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THE DANISH GIRL: A Novel.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Author's unusual first novel, set in 1920s Copenhagen and inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife - the "nearly forgotten story of the love between a man who discovers that he is, in fact, a woman and the woman who would sacrifice anything for him." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award, and a NY Times Notable Book. Basis for the Academy Award winning motion picture of the same name starring Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery. 277 pp plus author's note.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84834More details Price: $60.00 -
HELLO DARLING, ARE YOU WORKING?
Edition: First US printing.
New York Morrow, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by the internationally acclaimed actor Rupert Everett, who has been in such films as Another Country, and The Comfort of Strangers. One English review described this as 'gallop[ing] through a life of dissipation with black humour and unabashed hedonism. Venturing from the Borders to Tangier, a confection of sexual confusion, cross-dressing and copious drug abuse litters every episode of the mal-de-siecle masquerade.' Illustrations by Frances Crichton Stuart. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ISBN: 0-688-117864.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35867More details Price: $25.00 -
SUNDAY BEST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Summit Books, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although Bernice Rubens has been highly praised, and the winner of the prestigious Booker award in England for her novel 'the Elected Member,' her novels are almost unknown and underappreciated in the US. This story of a cross-dressing teacher trying to escape a boring marriage but who finds himself trapped in the identity of 'Emily' is both wickedly funny and rather sad. In this book Rubens has made even murder funny. ISBN: 0-671-400819.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 31941More details Price: $25.00