The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein & Edmund White

Uncommon First paperback edition (1978--the first hardback came out in 1977) of this beautiful and important book. In good condition, slightly dusty with age and spine creased from use, also scuffed on the back cover with no loss of text or content, otherwise a good clean copy, unabridged and fully illustrated. From the back cover: "America's Best-Selling Guide to Gay Love-Making.
 
"A celebration of the sensual, the sexual, the wildly erotic--and, most especially, the love one man can feel for another. Written by gays for gays, it covers alphabetically such topics as androgyny, bondage, growing older, health, trade, wrestling--and everything in between, that either an old hand or a neophyte needs to know about the gay life. Beautifully and profusely illustratd, here is the happiest of how-to's combined with good, sound and sympathetic advice from those who've been there and known what is needed."