Search Results: the grapevine a report of the by stearn jess

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. .

Frederick Muller, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. First Published in GB. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Moderate tanning overall.

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.

Frederick Muller, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. First Published in GB. 348 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

London: Frederick Muller Limited., 1965. 348pp. Or bright blue papered boards in jacket. Jacket price-clipped and a slightly musty odour. A significant 60s study of all aspects of the life of lesbian women.. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Great Britain: Frederick Muller Limited, 1965 348 pages. The dust jacket is fairly worn, scuffed, torn and creased; the inside flap is clipped. The page edges are tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).

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.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. A companion to Stearn's earlier work, The Sixth Man (1962), which investigated the extent of male homosexuality in the United States. Among other things, Stearn (1914-2002) found that lesbians were more monogamous and less socially aggrieved than gay men. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with black and green titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light edgewear.

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 .

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 .

[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.