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Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 458 pages, b&w illustrations. Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography. Even today remembered primarily as the mentor and lover of Robert Mapplethorpe, the once infamous photographer, Wagstaff, in fact, had an incalculable-and largely overlooked-influence on the world of contemporary art and photography, and on the evolution of gay identity in the latter part of the twentieth century. Born in New York City in 1921 into a notable family, Wagstaff followed an arc that was typical of a young man of his class. He attended both Hotchkiss and Yale, served in the navy, and would follow in step with his Ivy League classmates to the "gentleman's profession," as an ad executive on Madison Avenue. With his unmistakably good looks, he projected an aura of glamour and was cited by newspapers as one of the most eligible bachelors of the late 1940s. Such accounts proved deceiving, for Wagstaff was forced to live in the closet, his homosexuality only revealed to a small circle of friends. Increasingly uncomfortable with his career and this double life, he abandoned advertising, turned to the formal study of art history, and embarked on a radical personal transformation that was in perfect harmony with the tumultuous social, cultural, and sexual upheavals of the 1960s.

Softcover. New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 117 pages, b&w illustrations. Very light edge wear; else a very clean, tight copy. 10 color, 99 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1980 exhibition featuring works of American artist Walter Gay (1856-1937). With a substantial illustrated essay by Gary A. Reynolds, a brief chronology and selected bibliography. The annotated and illustrated catalogue addresses 90 pieces.

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 215 pages. Blue cloth cover, some wear to edges and corners. Dust jacket is price clipped, worn on edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w decorations by E. H. Shephard. A nice copy. An assembly of articles which Milne likened to a benefit night for the author. arranged as 'a calendar of ideas such as I have often thought it would be pleasant to keep, hence arranged in chapters from January to December', each subject appearing in the appropriate month. The result might best be called Table Talk, on a wide range of themes from grave to gay, from lively to severe.

Hardcover. Menlo Park CA, Lane Book Co.,, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 64 pages. Contains black & white photography by Martin Litton and Frances Coleberd. A Sunset Junior Book. Tim and Maria Black live at Oak Valley Ranch, where their days pass in a gay mixture of fun and work. They go on hayrides, search for wildflowers, and at one point in the story Maria gets lost! Buck, a blacksmith, comes to work at Oak Valley. Buck discovers there is a great deal to learn from the children about the ranch. In return, he explains his trade to them and helps them care for their horses. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Some tape residue to covers and dust jacket.