Cornelison Sharon (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the souvenir program entitled A New Gay Dawning: Christopher Street West Los Angeles 1982, June 26-27, The Gay Pride Festival. Published by the Christopher Street West Committee (Sharon Cornelison was the Executive Editor), a vintage left-stapled program measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. With parade and festival photos throughout, highlights include: An Open Letter from CSW President Patricia G. Underwood; A New Gay Dawning by Frank Zerilli (Executive Secretary, Universal Fellowship, Metropolitan Community Church); Gay Pride Festival Grounds Map; map of Parade Route; Black & White Men Together by Charles Stewart; The Strawberry Syndrome by Sallie Fiske (on the Stonewall Riots and gay activism); Last Sunday in June, 1970 by Morris Kight and photos by Pat Rocco (on the first Christopher Street West Parade); Meet the CSW Board; Lamplighter in the Suburbs by C. Mack Gilliland ("Homosexuality is a phenomenon of the city, or so the straight world believes"); Speaking Out by Ivy Bottini ("To challenge society, we have to be visible"); The Dawning of a [Gay Community] Center for Long Beach by Paul Self. Front cover shows light corner crease.

Magazine. 54p., 8.5x11 inches, open letter, articles, maps, local ads, services and resources, event schedule, very good souvenir booklet/magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Calendar and guide for the parade.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Mark Cornelison (illustrator). First Edition. Presentation copy: "To . May the Lord bless your food, family and friends ! Sharon Thompson." (Signed on the front fly-leaf). Illustrated with color photographs by Mark Cornelison. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. As issued with pictorial covers but without dust jacket. Fine condition. ; Color Photographs; Square 8vo.; 160 pages; Signed by Author.