Nine (9) gay-themed books and a Gay Games medal. The collection includes: "The Gay Games: A History." 2010. Published by Routledge in 2010. Hardcover, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2"; a bronze medal for the "Gay Games II San Francisco 1986" featuring a torch between two laurels with the Gay Games logo overlayed; Charley Shively (American, 1937-2017). "Calamus Lovers: Walt Whitman's Working Class Camerados." 1987. First Edition. Published by Gay Sunshine Press in 1987. Softcover. 9 x 6"; Hugh Ryan (American, b. 1978). "When Brooklyn Was Queer." 2019. First Edition. Published by St. Martin's Press in 2019. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2"; Jonathan Katz (American, b. 1938). "Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A." 1976. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company in 1976. Softcover. 10 x 7"; "The Transvestite Memoirs of the Abbé de Choisy and the Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville." 1973. First British Commonwealth edition. Translated and edited by R.H.F. Scott. Published by Peter Owen Limited in 1973 (the first page includes a clipped personal ad from an unknown year written by a self-described "androgynous bisexual female-to-male pre-op transsexual"). Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 6"; Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson (American, Contemporary). "Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia." 1998. First Edition. Published by Henry Holt and Company in 1998. Hardcover. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"; Jonathan Ned Katz (American, b. 1938). "Gay/Lesbian Almanac: A New Documentary." 1983. First Edition. Published by Harper and Row in 1983. Hardcover, 10 x 7 1/2"; Mark Thompson (American, 1952-2016). "Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement." 1994. Foreword by Randy Shilts. First Edition. Published by St. Martin's Press in 1994. Softcover. 10 1/2 x 9"; Aaron Fricke (American—Rhode Island, b. 1962). "Confessions of a Rock Lobster." 1981. Alyson Publications, Inc. First edition. Softcover. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2"; Miriam J. Benkovitz (American, 1911-1986) "Fredrick Rolfe: Baron Corvo," 1977. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, in 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2". Every lot is sold "as is," "where is," and "without warranty," whether express or implied. Lighting and electronics have not been tested and should be professionally evaluated prior to use. Art has not been examined outside of the frame unless otherwise stated.

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