[Rarebooks] FS: Classic of Gay Literature in the scarce dustwrapper

[Charles Agvent]

NILES,  Blair. STRANGE BROTHER. New York: Horace  Liveright,  Inc.
(1931).  First Edition. Blair Niles was born Mary Blair Rice. In  1902
she  married the naturalist William Beebe and with him wrote two books
about  her  extensive travels with her husband. A day after  divorcing
him  in  1913,  Blair married an architect named Robert L.  Niles  and
changed  her  name to Blair Niles. This particular novel  mixes  Black
and  Gay  cultures  as  it depicts the life of a  white  gay  man  who
frequents  the  nightclubs  and  speakeasies  of  Harlem.  It  is  now
recognized  as a classic of Gay Literature and is rarely found in  the
true  first  edition,  let alone in this condition in  a  dustwrapper,
which  in  this  case  has a few small chips and  light  edgewear  but
presents  very  nicely.  Close  to Fine in a  Very  Good  dustwrapper.  $500.00


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