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1960234611960. Gender nonconforming and drag performance photo archive documenting queer social gatherings costume performance pageantry and private queer community life from the 1960s through the 1990s. The photographs preserve a period when drag culture existed simultaneously in nightlife informal house parties outdoor gatherings and small community events often outside mainstream visibility. Long before drag became widely commercialized through television and corporate entertainment circuits queer performers and gender nonconforming individuals built their own social spaces through costume parody theatricality and communal celebration.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 22 color and silver gelatin photographs ranging from small vernacular snapshots to larger prints United States circa 1960s-1990s. Several images center on a recurring bridal drag performer wearing lace wedding dresses veils floral bouquets wigs and exaggerated makeup while posing beside guests in tuxedos theatrical costumes and evening attire. Other photographs depict individuals in burlesque-inspired outfits feather boas crop tops wigs and handmade dresses posed indoors and outdoors at parties picnics and performance-like gatherings. One outdoor scene shows two figures in matching feminine costumes smiling arm in arm while additional images record staged poses beside vehicles improvised dance or performance gestures and casual snapshots emphasizing glamour and gender transformation. The archive repeatedly shifts between formal costume display and relaxed social interaction grounding drag not only as stage entertainment but as an everyday form of queer expression and community-making.<br /> <br /> The photographs align with broader developments in post-Stonewall queer culture when drag performance expanded from underground bars and private parties into increasingly visible forms of social and artistic expression. During much of this period openly gender nonconforming presentation still carried substantial social and legal risk especially outside major urban nightlife districts. This archive preserves the social fabric surrounding drag culture through intimate portrayals of friendships amateur performance gender experimentation and private community environments that sustained queer life across several decades. Light handling wear scattered creasing and occasional fading consistent with vernacular snapshot use. Overall in good condition. unknown
15667Letter: Tredegar Monmouthshire Wales. 12 July 1844. Copy agreement: 29 October 1841. Copy agreement: 2pp. 4to. Letter: 1p. 4to. The two on a single bifolium with the agreement on both sides of the first leaf and the letter on the recto of the second. The reverse of the second leaf is addressed with Penny Red stamp and Newport and Tredegar postmarks to 'Henry Mostyn Esq Solr Usk'. In good condition lightly aged and worn. The agreement begins: 'Mrs Williams to let to Mr Powell and Mr William Protheroe her Coal under lands at Pen y Van Bedwellty whilst any Marketable Coal remains unworked paying 1s/- Royalty 2520 lbs to the ton weighed at Court y bella or any other public machine. . Mr Powell and Mr William Protheroe are to work the Coal belonging to Sir H. Protheroe's representatives under the undivided lands held by them with Mrs Williams as well as some other adjoining lands.' Other topics include the 'Usual covenants' 'Way leave' 'rubbish room'. In the letter signed 'R. Waters' Waters explains that he is sending 'a copy of the agreement which was entered into by Mrs. Lawrence & Messrs. Powell & Protheroe as the basis or instruction for the Coal Lease entered into between the parties'. While conceding that the agreement 'was not signed by Mrs. Lawrence' Waters explains that it was made 'with her sanction & approval & in the presence of all the parties interested therein.' Bedwellty Pits coal mine was sunk in 1850 by the Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Letter: Tredegar [Monmouthshire, Wales]. 12 July 1844. Copy agreement: 29 October 1841. unknown
19812111902160604795Shueisha 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shueisha paperback
2021x-1032239816Routledge 2021. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches. Routledge paperback
