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Our latest AFTER DARK sale illuminates the quietest corners and loudest soirees of LGBT history.
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Lot 158

Queer Academic Literature Collection

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

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Eleven (11) books surrounding or regarding queer academia and academic subjects. Including Lynn Witt (American, Contemporary), Sherry Thomas (American, Contemporary), and Eric Marcus (American, b. 1958). "Out in All Directions: The Almanac of Gay and Lesbian America." 1995. Published by Warner Books. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2"; Rodger Streitmatter (American, b. 1948). "Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America." 1995. Published by Faber and Faber, Boston. Hardcover. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4"; Vito Russo (American, 1946-1990). "The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies: Revised Edition." 1987. Published by Harper and Row, Publishers. Softcover. 9 1/4 x 6"; Manfred Herzer (German, b. 1949) "Bibliographie zur Homosexualität." 1982. Hardcover. Published by Verlag Rosa Winkel, Berlin. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4"; Martin Bauml Duberman (American, b. 1930), Martha Vicinus (American, b. 1939), George Chauncey, Jr. (American, b. 1954). "Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past." 1989. Softcover. Published by the New American Library. 9 x 6"; Toby Marotta (American, 20th Century). "Sons of Harvard: Gay Men from the Class of 1967." 1982. Published by Quill, NY. Softcover. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2"; James M. Saslow (American, b. 1947). "Ganymede in the Renaissance: Homosexuality in Art and Society." 1986. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven. Hardcover. 10 1/2 x 7"; Frank Browning (American, b. 1946). "The Culture of Desire: Paradox and Perversity in Gay Lives Today." 1993. Published by Crown Publishers, NY. Hardcover. First Edition. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4"; Martin Bauml Duberman (American, b. 1930). "About Time: Exploring the Gay Past." 1986. Published as A Sea Horse Book, Gay Presses of New York. Hardcover. First edition. Signed. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2"; Barry D. Adam (Canadian, b. 1952). "The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement." 1987. Published by Twayne Publishers, Boston. Hardcover. 9 x 5 3/4"; David Carter (American, 1952-2020). "Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution." 2004. Published by St. Martin's Press, NY. Hardcover. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2"

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