Search Results: Fraternal organizations from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

New York: the University, 1938. 284p., glossy paperstock throughout much in the vein of lesser school yearbooks but ratcheted up to a Big Business production. Hardbound in massive 12.5x9 inch black cloth boards with pressed decoration and titling in raised bronze, doublespread photographic endsheets, running borders in purple ("violet") ink. Cover is badly frayed at top and tail of backstrip, but the book overall is is pretty good shape: sound hinges, no markings, no autographs or ownership. Laid in is an "In Memoriam" sheet with photo. Looking over lists of boardmen we see David Sarnoff (1931), Cass Canfield (33), a Roosevelt, and many names we should know but don't. There is no "Jokes" section, yet joking abounds. Yes, there is a Sports section, but one overshadowed by business emphasis and particular making-money groupings. Except in candid shots of dances and The Prom, women and men are separated; following the standard portrait vignettes of women students (a sizeable group, though there's way… Read More

San Francisco: Golden Gate Collectors, 1965. Spiral_bound. 112p., spiral bound, mimeographed on one side only, 7x9 inch wraps; cover sheets are quite edgeworn and faded, within find minor handling wear, previous owner's name. A still-useful book, very talky and personal. San Francisco women's club of antique collectors.

San Francisco: the Legion, 1934. Salmon-pink cardstock fiche, 2x3.5 inches printed in dark blue, faintest toning, a fine exemplar, surely un-revocable in this condition. Ephemeral piece from the 1930s San Francisco.

Ashton-in-Makerfield, England: the Institute, 1943. 9p., 2.5x3.5 inch booklet, some nibbling to spine, containing the rules of the Institute and a record of having paid dues in 1943.

New York: Press of Henry Emmerson, 1963. Paperback. 79p., professionally composed and printed on alkaline paperstock, softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed wraps. Entries average 6 to 8 on a page, ergo some 500 distinct items with occasionally lengthy annotations. Covers show a couple minute stains and dust-soil, covers remain bright and fresh: perfectly clean and unmarked. Cummings' survey "is confined exclusively to books, pamphlets, etc., which have been printed in English or have appeared in English translation", and he makes no claim for completeness.

[Vallejo]: The Lodge, no date. Pamphlet. 10p., 3.5x5.75 inches, handbook in blue stapled wraps with light tanning and wear, one line crossed off in marker on first page.

San Francisco: Castro Lions Club, 1994. Six-panel brochure folded to 5.5x8.5 inches, historical sketch, programs, photos, very good on glossy stock. Formed in 1985.

San Francisco: The Castro Lions Club, 1991. Four-panel program, 5.25x8.25 inches, in memoriam, agenda, international objectives, vertical fold crease otherwise very good on heavy white card stock. The gay fraternal organization formed in 1985.

Washington DC: Chesapeake Bay Bears, 1997. Pamphlet. Two brochures, six panels and eight panels folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, membership applications and information, the 1997 has a horizontal fold else very good on blue and yellow stocks. DC Bear Organization & Social Club.

New York: Star Dist, 1990. Paperback. 150p., very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Young Stallions YS-155.

Oakland: Oakland Civic Auditorium/Aahmes Temple, Oakland, A.A.O.N.M.S., 1925. [8p] 6x9.25 inches, lyrics for the songs, program for the evening including lists of singers, musicians and others, mildly worn, stapled playbill in paper covers illustrated with monochrome drawing of the Shriners' Fez.

San Francisco: FOG, 1980. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side on pink stock two horizontal fold creases for mailing, tiny stapled holes at top and lower fold also for mailing.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1992. Magazine. [44p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, very good magazine/newsletter in stapled white pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1986. Magazine. [76p] includes covers,5.5x8.5 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, services and resources, very good digest-size magazine/newsletter in stapled pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1989. Magazine. [52p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, dampstained at top else good in white pictorial wraps. Two 8.5x11 inch handbills laid-in. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1989. Magazine. [44p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, light soiling and wear to covers else very good magazine/newsletter in stapled blue pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1993. Magazine. [72p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, very good magazine/newsletter in stapled white pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1990. Magazine. [52p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, very good in white pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

Cleveland: The Fraternity, 1990. Magazine. [36p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, rules, membership, lists of photo sets, personal ads and classified ads, centerfold montage of member photos, services and resources, light soiling and wear to covers else very good magazine/newsletter in stapled white pictorial wraps. Homophile foot-fetish club with members in all states. Only two holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2023.

New York: Star Dist, 1983. Paperback. 180p.+ ads, price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Gaytimes Book Club NM-57.