THE BLACK BOOK 1992-1993

Published by Bill Brent, San Francisco, first edition, 1992. Softcover, plastic comb binding, 200 unnumbered pages, illustrated in b&w throughout. Very Good Condition: wear to the covers, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Rare first issue of this alternative directory for San Francisco's Leather community.

Bill Brent was involved in the Bay Area bisexual, BDSM, Black Leather, radical faerie, and pro sex literary communities in the 1990s. He published The Black Book which is one of the first queer and alternative sexuality directories. A prolific author of sex-positive literature and a member of San Francisco's alternative sexuality communities, he died during the weekend of August 18-19 by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge after a long struggle with depression and chronic pain. He was 52.