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Suits Me. The Double Life of Billy Tipton.
by Diane Wood Middlebrook
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good.
- ISBN 10
- 1853816582
- ISBN 13
- 9781853816581
- Seller
-
Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London.: Virago Press, 1998. D/J has small tear to bottom of spine otherwise good. The book is good tight and clean. . Suits Me is the biography of the notorious jazz musician Billy Tipton, who grew up as Dorothy Tipton but lived as a man from the time he was nineteen until he died at the age of 74. Billy Tipton's death made headlines all over the world not only because he was a celebrated musician but because of the scale of his deception. he had been married to five women and had reared several adopted children and the scarcity of ready explanations endowed the skimpy available facts with the aura of myth. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Besleys Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MC0546
- Title
- Suits Me. The Double Life of Billy Tipton.
- Author
- Diane Wood Middlebrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1853816582
- ISBN 13
- 9781853816581
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY. SEXUALITY. TRANS GENDA. JAZZ. MUSIC. SECRETS. NON FICTION. HISTORY. REFERNCE. HISTORICAL. TRUE STORY. BIG BANDS. DOUBLE LIFE. LIES. COLLECTIBLE. GENDER. RECOMMENDED. GOOD READ.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Besleys Books - we a family run business with over 40 years experience in the booktrade. Internet only - books not stored at premises, no callers please.
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