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And the Band Played On
by Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a nonfiction book written by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts, published in 1987. It chronicles the discovery and spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was initially perceived as a gay disease.
A Classification Of the Tumo Rs Of the Glioma Group On a Histogenetic Basis With a Correlated Study Of Prognosis
by Bailey Percival and Harvey Cushing
Observations Nouvelles Sur L'Usage De La Cigue, Dans Lesquelles Il Est Demontre Que
by Antoine Storck
Disease & Illness Books & Ephemera
Mandate: the national magazine of entertainment & eros; vol. 13, #5, May 1987: Body Heat
by Gunter, Freeman editor, Dave Bob Spinner, Dave Tarpley, Fabo, David Feinberg, Brian Cook, Glenn Person, Kristen Bjorn, CityBoy, et al
New York: Mandate (prev. Modernismo), 1987. Magazine. 98p., including covers, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w & color full-frontal physique photos as well as entertainers and performers, lightly-worn magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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€23.63
Serenity; support and guidance for people with HIV, their families, friends, and caregivers
by Reed, Paul
Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1987. Paperback. 97p., wraps, first edition, very good condition.
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€11.34
The Healing Power of Movement ; How to Benefit from Physical Activity During Your Cancer Treatment
by Hoffman, Lisa & Freeland, Alison
Perseus Books, Massachusetts, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. the value of this book lies in the careful, creative presentation of [an exercise] program that can fit the needs and capabilities of every cancer patient, regardless of stage of treatment or rehabilitation.Â… A testament to the fact that patients have active, important role to play in their own recovery (this book) is a great way to begin an excellent guide all long way."...
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€6.18
Metroline: news for the Gay Community; vol. 13, #20, Oct. 10, 1990: Oprah Cancels Gay Special
by Crowley, John, interim editor & publisher, Nancy Lyn Define, Gael Uhlig, Tony Miller, Ken Griffin, ACT UP, et al
Hartford, CT: Metro Publications, 1990. Magazine. 100p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, photos, ads, events, services and resources, lightly stained at top edge else good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Also: ACT UP Acts Up. Gay Teens Speak Up. Happy Halloween. Leonardo Vasquez. Tiny Tina. AIDS Update.
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€23.63
Campaign Australia #204, March 1993; Body Image
by Callaghan, Greg, editor, Will Harris, Tim Cribb, Marion Moore, Cameron Forrester, Martin Puddey, Michael Kearns, et al
Sydney: Worlander, 1993. Magazine. 90p., 8x10.75 inches, news, articles, reviews, events, classifieds, photos, ads, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Began as a tabloid in the 1970s. Living & loving with HIV: Cameron and Martin. Are You a Drama Queen? Disabled Gays. I Am What I Am: HIV+ performer Michael Kearns.
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€14.18
![San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus: Ten Proud Years [souvenir program] Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Saturday, August 20th, 1988](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/966/533/1503533966.0.b.jpg)
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus: Ten Proud Years [souvenir program] Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Saturday, August 20th, 1988
by San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
San Francisco: Golden Gate Performing Arts, 1988. Pamphlet. [32p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, ads, history, who's who, photos, program, very good in glossy stapled wraps. A benefit for the Chorus and The NAMES Project.
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€23.63
A & U: Art & Understanding; America's AIDS magazine; vol. 10, #4, issue #78, April 2001: Why Reba McEntyre Won't Relax
by Waggoner, David, editor, Reba McEntyre, Dr. Roger D. Anderson, Brad Gooch, Vanessa Williams, Xavier Becerra, et al
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc, 2001. Magazine. 56p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, lightly-worn glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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€14.18
Compass: vol. 13, #14, October 1985
by Depino, David J., Cal Coburn, Byron the Big et al
Hollywood: Compass, 1985. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, events, ads, services, news, personals, mild wear and toning, otherwise very good on newsprint. Hollywood/Los Angeles area gay entertainment/bar/club free bi-weekly rag published in the 1970s-1980s. Early 1980s saw the beginning of AIDS reportage for this fun-time rag.
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€14.18
NAPWA News: a publication of the National Association of People with AIDS; vol. 3, #1, January, 1991: Financial Resources for People wit HIV
by Micheaux, Pamela, editor, Jim Lewis, David Petersen, et al
Washington DC: NAPWA, 1987. Newsletter. 60p. includes covers +12p. stapled insert of AIDS Medicines in Development, 8.5x11 inches, news, resources, services, very good newsletter in stapled wraps. Mostly reports from various other periodicals and organizations.
