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Venus Castina : famous female impersonators, celestial and human

Title
Venus Castina : famous female impersonators, celestial and human / by C.J. Bulliet ; with illustrations by Alexander King.
Author
Bulliet, C. J. (Clarence Joseph), 1883-1952
Publication
New York : Bonanza Books, [1956]

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Additional Authors
King, Alexander, 1900-1965
Description
308 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Female impersonators > Biography
  • Female impersonators
  • Travestie
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Contents
At the shrine of Venus Castina -- The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles, Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesers -- Versatility of Satan -- The Evirati -- The boy friends of Shakespeare -- Pets of the Restoration -- Princes in petticoats -- Crime in fluffy ruffles -- Pink garters for Thepsis' sock -- The boy with the "Mona Lisa" smile.
OCLC
  • ocm00635562
  • 635562
  • SCSB-2131118
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library