DRAWINGS OF THE MALE NUDE

Pasadena, California: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Limited to 2,000 copies. Inscribed by Don Bachardy on the title page, with an autograph letter signed (ALS) by Bachardy and a pair of handwritten thank you notes from him and other material laid in. A selection of Bachardy's exquisite erotic drawings, each completed in a single sitting, along with a portrait of his longtime partner, Christopher Isherwood. Includes a foreword by the artist and an afterword by Armistead Maupin. Quarto: unpaginated with illustrations throughout. Original black cloth binding, with white-stamped titles. The dust jacket is toned along (truncated) the extremities, with some mild mottling and a few small spots; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78384)