Art Review

THE FRANKLIN & JAMES REVIEW: AMERICAN ARTISTS AT AUCTION 6-90 - 6-91. The Franklin & James Review of American Artists at Auction, is a review of American Art sold in the U.S. from June 1990 thru June 1991. Includes works that did not sell or were withdrawn, plus their pre-sale estimates. This will give a clearer indication of an artist's success at auction, plus provide more examples of an artist's works that can then be viewed in sales catalogues. (Mansfield, OH: Franklin and James Publishing, 1991).

- Small quarto, B&W pictorial wraps. Very lightly rubbed with light creasing to the corners. [vi] & 128 pp. Very good.

[SW: ART; REFERENCE; ARTISTS; AMERICAN; AUCTION; FRANKLIN & JAMES REVIEW; PRICES. (Art). (Reference). THE FRANKLIN & JAMES REVIEW: AMERICAN ARTISTS AT AUCTION 6-90 - 6-91. The Franklin & James Review of American Artists at Auction, is a review of American Art sold in the U.S. from June 1990 thru June 1991. Includes works that did not sell or were withdrawn, plus their pre-sale estimates. This will give a clearer indication of an artist's success at auction, plus provide more examples of an artist's works that can then be viewed in sales catalogues.]

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ROSSET, BARNEY. EVERGREEN REVIEW, NUMBER 46, APRIL 1967. New York: Evergreen Review Inc., 1967.
Blue wraps, illustration: "May Day - Long Live the Workers' Holiday of All Lands." Soviet poster by S. Ivanov, 1920. Mild rubbing of extremities, 1 inch closed tear to lower spine. Clean, tightly bound. In plastic sleeve. 107 pp. 4 to.

Featuring: Dragtime and Drugtime: or, Film a la Warhol, by Parker Tyler; Chances R, by Allen Ginsberg (poetry)' "Exterminator!" by William S. Burroughs (fiction); Art: Russian Revolutionary Posters; The Truck, by Michael Rumacker (fiction); The Literature Movement, by Jack Newfield, article; The Strike: Student Power in Berkeley, by Louis H. Rapoport; Art, pictorial, 'Ep (epidermal Art - 5 page pictorial. Wraps Very Good + in Wraps

[SW: Evergreen Review No. 46 1967, Evergreen review Allen Ginsberg, Berkeley Sixites Russian Revolutionary Poster art, Exterminator William Burroughs, Dragtime Drugtime Warhol, Chances R Ginsberg, Sixties Literary Review]

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Elgin, Suzette Haden: GENDERSPEAK: MEN, WOMEN, AND THE GENTLE ART OF VERBAL SELF-DEFENSE, New York Wiley 1993
0-471-58016-3 VERY GOOD CONDITION

From Publishers Weekly Elgin ( The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense ) offers a counter to Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand . Elgin argues that men and women, in fact, speak the same language and can successfully communicate with one another in the workplace, family and intimate relationships. Though she agrees that men and women perceive the world differently, she sees language and communication as a way to bridge those differences rather than as the greatest barrier. Structured around her "Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" system, this volume demonstrates how to tackle various situations in which men and women often end up in verbal conflict. Each chapter includes a narrative conflict case study, analysis, discussion of communication techniques and review of the original case. The issues Elgin traces out are very up-to-date (two-career-family problems, sexual harassment), her advice is straightforward and clear and the techniques seem smart and reasonable. Though, as she admits, her system assumes quite a bit of cultural homogeneity, it offers a practical and useful guide for treading the minefield of communication between men and women. BOMC, QPB and Fortune Book Club selections; author tour. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review For doing verbal battle with the opposite sex, this is the book I'd want to have by my side. I found the audio of Suzette Haden Elgin's first book, The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense, exceedingly useful in countering everyday conversational barbs; this book is even better, turning the focus to the gender arena. It's amazing how easy it is to fall into conversation traps rooted in differences between men's and women's perceptions of the world. The example dialogs given here will hit you where you live, especially for women who find themselves feeling trapped or misunderstood in exchanges with men. All of us can use these techniques to defuse and avoid verbal minefields, on the job-and everywhere else. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by Ilene Rosoff Paperback 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches

[SW: self-defense, defense, abuse, communication, communications, conflict management, gender, interpersonal relations, men, mental health, relationship]

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DUNGEONMASTER. A Newsletter of Male S&M Equipment and Techniques / A Newsletter of Male S&M No. 01 - No. 29, lacking No. 5 and No. 11, Chicago, IL Desmodus Publications November 1979 - October 1985

