| MATTACHINE REVIEW, monthly, offset printed, circulation 2250; $5 a year, 50¢ single copy, mailed sealed; issued annually in bound volumes, indexed at end of each year. Reflects the policies and purpose of the Mattachine Society with scientific articles, research reports, news of sexological trends, book reviews, letters from readers, a small amount of fiction and annual poetry supplement. Hal Call, Editor. | |
| DORIAN BOOK QUARTERLY. $2 a year, 50¢ per copy. Primarily concerned with books and periodicals on socia-sexual themes, particularly fiction and non fiction dealing with homosexuality and related themes. Purpose; to fight censorship and encourage publishing in this field. Advertising accepted, reviews and news of books in the field solicited. Controlled circulation. Harold L. Call, Editor. |
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Every year, following the publication of the Checklist, we receive a number of queries. Where, they want to know, can we buy these books? We can only tell you where we buy books; and have therefore assembled the following list of reputable dealers, mail order, who handle these books and many others.
WINSTON BOOK SERVICE, 250 Fulton Avenue; Hempstead, New York. Successor to the famous Cory Book Service which was founded by Donald Webster Cory, author of “The Homosexual in America”. This is perhaps the best American source for current novels in hard covers and non-fiction. They issue catalogs and lists, give a sizable discount for large orders, and will also locate hard-to-find or out-of-print books. Leslie Laird Winston, who is the presiding genius here, is one of the nicest people to deal with that we have ever known. Every month they feature some new or special book in the field, at a special price. Getting on their mailing list is the best thing that can happen to a collector.
DORIAN BOOK SERVICE, 693 Mission Street, San Francisco 5, California. A subsidiary of the Mattachine Review and the Pan-Graphic Press. They publish the Dorian Book Quarterly, dealt with elsewhere, and also a fat, fascinating catalogue listing several hundred titles of current hard-cover and paperback fiction. They can also furnish, or will locate, many out-of-print titles. My experience with them; prompt service, fast shipment, up-to-date information on cheap reprints of rare titles.
VILLAGE BOOKS AND PRESS, 114-116 Christopher Street, New York 14, New York. This is the outfit behind the Noel Garde bibliography of Homosexual Literature, mentioned in the editorial. They can still supply this biblio list for $1.50. They also issue lists at frequent intervals, and will search for hard-to-find and out-of-print titles. Prices seem reasonable considering the scarcity of some of the paperbacks he handles. The proprietor, Howard Frisch, is one of the most co-operative dealers in the business.
ONE Magazine, listed in “Related Publications” has published one volume of short stories, and is soon to do more publishing; they also list several dozen books sold by mail order.
THE LADDER, listed in “Related Publications”, is soon to set up a book service; their first special release will be Jeannette Howard Foster’s “Sex Variant Women in Literature”, so keep your eyes open.