short list 11.indd - Callum James Books
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short list 11.indd - Callum James Books
CALLUM James books Short List #11 MAY, 2013 callum james books This is our first Short List since November last year. In the meantime there has been a full-length catalogue mainly of gay literature, and another catalogue of gay-interest paperback books. If you have missed either of these please do let us know. This Short List, as it happens, is quite big on photography, artwork, photobooks and ephemera. Highlights include two photos by Wilhelm von Gloeden and a collection of homoeroric ex-lilbris plates. Also, we are delighted to be able to offer some original artwork by Ian David Baker, whose male art and photography is known around the world. Callum James Books BUYS as well as sells. If you have a collection or even a single item that you think might be of interest please do get in touch. Equally, we are keen to hear about the reading and collecting habits of our customers so we can do our best to search out the kinds of things that will be of interest. To order, please email the address below in the first instance to reserve the item. We will then confirm availability and give details of postage costs. Emails will be dealt with strictly in the order in which they appear in our inbox. Payments can be made by Paypal to the email address below (you don’t need to have a Paypal account to use it to pay by credit or debit card), or by sterling cheque, made payable to “S. Martin” and sent to the address below. Please send no money until availability has been confirmed and the item reserved. Cover: Bronzed plaster relief of Rupert Brooke, item 8. 31A Chichester Road Portsmouth UK - PO2 0AA (44) 2392696150 [email protected] www.callumjamesbooks.com Blog: callumjames.blogspot.com 1. BAKER, Ian David. Male Nude, Young Thai. Pencil on paper. 230mm x 190mm. Drawn in Thailand. Signed and dated (’90). Small flat crease at top right corner not interfering with the image in any way. £40 2. BAKER, Ian David. Male Nude, Hands on Hips. Pencil on paper. 275mm x 175mm. Drawn from life. Signed and dated (’97). £40 3. BAKER, Ian David. Male Nude, Seated. Pencil on paper. 275mm x 200m. Drawn from life. Signed and dated (’97). £40 1 2 4. BAKER, Ian David. Male Nude, Study of Genitalia(1). Pencil on paper. 265mm x 180mm. Drawn from life. Signed and dated (’97). £40 5. BAKER, Ian David. Male Nude, Study of Genitalia(2). Red pencil on paper. 220mm x 160mm. Drawn from life. Signed and dated (’97). £40 3 4 5 6. BELLAS, Bruce (Bruse of Los Angeles). Janssen Verlag, Germany: 2001. A collection of the early work of this famous physique photographer. These images are from the late 1930s, his early career: the days when he worked itinerantly, photographing sailors, farm workers, travellers and country boys in a much more informal and candid way than in his later studio work. Near fine in a near fine jacket. £100 7. [BOWEN, Elizabeth] Author Photo. 255mm x 200mm. Black and white silver print on glossy photographic stock. £22 8. [BROOKE, Rupert.] A bronzed plaster memorial wall plaque. Depicting Brooke’s profile from the famous photo by Sherrill Schell taken in 1913. The plaque was issued by the Cambridge bookseller’s Heffer’s and is inscribed to this effect on the bottom edge. Undated except with the poet’s dates and understood to be from the period, i.e. 1915 or shortly after. Very good with some chips and bumps painted at various points in its life. £50 6 19 7 9. BROWN, Russell A. Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde. St Martin’s Press, New York: 1988. Fine in a near fine jacket. £10 10.[CHUBB, Ralph] The Private Library. Second Series, Volume 3:3 Autumn 1970 & 3:4 Winter 1970. Two issues. Including the two part article by Anthony Reid, ‘Ralph Chubb. The Unknown’ part one covering his life, part two his work. Both articles are illustrated with a number of b/w reproductions of Chubb’s artwork and typography. Very good. £10 11.[CLARKE, Harry]. Ten Original Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales. The Fine Art Society, London: 2008. Fine in a fine jacket. £25 12.[EX-LIBRIS] A collection of 30 homoerotic ex-libris plates, all unused, many signed by the artist. A full listing with images of all the bookplates can be found in a separate pdf file: www. callumjamesbooks.com/exlibris.pdf All are in fine condition. £450 13.FORBES, Vivian. Autographed Card. 140mm x 100mm. A sepia-toned reproduction of Forbes’s painting, “The Echoing Valley” is signed at the top and dated xii.v.22. Forbes (18911937) studied art at Chelsea Polytechnic and, while serving in WW1 met Glyn Philpot with whom he lived and shared a studio from 1923. Forbes was known in particular for his decorative schemes, including for St Stephen’s Hall in Westminster and the Vice-Regal Palace in New Delhi. His artwork is clearly heavily influenced by Philpot. Their studio space was also shared by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon. Forbes’s intense attachment to Philpot was tested to its limit by Philpot’s sudden death in 1937 and, the day after the funeral, Forbes took his own life. Very good with a little album residue on the verso. £40 14.FREEMAN, Gillian. The Leather Boys. Gay Mens’ Press (Gay Modern Classics), London: 1985. Fine in a fine jacket. £30 9 14 21 31 32 15.