Tony DeBlase, aka. Fledermaus, edited and published this newsletter of gay male S&M techniques, news, and reviews. Each issue illustrated from explicit b/w drawings and photographs of increasing sexual explicitness.
No. 1: 8 pp. The Mummy's Wrap, tips and variations on mummifiation bondage. Editorial by Fledermaus, aka Tony DeBlase. Design for Fledermaus portable spreader. Gag variants. Review of Clay Caldwell's S&M Truckers and Will Carney's The Real Thing. Improvised sadistic tricks. What to do when your bottom faints. The Labyrinth. S and M Utopia.
No. 2: 8 pp. Report from Inferno VIII. Instructions on how to make boot suspension board. Review of Zeus Men in Bondage and The Top and Bottom of One Man's Leather Fantasies. Also Lancer #2. Readers letters. Story: S and M Utopia, Sandmutopia.
No. 3: 8pp. Featuring a column on police and penal control techniques by T.A. Feldwebel (this time on "The Wall Search"); 'The Psychology of Captivity' by Dr. H. Vericolor, Part One; "Sandmutopia" fiction, bulletin board, letters.
No. 4: 8 pp. + laid in subscription form. Featuring a lead-off article, "What is S&M?"; a column on police and penal control techniques by T.A. Feldwebel (this time: "Handcuffs"). Review of State of Desire and Zeus Presents Val Martin and Leo Stone. Safe suspension bondage equipment. Brief reviews of the S&M opportunities in San Francisco, including S/M Church, Gemini, Society of Janus.
No. 6: 12 pp. + laid in subscription form. Top (David Lewis) and Bottom (Lee of Boston) view of Inferno IX.Safety Valve column looks at how S&M can be interpreted as assault. T.A. Feldwebel on restraint without bondage, Part II. Dr. H. Versicolor on The Psychology of Captivity, Part II. Sandmutopia, Chapter 4.
No. 7: 16pp. The Painful Art of Piercing, with a photo of Ed's cockhead nailed to a butcher block. Safety in piercing scenes. Review of Gay SM Christmas cards from Rockshots, T.N.T. Designs, Exposed Cards, On Broadway, Lake End Graphics, A Taste of Leather, and Parisian Press. The Quartermaster describes his Vampire Gloves and other wonderful products. Art work by Rex, Richard White. S&M as a power equation. bulletin board, letters. Review of Man2Man, Hombre Scene, FirstHand.
No. 8: 12 pp. The Shocking Art of Electrical Torment. Report on Report on fisting by Dr. Thomas P. Lowry and Gregory R Williams. Review of books: Theatre of the Mind by Arthur Tress, and TRESS : Facing Up. Also, The Cavelo Portfolio, The Art of Etienne, and Vermilion by Nathan Aldyne. Sandmutopia Ch. 5. Bulletin board, letters.
No. 9: 12 pp. Catheterization with Ice by C.B. of Chicago. Feldwebel on endurance and resistance training he experienced after answering an ad in Drummer. Ball piercing scene described.
No. 10: 20 pp. Fighting for Top by Brooklyn Joe (erotic wrestling). Bruce N. Duncan cartoons. Design for a hand-crank generator by Lord Kelvin. Travel report: Miami, Lima Peru, Europe. Review of Drummer annual, etc by Victor Terry. Sandmutopia. Letters & bulletin board.
No. 12: 20 pp. Mineshaft's School for Lower Education, by Ray M. Dr. H. Versicolor on different visual effects on bottoms post-spanking. Feldwebel continues on power relations, the military, and torture of prisoners. Bruce of Washington, DC on the sadomasochistic uses of the new Soloflex exercise machine. Reader submitted drawings with variations of Fledermaus' portable spreader from No. 1.
No. 13: 16 pp. Soaring! by JM of San Francisco; an account of an actual scene told from the bottom's point of view. Versicolor on catheters. Feldwebel answers questions about last issue's prisoner of war training methods. Report on Inferno X by JS of A. Victor Terry reviews Playing with Rope by Jason Klein; Hercules and the King of the Manazons by Cavelo. Fledermaus reviews Navy Discipline by Spike, photos by Cosco. Sandmutopia, Part 7.
