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1	The Naked Civil Servant more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist Quentin Crisp's classic and hilarious autobiography describing how he came out flamboyantly as a homosexual in 1931, when such an admission had repercussions unimaginable today. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Resident Alien more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist Quentin Crisp writes delightfully about his life as a perennial entertainer, both publicly and in his personal life. He also writes about the joys of living as an expatriate in New York City, a place he has come to revere for its kindly tolerance and its amazing diversity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.67!
3	How to Go to the Movies more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist IN see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati more books like this by Michael Orlando Yaccarino, Scot D Ryersson, Quentin Crisp (Foreword by) add to wishlist She was the most scandalous woman of her day. The Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) was Europe's most notorious celebrity, and its most eccentric. For the first three decades of the twentieth century she astounded the continent. Nude servants gilded in gold leaf attended her. Bizarre wax mannequins sat as guests at her dining table. She wore live ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $11.94! \| SVS
5	Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations: 1000 Observations on Life and Love By, For, and about Gay Men and Women more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist This book dramatically documents the past century of change in gay life through quotations, arranged by subject, from sources as diverse as Aristotle and Woody Allen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Celluloid Gaze more books like this by Boze Hadleigh, Quentin Crisp (Foreword by) add to wishlist Originally published in 1986 as 'Conversations with My Elders', this is a book of interviews with six men of the entertainment world: actors Sal Mineo and Rock Hudson, film directors George Cukor, Luchino Visconti and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and designer, photographer and author Cecil Beaton. Aside from their career successes, they had in common ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp Explains It All more books like this by Tim Fountain, Quentin Crisp add to wishlist A new edition of this 'Tour-de force' (Time Out) based on the life of Quentin Crisp - revived for the Edinburgh Festival with drag artist Bette Bourne giving his 'masterclass in mirth' (Variety) A sell-out sensation when first presented in London and New York, Resident Alien is revived for the Edinburgh Festival this summer and for Christmas at ... see all copies from $12.83! new only from $12.83! \| signed copies
9	Doing it with style more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
10	Chog : a Gothic fantasy more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $3.15! signed copies \| first editions
11	I Was a White Slave in Harlem more books like this by Margo Howard-Howard, Abbe Michaels, Quentin Crisp (Designer) add to wishlist Margo Howard-Howard, the drag queen who died at age 51 in 1988, tells the story of his descent into heroin addiction in this underground classic. His encounters with everyone from Cardinal O'Connor to Truman Capote make for unexpectedly entertaining reading. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $13.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Chog, a Gothic Fable by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! new only from $17.17! \| first editions
13	Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	How to Have a Lifestyle more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist In this funny, wise, self-mocking, and acutely perceptive book, Crisp reveals what style isn't and what style is, who has it, and who doesn't. see all copies from $20.11! new only from $83.16! \| signed copies
15	Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes more books like this by David Leddick, Quentin Crisp (Foreword by) add to wishlist Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, a small, tightly knit group of daring men helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Through extraordinary research, David Leddick has traced the modeling careers of these artists, writers, and photographers, from the 1930s to the 1950s, as they gave birth to new notions of male beauty and ... see all copies from $31.49! first editions
16	The gay and lesbian quotation book : a literary companion more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist A chronological list of quotations documenting the change over the past decade in "ideas of being gay". The quotes are grouped into sections by subject: coming out, gayness, sexuality, beauty, art and literature, education, separation and loneliness, religion, employment and money and health. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.93!
17	How to Become a Virgina more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Dandyism more books like this by Jules Barbey Daurevilly, Jules Barbey D'aurevilly, Douglas Ainslie (Translator) add to wishlist This study looks behind the mask of English society in the Regency period to show how life can be lived as ironic performance. The implication for today's obsession with fashion and personality makes this book on dandyism--the cult of the self--marvelously timely. see all copies from $5.42! new only from $6.96!
19	Chog by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! first editions
20 view cover	Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati more books like this by Scot D Ryersson, Michael Orlando Yaccarino, Quentin Crisp (Foreword by) add to wishlist This biography tells the story of one of the century's richer and stranger women. Luisa Casati raised eyebrows with her pet cheetahs (they had diamond-studded leashes), her parties (where some of the guests were made of wax and most of the servants were naked), and her list of friends (which included Man Ray, Cocteau, Kerouac, and her lover, ... see all copies from $19.08! new only from $19.08!
21	Love made easy by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $39.99! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	How to become a virgin more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist In this account of his youth, Quentin Crisp describes the stresses and strains of homosexual life. Crisp wandered the world of London's bedsits and late-night cafes, encountering both hostility and tenderness. He faced a life of short-lived jobs and relationships with humour and intelligence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist Delightfully caustic, the keenest of British wits delivers a book of short pieces filled with a striking sense of courageous individuality--a must-have for the irritated and the perfect introduction for the "unCrisped". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Morbid Tales by Quentin S. & Mark Samuels (Foreword) Crisp add to wishlist see all copies from $62.50! signed copies
25 view cover	Resident Alien: The New York Diaries more books like this by Quentin Crisp add to wishlist Quentin Crisp writes delightfully about his life as a perennial entertainer, both publicly and in his personal life. He also writes about the joys of living as an expatriate in New York City, a place he has come to revere for its kindly tolerance and its amazing diversity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions

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