Sidney Place (alias Marcel Boulestin) - Les fréquentations de Maurice. Mœurs de Londres.
Estimation :
40/60 €
Description
P., Dorbon-Aîné, s.d. (1912), in-12, broché, 328 + (23) pp.. Belle couverture illustrée en couleurs par l’auteur, parfaitement conservée, représentant un dandy au visage androgyne, tel qu’on en rencontre les milieux homosexuels britanniques. L’auteur, de son vrai nom Marcel Boulestin (Krichev 1878 - Melbourne 1943), fut secrétaire de Willy avant d’ouvrir un restaurant à Londres. “Never before has the androgynous male been treated with such cold, cynical, non-moral impartiality. The ‘hero’ is an empty-headed young fop, concerned only with the fit of his clothes and the colour of his necktie. When he is not concerned in getting money, this mannikin of straw trips from one tea-party to another, lisping the latest scandal and wafting the newest scent. Sydney Place leads us a fantastic dance with these mincing demi-reps. He deals with flimsy people, but his study is neither flimsy nor wanting in interest. It is, we say it with regret, painfully true to life, and represents a sex which is largely on the increase in London Society of to-day.” E.G.O.
