Checklist / A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians.

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RICHARDSON, HENRY HANDEL. The End of a Childhood. London, Reinemann, 1934, hcr N. Y. Norton.

The Getting of Wisdom. N. Y. Duffield, 1910. Both are volumes of loosely connected variant short stories.

ROLLAND, ROMAINE. Annette and Sylvie. Holt, 1925. The first volume of a trilogy, this deals with an intense attachment between two young (adolescent) half sisters who meet for the first time in their teens.

RONALD, JAMES. The Angry Woman. Lippincott 1948, Bantam pbr 1950. A businesswoman keeps a young girl reluctantly captivated until the girl commits suicide.

RONNS, EDWARD. The State Department Murders. pbo, Gold Medal 1952, (m) fco.

ROSMANITH, OLGA. Unholy Flame. pbo Gold Medal 1952, (m). fco (But I like this personally very much. A modern Svengali.)

+ ROSS, WALTER. The Immortal. Simon & Schuster 1958, Pocket Books Cardinal Edition 1959, (m).

ROYDE-SMITH, NAOMI. The Tortoiseshell Cat. Boni & Liveright 1925. An unworldly girl’s capture by a predatory lesbian.

The Island. Harper, 1930. Sad, tense book about an ugly, unhappy girl nicknamed “Goosey” and a clinging cousin who will neither love her nor let her go.

RUARK, ROBERT. Something of Value. Doubleday 1955, pbr Pocket Books 1958. Very minor.