kenneth marlowe (12 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NONE. Ed. 1970. Pages have a heavy old book odor but pages are clean, unmarked with a tight spine. Shelfwear. Foxing and tanning on all page edges and first five pages. Full-length crease next to spine front cover.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 319 pages. cover worn, text water stained.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reading crease and fading to spine. Darkening to pages. Crease to bottom corner of front cover and first twenty pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 158p black paperback yellow lettering, nice clean copy. first edition: Dozens of Behind-Closed-Doors Case Histories Reveal Every Hidden Facets of a Secret Twilight World of Sex. Language: English.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 246pp; [16] b&w plates. Glued binding. Mustard textured paper over boards; dust jacket. Scattered foxing to texblock edges; short split to paper at head of spine. Good to very good in unclipped ("$5.95") jacket with foxing to interior, short closed tear at head of spine. Autobiography of American exotic dancer, hairdresser, and LGBTQ advocate Kenneth Marlowe (1926-1980), who in 1975 transitioned to Katherine "Kate" Marlowe Bies; details, among other things, Marlowe's sexual coming of age as a gay man, career as a female impersonator, and life as a sex-worker, particularly as the "madam" of a male brothel. Introduction by Leonard A. Lowag; foreword by T. C. Jones. N.B. This copy apparently a later state of the first edition, differing from other copies we've handled in its textured paper boards (as opposed to gray cloth) and glued binding.

4°, Broschiert. Zustand: Sehr gut. 79 Seiten : mit Abbildungen Kult US Homosexual Lifestyle Erotic Magazine; fast neuwertiges Exemplar der äußerst seltenen Ausgabe Vol. 1 No. 1; laminiertes Cover leicht lagerspurig und altersgemäß noch sehr gut; hinterer Deckel mit sehr kleiner (herstellungsbedingter) Verfärbung; insgesamt Papier innen nur gering altersbedingt nachgedunkelt und sehr gut erhalten; schönes und sammelwürdiges Exemplar des seltenen Titels B16-02-04A Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 951.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First edition (no statement). Hardcover. 246 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Inroduction by Dr. Leonard A. Lowag. Fine but with a previous owner name and address on the front free endpaper. In bright, crisp dust jacket, touch of toning to the white top edges. Autobiographical acount by the almost-forgotten pioneer of the LGTBQ movement, Kenneth/Kate Marlowe. Among other career paths, Marlowe worked as a female impersonator at the Club My-O-My in New Orleans in the 1960s, a place where the drag queen performers would mix with the guests and hustle tables; he was a Hollywood hairdresser; he wass was the "queen bee" or "madam" of a notorious gay prostitution ring in Hollywood; a soldier in the U.S. Army; and during the last decade of his life transitioned into a female. A scarce title in the genre. His life story, based on this autobiography, was adapted into an Off-Broadway play, "Make Me Gorgeous!" which open ed in a limited run in 2023.