THE GAY DECEIVER: 1967, 1st American Edition. Near Fine in DJ

by Peter Leslie

$425 · Offered by eBay

First edition

THE GAY DECEIVER by Peter Leslie 1967 Stein & Day, NY First American Edition/ 1st Printing First U.S. Edition. Quarter bound in red cloth and gray boards with gold spine lettering. Book was printed in Britain with the original UK 1st edition sheets and bound in the U.S. with a Stein and Day Title Page. 8vo size, 207pp. About Fine in like dj. Book has a very light rub to the spine tips else a fine, clean, bright, unmarked copy in a NF jacket that shows a hint of toning & a tiny, faint dust spot on the front panel. A very scarce book in this condition. One of the first books published by a major publisher to feature a gay undercover agent. A pioneering novel of early Queer/ Camp Fiction.

• Publisher: Stein and Day
• Year: 1967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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