2019x-0367437422Taylor & Francis 2019. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1032239816.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1917List3648New York City: Leo. Feist Inc. and others 1917. Five pieces of sheet music see full inventory below. Overall very good plus. Julian Eltinge 1881–1941 was the most commercially successful and popular female impersonator of his time. Beginning with drag performances in his adolescence he developed a convincing portrayal of female characters—shocking audiences at the end of shows by revealing that he was in costume—and had a successful career on the vaudeville circuit and on Broadway followed by appearances in several silent films and as mores around crossdressing changed in nightclubs.<br /> <br /> Offered here are five pieces of sheet music written for Eltinge three of which are from the 1910 musical comedy The Fascinating Widow. A New York Times review of the Widow remarks that “once over the initial unpleasantness of the idea of female impersonation which is not easy for people of delicate sensibilities there is nothing especially displeasing about Mr. Eltinge’s efforts at femininity†and notes Eltinge’s popularity and ability to draw crowds.1<br /> <br /> Titles Included:<br /> “In the Land of Wedding Bells.†Howard Johnson and Geo. W. Meyer. New York: Leo. Feist Inc. 1917. 4 pp. Very good plus.<br /> “The Crinoline Girlâ€. Julian Eltinge and Percy Wenrich. New York: Leo. Feist 1914. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> “The Fascinating Widowâ€. E. Ray Goetz and Kerry Mills. New York: F.A. Mills Inc. 1911. 8 pp. Near Fine.<br /> The Fascinating Widow “Jack-O-Lantern Moonâ€. Julian Eltinge Jack Mahoney and Percy Wenrich. New York: The Wenrich-Howard Co. 1913. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> The Fascinating Widow “With Down-Cast Eyeâ€. Otto Hauerbach and Karl Hoschna. New York Chicago San Francisco London and Paris: M. Witmark & Sons 1910. 6 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> 1 “Eltinge in Musical Play. Female Impersonator Seen at the Liberty in ‘The Fascinating Widow.’†The New York Times September 12 1911. Leo. Feist Inc. and others unknown
1966mon0000496986Collins 1966T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. This is the 1970 Collins reprint. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Collins hardcover
2024x-1032662360Routledge 2024. Hardcover. New. 200 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.68 inches. Routledge hardcover
2025x-1032662395Routledge 2025. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Routledge paperback
1977214451977. LGBTQCross-Dressing Archive of four items relating to the 1977 film "Outrageous!". Includes three original German lobby cards bearing the film's German title "Ausgeflippt!" and a 1977 Variety trade advertisement for this groundbreaking Canadian LGBTQ film starring Craig Russell and Hollis McLaren. The film directed by Richard Benner was one of the first North American movies to portray a drag performer as a fully realized protagonist with Russell playing Robin Turner a struggling female impersonator who supports his schizophrenic best friend. The film's bold depiction of queer identity mental health struggles and chosen family relationships resonated deeply with LGBTQ audiences and remains a cult classic.<br /> <br /> The Variety advertisement dated May 11 1977 features the film's title in a bold stylized font interspersed with key quotes from the movie. Beneath the text are photographic stills of Craig Russell in various drag personas showcasing his celebrated impersonations of Judy Garland Bette Davis and Mae West. The three lobby cards released for the German market under the title Ausgeflippt include vibrant full-color stills: one of Turner and his friend Liza sharing an intimate moment another capturing a tense domestic exchange and a third depicting Turner in flamboyant costume outside a theater emphasizing the film's themes of performance and identity. Overall very good condition. An uncommon survival of original promotional material from a pivotal LGBTQ film reflecting the 1970s era of independent queer cinema and the growing visibility of crossdressing and drag culture in mainstream media. unknown
1995021719Silver Lake CA: VDragstrip 66 Publisher 1995. Unbound. Near Fine. Single sheet 5 ½ by 4 inches. Pink paper stock. Promo for Dragstrip 66 a LGBTQ club founded in 1993 and known for its embrace of the alternative and punk scene as well as drag. Founded by Paul Vitagliano and his friend Mr. Dan the bar focused on drag when it was still an outlier even within the gay community. Part of their strategy was to adopt an underground punk edge to drag where everything from booger drag to its glamorous counterparts were welcome. The club closed in 2013 and reopened again in 2023. see LA ist online article for previous history and information. An advertisement for an S&M Valentine's Ball suggesting people "Butch it up sweethearts with any leather latex or bondage gear!" Reverse of the leaflet advertises the Plush Life "LA's Only Weekly Sitcom Serial Soap Opera!" NEAR FINE with light edgewear. VDragstrip 66, Publisher unknown
