Two by Little Jay (8 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- An electrifying novel of a man who had an uncontrollable desire for other men! . . .See photos for additional content. . .

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth Printing. Dust jacket has rough edges, tears and chips on the corners, bottom 3" missing on spine, scuffs and spotting, price unclipped. Pale blue cloth boards are darkened at top and bottom edges, rubbed corners, spine sunned with darkening and wear head/tail. Endpapers and paper edges foxed. Fourth printing, May 1962. Somewhere Between the Two by Jay Little (pen name of Clarence Lewis Miller) is a significant 1950s/early 1960s novel exploring gender fluidity, drag, and queer identity, following a female impersonator named Terry Wallace through fame and disillusionment, notable for its frank portrayal of homosexuality and gender variance during a very restrictive era, offering deep insight into the "twilight world" of performers and queer life. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 255pp, VG (moderate foxing/discolouration to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor foxing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, moderate scuffing to spine, moderate chafing & soiling).

Hardcover. 345p., good first edition stated, hardcover bound in cloth boards and unclipped heavily-worn dust jacket with several large chips missing. Young 2361*. Second novel by the author of "Maybe Tomorrow" this one concerns female impersonators.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Chipping Head & Foot. 2nd Printing. From a review, "SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TWO deals with the absorbing and seemingly insoluble problem of homosexuality. With sensitivity, insight and sympathetic understanding, Mr. Little explores the hectic yet tragic lives of those lonely, disinherited dwellers in the twilight world between the open daylight of normal love and the bitter night of despair. While retaining all the frank realism, passion, excitement and descriptive virtuosity responsible for the success of his earlier effort, this novel reflects a marked development and maturity in the author's power which cannot help but have an even greater impact on the general reading public.". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 3rd Printing (January, 1960). Not price-clipped ($4.50 price intact). Published by Pagent Press, 1956. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to page ends and offsetting to front and rear flyleaf and pastedown. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, light spotting, nicks, and a tear from the front bottom right corner up the right edge. 255 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Pocketbook. Condition: Good. Pocketbook. illustrated wraps, 285 pp covers worn on the edges spine lightly creased Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

[LGBTQ] Little, Jay (Clarence Lewis Miller). Somewhere Between the Two. New York: Pageant Press, 1962. Hardcover, First Edition, Fourth Printing. A mid-century novel exploring gender nonconformity, cross-dressing, and queer identity at a time when such topics remained largely taboo. Octavo. Original tan cloth with gilt lettering; publisher's dust jacket, featuring brown, pink, and white design elements. Published in 1959, this work represents a critical point in the literary history of gender variance, appearing just before the social and political emergence of openly transgender identities in the 1960s. The novel's title and cover designfeaturing the male (?), female (?), and intersex symbolssuggest a narrative centered on the fluidity of gender, an advanced and often subversive theme for the era. In the 1950s, gender nonconformity was still largely pathologized, and trans identities were rarely acknowledged outside of medical literature or sensationalized media accounts. Instead, cross-dressing and drag culture, particularly in underground gay bars and urban queer communities, provided some of the only public expressions of gender variance. Novels such as Somewhere Between the Two functioned as coded explorations of trans experience, often framed in terms of disguise, deception, or internal conflict, reflecting both the limited understanding and the cautious visibility of nonbinary and transgender people at the time. Jacket with moderate edgewear, several chips and tears, particularly along the spine and corners; some creasing and rubbing. Interior clean, binding solid. An uncommon title from the mid-century era of gender exploration in American fiction.