Fanny And Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NEIL McKENNA)
by McKenna, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 057123190X
- ISBN 13
- 9780571231904
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 2013. VG+/NrF. First edition, second printing (same year as first printing) in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For/-----/with every good wish/Neil McKenna'. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The true account of Fanny and Stella who were no ordinary young women. They were young men who liked to dress as women: Frederick Park (c1848-1881) and Ernest Boulton (1848-1904), two young clerks, part-time actresses and part-time prostitutes. When the Metropolitan Police launched a secret campaign to bring about their downfall, they were arrested and subjected to a sensational show trial in 1871. With Epilogue, Notes and Index. ; else a very good plus copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NEIL McKENNA. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed By Author. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20287
- Title
- Fanny And Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NEIL McKENNA)
- Author
- McKenna, Neil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 057123190X
- ISBN 13
- 9780571231904
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Biography. Victoriana. Victorian History. Nineteenth Century History. History. Sex. Sexology. Frederick Park. Ernest Boulton. Homosexuals. Gays. Gay Men. Gay Studies. Metropolitan Police. Legal Studies. Homosexual Trials. Law. Legal T
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Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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