BLACK MANIKIN MODERNISM

Callaghan, Morley (1903–1990)

No Man's Meat [Signed Limited Edition] [Paris Expatriate Press] [Early LGBTQ+ Theme]

Paris: Edward W. Titus, at the Sign of the Black Manikin, 1931. Limited Edition.
SIGNED LIMITED 1931 PARIS BLACK MANIKIN PRESS LGBTQ+ LOST GENERATION MODERNIST NOVELLA.
A daring modernist novella exploring bisexuality and the fluidity of sexual identity, written while Callaghan was immersed in the 'Lost Generation' circle of Hemingway and Joyce. Published by the legendary Black Manikin Press, this work remains a cornerstone of early 20th-century 'underground' queer literature.

KEY FEATURES 
+++ Limited Edition: Number 257 of only 500 copies (plus 25 for the press). +++ Signature: Signed by Morley Callaghan on the limitation page. 
+++ Imprint: Published in Paris by Edward W. Titus at 'The Sign of the Black Manikin,' a press central to the expatriate literary movement. 
+++ Visuals: Bound in quarter buckram over vibrant pink paper boards; retains the original browned glassine wrapper, a rare survival for this edition. 
+++ Content: Examines the shifting gender dynamics and sexual tensions between a married couple and their female guest. 
+++ Specs: 7.75 inches tall / 42 pages.

CONDITION Fine / Near Fine -- A superb, gift-quality copy. The boards are bright and sharp with no visible flaws. The internal text block is clean and tight. The original glassine wrapper is present; though typically browned and fragile, it has protected the delicate pink boards perfectly for nearly a century.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --
Morley Callaghan was a vital link between the Toronto literary scene and the avant-garde world of 1930s Montparnasse. No Man's Meat was born from the same creative ferment that produced Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and Joyce’s Ulysses. Because of its candid portrayal of bisexuality and non-traditional relationships, it was deemed too 'unorthodox' for mainstream publishers, finding its home instead with Edward W. Titus.

Titus’s Black Manikin Press was a beacon for 'banned' or experimental works. This novella is now recognized not just as a piece of 'Lost Generation' ephemera, but as a pioneering text in the LGBTQ+ canon, predating the mid-century explosion of queer pulp and providing a sophisticated, psychological look at sexual identity that was decades ahead of its time.

SUBJECTS: LGBTQ+ Literature, Bisexuality, Morley Callaghan, Paris Expatriates, Black Manikin Press, Modernism, Lost Generation, Sexual Identity in Fiction, Signed Limited Edition, Private Press, Modernist Fiction, Queer Interest.

Item #20538

Price: $150.00