THE GLADIATORS by Boxer, Bill - 1960

n.p.: No Publisher, 1960. Stapled along top. Very good.. 8.5 x 11 inches. 10 pages. Gay erotic fiction. Standard paper, typed one side of the leaf only; reproduced on coated paper with a grayish cast, using a photo-reproduction method seen in the 60s-70s. Paper has a distinctive coating and textiure. Underground gay fiction, of the type passed hand-to-hand or otherwise clandestinely distributed. Tom Norman, in his introduction to American Gay Erotic Paperbacks: A Bibliography, notes that "the earliest erotic literature aimed primarily at the gay male, usually quite amateurish, was mostly in typewritten or mimeographed form, and passed surreptitiously from person to person. Producers of the stories faced imprisonment and harrassment if they were caught. Rarely were the stories more than a few pages long, but even if they were of greater length, they were almost never printed and bound." Synopsis: dominance in the ring is foreplay for gay boxers. Story begins: The big man rapped out intricate rhythms on the speedbag, his fists flashing in the bright sunlight.