[HOCKNEY, David]. David Hockney. Works on Paper. Monday 31 October 2005. Bonhams, London: 2005. Auction catalogue. Illustrated throughout in colour with reproductions of Hockney’s drawings, photos etchings and collages. Very good. £10 16.HOLLINGHURST, Alan. The Swimming-Pool Library. Chivers Audio Books. Complete and unabridged boxed-set of 10CDs with the book read by its author. Very good. £40 17.[JAMES, Edward] A Surreal Life: Edward James 1907-1984 edited by Nicola Coleby. Royal Pavillon, Brighton: 1998. A selection of essays on the life and work of this incredible British eccentric and patron of the arts. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour the book was originally published to accompany an exhibition of the same title at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Fine in a fine jacket. £22 18.LALLI (Joe). Fun? Game. Male Models After Dark. Bruno Gmünder, Berlin: 1998. A photobook of male fashion models in slightly edgier mode than mainstream fashion photography. Afterword by Paul Cadmus. Laminated boards. Very good. £10 19.[LINDOP, Audrey Erskine] Author Photo. 255mm x 200mm. Black and white silver print on glossy photographic stock. £22 20.McMULLAN, Patrick. Men’s Show. Edition Stemmle, Zurich: 2000. Photobook of images taken behind the scenes at New York’s most important male fashion shows. Very good with slight shelfwear to the jacket and a gentle bend in the boards. £22 21.NELSON, Michael. A Room in Chelsea Square. Gay Mens’ Press (Gay Modern Classics), London: 1986. Very good in a fine jacket. £20 22.[OLD STILE PRESS, THE] The Private Library. Third Series Volume 5:4, Winter 1982. Containing ‘The Old Stile Press. The Printing of Nicholas McDowall, the Art-work of J. Martin Pitts’ by Anthony Reid but printed anonymously due to Reid’s astonishing fit of pique about editorial changes made without consultation at the last moment and resulting in the addition to the article of one of the most vehement 17 author-disavowals ever printed involving the removal of the author’s name and the promise that the “farrago” will never be reprinted. In fact, it remains detailed and interesting look at the early work of the press, in particularly the homoerotic work of J. Martin Pitts. Includes a bibliography. Softcover. Fine. £5 23.ROFFMAN, Howard. The Edge of Reason. Bruno Gmünder, Berlin: 1995. Photobook with black and white images from this famous photographer of stunning young men. Afterword by Donald Mader. Softcover. Very good. £15 24.TOWNSEND, Larry. The Sexual Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Masquerade Books (Badboy), New York: 1993. Scarce paperback in which the Baker Street Irregulars have never been so irregular. Very good with a single reading crease to the spine. £50 25.VAN SANT, Gus. 108 Portraits. Twin Palms, Santa Fe: 1992. Very good in a lightly shelfworn very good jacket. £100 26.VON GLOEDEN, Baron Wilhelm. Male Nude, Standing. Original albumen print photograph on paper. 23cm x 17cm. Taken at von Gloeden’s villa and using as backdrops the photographer’s trademark tiger skin and dancing-faun amphora jar. Pasted onto mounting board with a horizontal split (with no loss) across the centre where previously folded. The photo has other flat creases and some chips at the edges. Fair. £350 27.VON GLOEDEN, Baron Wilhelm. Two Nude Adolescents. Original albumen print photograph on paper. 23cm x 16cm. Pasted onto board with a 2cm horizontal split (with no loss) along the centre line where there is a flat crease from folding. The photo has other flat creases and some chips at the edges. Fair. £350 28.[VON GLOEDEN et. al.] Gloedeneries Caravagesque. Von Gloeden, Von Plüschow, Vincenzo Galdi. Gallerie Au Bonheur du Jour, Paris, 2003. Limited, numbered edition of 500. Very high quality reproductions. Softcover. Very good. £25 29.[VON GLOEDEN et. al.] Poésies Arcadiennes. Von Gloeden, Vincenzo Galdi, Von Plüschow. Photographies fin XIXe. Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour, Paris: 2005. Limited, numbered edition of 500. Small format photobook or catalogue from this enterprising gallery with very high quality reproductions of work by these three photographers. Softcover. Very good. £25 30.WEBER, Bruce. Bruce Weber. Alfred Knopf, New York: 1989. A large format photobook of Weber’s signature work: preppy American types, athletes and male models naked or scantily dressed. Very good in a very good jacket with a few minor rubs, lacks glassine outer jacket. Heavy book, please enquire about postage. £65 31.WILDE, Oscar and Others Teleny. Gay Mens’ Press (Gay Modern Classics), London: 1986. Very good in a very good jacket. £25 32.WORSLEY, T. C. Fellow Travellers. Gay Men’s Press (Gay Modern Classics), London: 1984. Fine in a fine jacket. £15 24 26 27