1880230281880. Cross-dressing Archive of six 19th century photographs of cross-dressing performers Springfield Illinois capturing early American drag performance during a period when public cross-dressing outside performance contexts could provoke not only social but legal backlash. These cross dressing portrait photographs created in Springfield Illinois during the late nineteenth century document early visual culture of gender nonconforming performance in the United States decades before modern LGBTQ identities were publicly articulated. The photographs show male individuals posed in women's clothing and adopting stylized feminine presentation part of a broader nineteenth century culture in which gender impersonation circulated in entertainment spaces private gatherings and visual novelty photography while remaining socially and legally sensitive in everyday life. Public cross dressing outside stage contexts could provoke moral condemnation and in many cities legal sanction under emerging anti cross dressing ordinances that appeared in the late nineteenth century. Portraits such as these therefore preserve rare visual evidence of early drag presentation and gender play at a moment when photographic studios documented identities and performances that existed at the margins of accepted social norms such portraits illuminate early emerging cross-dressing long before twentieth century drag entertainment or even the articulation of modern LGBTQ identities.<br /> <br /> Six original photographs produced in Springfield Illinois ca. 1880s to 1890s consisting of five cabinet cards and one tintype depicting cross dressing individuals posed in elaborate women's attire. The cabinet cards bear the imprint of Kessberger and Georg Studio of Springfield. Subjects appear against painted studio backdrops typical of commercial portrait photography of the period. Costumes include knee length dresses with lace trim aprons bows bonnets stockings and heeled shoes with attention given to wigs coiffure and accessories. Several figures hold musical instruments including trombone cornet and clarinet suggesting coordinated presentation or group identity among the sitters. Gestures emphasize stylized femininity including a figure lifting a skirt in exaggerated pose and another standing with hand placed at the hip. Also includes one smaller tintype photograph shows a similarly costumed man with a tick mustache in women's nightgown and holding a parasol. Cabinet card mounts show moderate edge wear and minor corner bumping with light surface scratches typical of late nineteenth century albumen studio photography. Images remain clear with strong contrast and well preserved costume detail. Overall Very good condition. Together the photographs form a cohesive visual archive documenting late nineteenth century cross dressing and early drag presentation in the American Midwest preserving rare photographic evidence of gender non conforming identity and performance practices that circulated in American culture long before twentieth century LGBTQ communities began to organize publicly. unknown
2025x-1350529915Bloomsbury USA Academic 2025. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 9.22x6.14x1.01 inches. Bloomsbury USA Academic hardcover
1977022334Beverly Hills: Tri-Sigma Sorority Publisher 1977. Wraps. Good. Yellow wraps roughly 8 ½ by 11 inches. 16 pp. including covers. Early issue of this zine devoted to heterosexual crossdressing. It originated in a more zine-like format in the late 1970s before adopting a more polished magazine-style look in the 1980s. The zine served as the official publication of the Tri-Ess Society an organization founded by Virginia Prince to destigmatize crossdressing. Prince held anti-trans and sometimes homophobic views that excluded the transgender community. Under the leadership of Carol Beecroft the organization became more inclusive forming alliances with LGBTQ groups and helping to form the Southern Comfort Conference a gathering of transgender people. This issue edited by Carol Beecroft. Includes make up tips and an article describing the trouble faced by a teenage "transvestite" in their household. GOOD condition. Large dampstain affecting most of the zine resulting in brownish discoloration and some rippling to the paper. Minor soiling and staining. Tri-Sigma Sorority, Publisher unknown
1668110563.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
202591791Gallery Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. 166806197X . Signed "Bob" on half title page. Some very light rubbing on book jacket. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 5.5 X 0.9 X 8.375 inches; 240 pages; Signed by Author . Gallery Books hardcover