No. 14: 16 pp. Inferno X: A Bottom's First Time Impression, by David Stein. Guest editorial by Sy L. of New York. Versicolor on safety of gastric tubes, needles. Victor Terry reviews Greenleaf, Star, and Surey house books; also Biff Bound! by Sean. No. 15: 16 pp. Versicolor on limits in fire scenes. Feldwebel on strip searches. Victor Terry's survey of erotic gay male S/M books, part 2: Star Distributors, Surey Books. Also Fledermaus on The Mack Anthology, Ink on Flesh, Sword and Sorcerer, and Special S&M Edition of Philadelphia's Gay News; LaFarge on STD: A commonsense guide. Sandmutopia Part 8.
No. 16: 16 pp. Feldwebel on The Relaxacisor: Living Better Electrically, a special electrotorture device. Apocryphal story of the house-servant slave that is more trouble than he is worth. DF of San Francisco demonstrates The Topman's Knot. Taylor of San Francisco on etiquette, hankies + Pleasure Chest comprehensive hanky code. Reviews of The Freeway Killer, and the 82 Drumer Annual. Review of Mark Chester exhibit, City of Wounded Boys and Sexual Warriors. Dungeon design tips.
No. 17: 16 pp. Mummy Dearest by Ax; about mummification. Editorial about AIDS, GRID, and lack of spending. True Story by Major M: POW School. Sandmutopia part 9.
No. 18: 16 pp. This issue the subtitle changes to: A Newsletter of Male S&M. Watersports III by Fledermaus. Editor on AIDS. Reviews of The Fledermaus Anthology, Drummer Daddies, and calendars. Rex drawing. Two More faces of S/M by Joe C., New Jersey.
No. 19: 20 pp. Les Oeufs en Sac or Eggs in the Bag, by Bruce of DC. Half page Rex drawing, Piss Training. Cock Wrappings, excerpted from Larry Townsend's Leatherman's Handbook II. Long review of same book by Fledermaus. Versicolor reviews The Rose Exterminator by William Carney. Coming to Power reviewed by V. K. McCarty. Mach 5 by Victor Terry.
NO. 20: 20 pp. Oh! The Pleasure of Pain, an ode to abrasives by David Stein. Illo from Goh Mishima painting. Dr. V answers questions about testicular cancer, removing stell eggs or balls from the ass,e tc. Feldwebel on hazing in turn-of-the-century West Pont. Long review of Querelle. Victor Terry reviews Scat books: Jock-Rape and Scat Boy. John PReston on what turns a top on. Sandmutopia part 10.
No. 21: 20 pp. Torture him with Kindness by Brooklyn Joe. Restraint without bondage, part IV by Feldwebel. Review of Concrete Mama by Ethan Hoffman and John McCoy. John Preston reviews The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N Roquelaure. The Divine Androgyne by Purusha. And Fledermaus reviews Franny: The Queen of Provincetown, by John Preston. New York City Dungeon Design. Sandmutopia part 11.
No. 22: 20 pp. Clothespin Torture by Fledermaus, with small, distinct illustrations from negatives. Dean of Seattle on living better electrically, electrical play. Review of Smart: A NEwsletter of Gay SM. Foreskin by Bud Berkeley and Joe Tiffenbach. Inferno XI by the Zeus Collection. Review of Vanity Fair article, A Moral Epidemic by Glenn Collins, and How to Have Sex in an Epidemic, One Approach, by Richard Berkowitz & Micheal Callen. Safety questions answered by Dr. H. Versicolor. LaFarge on the Butterfly Spreading Board, including a photo of a multiple sewing-needle pierced penis from Jim Ward. Photos from Inferno XII.
No. 23: 20 pp. Brooklyn Joe illo to Recalibration of a Slave by Frank Land. Dean of Seattle on electrical play. Feldwebel on Institutionalized S&M: Prisoner of War Exercises, with Cavelo illo. Reviews of S&M: Studies in Sadomasochism, edited by Thomas Weinberg & G.W. Levi Kamel. Slam: The Leather S&M Newesletter of NC edited by Tak Loufer. Elementary Field Interrogation by Dirk Von Schrader. SMads, a Sm contact publication. Growing Pains, the Society of Janus newsletter, also reviewed by Fledermaus. Talmead on Group S&M Courtesy. Dungeon Design; photos from a Brussels playroom. BN Duncan comic.
No. 24: 20 pp. The Home Entertainment Center by Talmead, design for a compact bondage device. Dean of Seattle on electrical play. Feldwebel on Institutionalized S&M: POW Training Exercises, Part II. Revei...

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