these poems performed, with Rawley commanding the stage like a ringmaster"

    Condition: Very good in wrappers

    Book ID: 76798
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  • A FISTFUL OF EMPTY. by Schutz, Benjamin M.
    Schutz, Benjamin M.
    A FISTFUL OF EMPTY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth in the series of thrillers featuring Washington DC private eye Leo Haggerty - one which opens with the murder of his best friend, and the violent rape of his girl friend Samantha in the home they shared. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-670831115.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 88762
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  • TOUCH. by Sherman, Charlotte Watson
    Sherman, Charlotte Watson
    TOUCH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American writer's second novel, third book. A woman who is an artist supports herself by working for a telephone crisis line. INSCRIBED on the title page. "To -- thank you for the wonderful work that you do." 214 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169257.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64238
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  • Sherman, Charlotte Watson
    TOUCH.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition - African American writer's second novel, third book. A woman who is an artist supports herself by working for a telephone crisis line.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 19040
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  • Sherman, Charlotte Watson
    TOUCH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's second novel, third book. A woman who is an artist supports herself by working for a telephone crisis line. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169257.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14633
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  • CANNIBAL. by Svoboda, Terese.
    Svoboda, Terese.
    CANNIBAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: New York University Press, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, winner of the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers. Described as a 'haunting story of survival' this is set in Africa (Svoboda had spent a year in the Sudan as a documentary film-maker) A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the title page "To --- for their belief in their godson, and Art." and signed simply Terese. 143 pp. ISBN: 0-8147-80121.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58639
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  • PASSIVE INTRUDER. by Upchurch, Michael.
    Upchurch, Michael.
    PASSIVE INTRUDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which explores the ideas of haunting and being haunted, of absence being as much of a shape as presence is. "A young woman sees the same mysterious face at each stop of a cross-country train trip. A gay psychiatrist is haunted by the ever-encroaching specter of AIDS. These are the intertwining threads of this gothic-tinged literary ghost tale set in Seattle." 369 pp. ISBN: 0-393038653.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88117
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  • Uyemoto, Holly.
    REBEL WITHOUT A CLUE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Crown, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a coming of age novel set in contemporary Marin County in Northern California.. ISBN: 0-517-571706.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 24032
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  • Uyemoto, Holly.
    REBEL WITHOUT A CLUE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Crown, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a coming of age novel set in contemporary Marin County in Northern California.. ISBN: 0-517-571706.

    Condition: Very good+ in a near fine dustjacket. (corners slightly bumped, a hint of a spine slant.)

    Book ID: 15068
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  • SIMPLE JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    SIMPLE JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77094
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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77095
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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69096
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  • SIMPLE JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    SIMPLE JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69094
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  • THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE. by Wilson, John Morgan.
    Wilson, John Morgan.
    THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California SIGNED on the title page . 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82823
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  • FIRST COMES LOVE. by Winik, Marion.
    Winik, Marion.
    FIRST COMES LOVE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Pantheon, (1996.). First edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 271 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners of a few pages bumped).

    Book ID: 76018
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  • Winik, Marion.
    FIRST COMES LOVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winik's frank and unsentimental account of her love affair and marriage with an openly gay man, of their drug use, the brief happiness of the birth of their two children, and the gradual deterioration of his health as his AIDS progressed. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679-445722.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36607
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