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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. VG+. 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in gray cloth. A VG+ copy in a Very Good du st jacket. There is a 3 1/2" x 1 3/4" newspaper clipping glued glued t o the front endpaper's lower edge. Former owner's name is stamped at t he edges of the bottom page block. Light dusting to the edges of the u pper page block. The dust jacket has rubs to its corners and spine tip s. Some rubbing to the rear panel. .

Garden City: Doubleday,, 1964.. First edition.. 372 pp. Faint offsetting to endpapers, else very near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with some light edgewear.

Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket spine is slightly age-toned, very slight edgewear, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Bound in gray cloth with bright black and blue titles to spine. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Book is Fine, dust jacket is Near Fine. . Classic early study of lesbians and lesbianism. This is a beautiful copy of the stated first edition. Scarce, thus. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 372 pages. B1 .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1964. First. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition (stated). Cloth, 372 pps. Detailed and honest report on the world of the lesbian at the very dawn of the gay revolution. A groundbreaking book, printed (importantly) by a mainstream publisher and written by a respected journalist who had previously authored a best-selling study of male homosexuality, "The Sixth Man". A tight copy but with dampstaining about the edges; in near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket.

New York: Doubleday & Company. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in a Good dust jacket. Chips and tears, sunning. Owner name and date to FEP. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

[LGBTQ] Stearn, Jess. The Grapevine: A Report on the Secret World of the Lesbian. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 372 pages. Stearn was a writer for New York Daily News who set out to cover lesbianism in the US. The book features interviews with lesbians, descriptions of covert lesbian bars and beaches, and his experiences at the convention for the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in America. Also includes an illustrated recreated cover from The Ladder monthly magazine. Featured in Grier at the A*, B*, C* levels for its "major lesbian characters or action." Dust jacket has light wear around the edges, but overall, in very good condition.