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€18.90
A & U: Art & Understanding; America's AIDS magazine; vol. 10, #2, issue #76, Feb. 2001: Mary Fisher: Activist at heart
by Waggoner, David, editor, Mary Fisher, Jeff Krassner, Delmas Howe, Père Gerard Bénéteau, et al
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc, 2001. Magazine. 56p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, lightly-worn glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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€14.18
Affidavit. (Curing Tuberculosis in the 1880's)
by TUBERCULOSIS
unbound. very good(+). 1 page. 7 x 8". An affidavit from a physician attesting that Issac S. Collins, a Clergyman from Massachusetts, reports he has created a cure for Consumption, quoted in part: "...says that 20 years ago he expected to die long before this with Consumption, but has lived quite stable by taking horehound occasionally after taking cold ... andthen English Commercial Tea, made hot and let stand until cold, and drink it for months ... at a time his spittle was considerable ......
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€118.15
A Season in Hell
by French, Marilyn
New York: Virago Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 256 pages. Marilyn French's story of her successful fight with cancer. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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€9.27
As We Are
by Clark, Don
Boston: Alyson Publications, 1988. Paperback. 175p., very good first US edition trade paperback original in wraps. Clark considers the state of the gay community in the face of the AIDS crisis.
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€18.90
A & U: Art & Understanding; America's AIDS magazine; vol. 27, #9, issue #287, Sept. 2018: Brian Sims; champions access to all HIV prevention tools
by Waggoner, David, editor, Brian Sims, David Mixner, Maina Khanna, Josué E. Hernandez, , et al
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc, 2018. Magazine. 56p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, lightly-worn glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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€14.18
Marco: il giornale degli incontri gay; #3: Italia Gay '91
Milan: Edizioni Moderne, 1991. Magazine. [56p] includes covers, 8.25x11 inches, texts in Italian, articles, personals, news, events,explicit nude male photos, ads for sex toys, very good Italian gay men's magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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€42.53
Sexuality: an illustrated history; representing the sexual in medicine & culture from the Middle Ages to the Age of AIDS
by Gilman, Sander L
Brattleboro, VT: Echo Point Books & Media, 2014. Hardcover. viii, 376p., 9x11.5 inches, preface, introduction, notes, index, illustrated with 328 plates, very good first edition in pictorial boards.
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€23.63
Christopher Street: vol. 7, #12, whole issue #84, January 1984: Making Love in Cars
by Ortleb, Charles L. editor & publisher, Andrew Holleran, Ethan Mordden, Quentin Crisp, Felice Picano, Boyd McDonald, et al
New York: That New Magazine, 1984. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, news, ads, cartoons, photos, spine rolled, else very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Holleran's New York Notebook. Boyd McDonald's piece. Crisp reviews "Splash." Gaypoon 5.
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€18.90
Birth Control Choices
n.pl: ETR Associates, 2003. Pamphlet. Sixteen-panel brochure comparing birth control options and disease prevention, illus., in very good condition.
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€11.34
![World's Largest Rainbow Flag to Raise Over $500,000 for AIDS [handbill] Raise the Rainbow June 26, 1994 - NYC](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/677/913/1496913677.0.b.jpg)
World's Largest Rainbow Flag to Raise Over $500,000 for AIDS [handbill] Raise the Rainbow June 26, 1994 - NYC
Pittsburgh: Stadtlanders Foundation, 1993. Handbill. Single glossy 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides with info on the event and contribution form. The Stadtlanders Foundation & Pharmacy was raising money for the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall in NYC.
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€14.18
Approach / Avoidance
by Clark, Laurie Beth
Madison, WI: Madison Art Center, 1990. Ephemera. [4]pp., illustration, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Brochure for an exhibition and performance. "The central concepts explored in Approach/Avoidance-nuclear war, AIDS, and the environment-are manifested in the layering of physical elements in the gallery installation and in the interactions occurring in the performance vignettes." Essay by curator Rene Paul Barilleaux. Clark is Professor of Non-Static Forms at UW Madison.
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€11.34
![Angels in America: Millennium Approaches [playbill] Walter Kerr Theatre](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/740/780/1516780740.0.b.jpg)
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches [playbill] Walter Kerr Theatre
by [Kushner, Tony]
New York: Playbill Inc, 1994. Magazine. 64p. includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, articles, photos, ads, program for the month of June very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Playbill: the National Theatre magazine vol. 94, #6, June 1994. Later program for the original Broadway run of the play which ran in repertory with "Perestroika" at the Walter Kerr beginning May 1993.
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€14.18
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic
by Shilts, Randy
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First edition. Very good.. Uncorrected proof of the first printing of this essential work of investigative journalism on the AIDS epidemic. "There was no excuse, in this country and in this time, for the spread of a deadly new epidemic." The unsparing prologue to Shilts's immense journalistic achievement is full of such bitter truths; thirty years on, they shock the reader both for their historical accuracy and for their continuing truth. Even as greatmedical and...
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€141.78
