1989 Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past – First Edition First Printing.
 
HIDDEN FROM HISTORY: RECLAIMING THE GAY & LESBIAN PAST – 1989 FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING
Original hardcover first edition and first printing of Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past, edited by Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vicinus and George Chauncey Jr.
Published by NAL Books / New American Library in 1989, this influential collection brings together scholarly essays examining gay and lesbian history across different cultures, periods and societies.
The copyright page states “First Printing, November, 1989” and carries the complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 number line, confirming this copy as a first printing.
The book explores subjects including sexuality in the ancient world, medieval and Renaissance Europe, Victorian society, lesbian and gay culture, Jazz Age Harlem, Revolutionary Russia, Nazi Germany, World War II, postwar America, San Francisco gay politics and other areas of LGBTQ social and cultural history.
The book was recognized as a 1990 finalist for the American Library Association's Gay and Lesbian Book Award.
Publication Details
Title: Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past
Editors: Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vicinus & George Chauncey Jr.
Publisher: NAL Books / New American Library
Publication Date: November 1989
Edition: First Edition
Printing: First Printing
Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Pages: 579
ISBN: 0-453-00689-2
Language: English
Printed in the United States
Condition: Complete hardcover book with original dust jacket. The book shows normal light age and handling wear. Page edges have some age toning. The dust jacket remains attractive overall but has a small tear along the upper edge, visible in the photographs, along with minor edge and handling wear. Please review all photographs carefully for condition.
An important late-20th-century work documenting the development of gay and lesbian history and LGBTQ studies, and an especially appropriate addition to a collection of LGBTQ history, social history, gender studies or American cultural history.
Original 1989 first printing — not a later paperback reissue.