29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
54
Sexuality.
Batchelor (John), Breathless Hush. Duckworth, 1974, Uncorrected Proof, paperback with dust jacket;
Melly (George), School Experiences of a Fag at a Private and Public School. Smith Elder, 1854, original cloth (spine worn);
Daley (Harry), This Small Cloud, A Personal Memoir. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1986, first edition, dust jacket;
Drew (Dennis) and Drake (Jonathan), Boys for Sale, A Study of … Brown, 1969, dust jacket;
Gamble (Peter), The More We are Together, Memoirs of a Wayward Life. Paul Watkins, 1993, first edition, dust jacket.
With a small quantity of others including Gay fiction, memoirs and poetry, historical and scientific studies of sexuality, flagellation, boys schools, homosexual art, etc. (qty)
Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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