Different Strokes by Andros Phil (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Tom of Finland (illustrator). Near Fine paperback. Overall a bright and attractive copy. Cover illustration by Tom of Finland. 140 pp.

Paperback. xi, 140p., very good first Perineum/Alyson printing, trade paperback wraps with Tom of Finland cover art. Contains a number of Steward's works from the pre-Stonewall period. Contains a number of Steward's works from the pre-Stonewall period. Characters include a Puerto Rican faun, a sadist with an Achilles Heel, a Black pool hustler and a kilted Scotsman (Jamie???) in Havana!

Paperback. xi, 140p., very good second Perineum Press printing, trade paperback in wraps with Tom of Finland cover art. Contains a number of Steward's works from the pre-Stonewall period. Characters include a Puerto Rican faun, a sadist with an Achilles Heel, a Black pool hustler and a kilted Scotsman (Jamie???) in Havana!

Paperback. xi, 140p., very good trade paperback, first Perineum edition, with Tom of Finland cover art. Contains a number of Steward's works from the pre-Stonewall period. Characters include a Puerto Rican faun, a sadist with an Achilles Heel, a Black pool hustler and a kilted Scotsman in Havana.

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Tom of Finland (Cover Art) (illustrator). J10.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Gay-themed fiction by Samuel M. Steward under the pseudonym Phil Andros. Cover illustration by Tom of Finland. Minor wear to covers and light tanning to pages. Otherwise a very good copy with no marks to inside pages and no reading crease to spine. 141 pages. s216.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. San Francisco: Perineum Press, 1983-1984. First editions. 140; 159; 139; 145; 174pp. Glued in wraps featuring cover illustrations by Tom of Finland. Near fine, with light rubbing and wear to wraps, mild fading to spines. All volumes signed and inscribed by Steward (as Phil Andros) to half-titles. Presentation copies of five volumes of gay erotic fiction written under his Phil Andros pseudonym by American academic, tattoo artist, and novelist Samuel Steward (1909-1993), each volume inscribed in Steward's charmingly rococo script to close friend Douglas Martin. A student of Steward's at DePaul University in the early 1950s, Martin wrote Steward a warm letter of re-introduction in 1977, thus sparking a prolific correspondence acknowledged by Steward's biographer Justin Spring as "the most significant and sustaining friendship of Steward's final decades," and "the single greatest consolation to him in his otherwise very lonely old age" (Secret Historian, p.378). Steward's fondness for Martin is evident in his inscription in My Brother, My Self: "For Doug?hoping he'll live as long as he wants to, and want to as long as he lives." In Different Strokes, meanwhile, Steward alludes to one of the early points of connection established in their correspondence, namely a habit shared by both men of keeping detailed records of their many sexual adventures: "For Doug Martin?who has prolly had more different strokes than I have." The Boys in Blue ("For Doug Martin a guy who now and then is blew") and Shuttlecock ("Keep your tanks filled, baby!") make salacious play on the works' titles, while Steward's inscription in Greek Ways turns slightly self-conscious: "Will there be no end to these dirty, foul, and obscene fripperies? (well, maybe.) luv Phil Andros." Two of the volumes also with a handful of annotations in Steward's hand, primarily correcting typos and formatting errors ("shitty damned computer!"). Altogether, a unique and charming grouping, offering a revealing window into an important relationship in Steward's life. Inscribed by Author(s).