Secret Historian: the life and times of Samuel Steward, professor, tattoo artist, and sexual renegade
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2010. Hardcover. xv, 478p., b&w photo section, Little Library stamp on front free endpaper otherwise in very good condition, first edition, first printing state bound in in boards and unclipped dustjacket.
Fascinating biography of the man who was Phil Andros, $tud. Early sexual encounters with Rudolph Valentino,a lasting friendship with Gertrude Stein, he worked with Kinsey, wrote autobiographical novels of the Great Depression, poetry and hard core porn as Andros. Tattoo artist (he inked Hell's Angels!) and taught at university.
Cat.No: 175819
ISBN: 9780374281342
Price: $25.00
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